Larry Summers on Israel, Antisemitism, and Harvard

Larry Summers, former US Treasury Secretary and Harvard President Emeritus, has been an advocate for Israel and has been critical of what he sees as a lack of leadership from institutions like Harvard in condemning antisemitism on campus. We have some sharp disagreements on these issues, so I appreciate his willingness to hash them out with me.

Topics include…

• What in his history led to his strong feelings about Israel and antisemitism

• the charge that the BDS movement is antisemitic

• whether Israel is unfairly singled out

• the accuracy of the terms “apartheid” and “settler-colonial” when applied to Israel

• the appropriateness of a university taking political positions

• the pitfalls of the IHRA definition of antisemitism

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