How Israeli universities deny Palestinian freedom w/ Maya Wind

Israeli universities have long enjoyed a reputation as liberal
bastions of freedom and democracy and they enjoy warm relationships
with their counterparts in north America and Europe - including the
University of Columbia. However, as Maya Wind explains in today's
episode, contrary to the depiction of Israeli universities as
centres of pluralism and free inquiry these institutions are
directly complicit in the project to dispossess Palestinians of
their land and rights. In her new book, Towers of Ivory and Steel:
How Israeli Universities Deny Palestinian Freedom. Maya
reveals how academic disciplines, degree programs, campus
infrastructure, and research laboratories all service Israeli
occupation and apartheid, while universities violate the rights of
Palestinians to education, stifle critical scholarship, and
violently repress student dissent.