KEEP RUTGERS TERROR-FREE: The Rutgers University anti-Israel conference scheduled for next month is officially off, after the national Palestinian "solidarity" movement decided in August to move it to Ohio State. Now, Rutgers has canceled what was left of the conference- much to the disdain of our friend Little Red Kaffiyah Hood.
Ms. Kates, the woman who has both called for Israel to be wiped off the map and entertained the idea of inviting Hamas members to campus, has written a public letter asking supporters to complain to university president Richard L. McCormick, who had the effrontery to call off the conference and openly give his support to a concurrent pro-Israel rally, called "Israel Inspires." The latter event will feature such speakers as arch-neocon Richard Perle, Clinton-era CIA director James Woolsey, and Israeli politician Natan Sharansky. Charlotte must really be angry about that last participant- not only does Sharansky represent Israel, but he was previously a dissident against her beloved Soviet Union.
The letter, of course, makes no mention of the decision by Kates' comrades to pull the national conference out of New Jersey, and dishonestly acts as though her plans were ruined by the Rutgers administration only. Kudos to McCormick for taking the right stand and not caving in to the usual college-president gutlessness; send him an e-mail here and tell him so.