Martin Luther King Jr. and Anti-Semitism

In light of all that I have released regarding Bassam Frangieh and yet to release regarding him, I thought I would take a moment to reflect on what Martin Luther King Jr. thought about anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism. I quote from Boycott Watch:

King was..., quoted by Dr. Seymour Martin Lipset, who is currently the Hazel Professor of Public Policy of George Mason University and a professor at the Hoover Institution of Stanford University. The noted sociologist and political analyst wrote the article "The Socialism of Fools: The Left, the Jews and Israel" which was published in the December, 1969 (page 24) edition of Encounter magazine, and was reprinted in other publications.

   The article states: "Shortly before he was assassinated, Martin Luther King, Jr., was in Boston on a fund-raising mission, and I had the good fortune to attend a dinner which was given for him in Cambridge...One of the young men present happened to make some remark against the Zionists. Dr. King snapped at him and said, "Don't talk like that! When people criticize Zionists, they mean Jews. You're talking anti-Semitism!"

That was a different time, it seems. Nowadays colleges can invite speakers like Jesse Jackson Jr.,  "the emperor of black people," (to quote South Park) with impunity, even when they say anti-Semitic things like calling New York City "hymietown." Nary a word was spoken about this, of course. No, instead, Mr. Jackson was honored with an award by black members of the Claremont Colleges for his "leadership" in his ill-fated 1984 campaign for the presidency.

BREAKING: Randy Barnett, Constitutional Brain Behind ObamaCare Repeal, to Come to Claremont McKenna

Save the date: March 3rd, Roberts North 15, to 4:15 to 5:30 PM. Read here how he describes why the individual mandate provision of ObamaCare is unconstitutional in the pages of The Wall Street Journal.

Christian Action Statement Released; How to Contact CMC

Christian Action Network picks up on Bassam Frangieh story, joining the ranks of StandWithUs, FrontPageMag, YAF, among others.

Alumni continue to email me asking how to get in touch with Claremont McKenna College after the revelations that Bassam Frangieh supports Hezbollah and Hamas. Here's how you can get in touch with them.

• John Faranda (John.Faranda@cmc.edu) 

• Richard Rodner (Richard.Rodner@cmc.edu)

Richard.Rodner@cmc.edu (He's the VP of Communications and PR that tried to cover up this Frangieh mess by deleting it off his Wikipedia page.)

Here's what they will likely tell you based on what I have heard back from some alumni:

• That Frangieh is beloved by the students which is why he won a prize for teaching. They will leave out that no students knew of his radical views and that he's known on campus for being a very easy grader, which might explain why the program has grown so quickly. Since then, a lot of students have told me that they would reconsider voting for him in light of these charges. You might also bring up what relevance his charm has with his radical views. If anything, it's evidence that he is duplicitous -- saying one thing in Arabic and saying another in English. 

• That Frangieh doesn't support terrorism. If Frangieh believes, as he has stated that Hezbollah and Hamas ought to be legitimate governments of Lebanon and Palestine, respectively, it follows that he doesn't not view their targeting of civilians as terrorism. This is a common dodge that supporters of these terrorist organizations have used in the past. Terrorism is a tactic, not a goal. What we really want to know is does he support those organizations' ends: the extermination of Jews world-wide; denials of the Holocaust; the obliteration of Israel. Will Frangieh act on boycotting Israel has he has promised? 

• That Frangieh is not a Muslim. I'm not sure why this is coming up over and over again, especially given that I have written repeatedly that he is a Christian, but I have a few plausible theories. First, it is meant to discredit me sub silentio. If Frangieh is a Christian and not a Muslim as some have thought, then it follows that I must have other facts not in order. Of course I do have all my facts in order, but the college wants to wiggle out of this, so they'll dissemble if they need to, especially given the close relationships that the college is developing in the Middle East. I wonder, though, if, as the college has implausibly claimed -- that Frangieh was vetted before he arrived on campus -- does this mean that someone who was a Muslim and held these views would not be hired by the college? If so, isn't this some kind of double standard? If so, isn't that a form of bigotry? 

• That I am "obsessed," "just some conservative kid," or on a "crusade" (funny choice of words, no?) against Frangieh. (These are various things that have been relayed back to me by various alumni or parents.) Unfortunately, the college wants to make the story about me, rather than the really serious charges I am leveling and the support for terrorism that I have exposed. This is too bad because this ain't a usual "Charles C. Johnson story" as I have heard it dismissed. This is a story with wide-legs and I still have more information to release.

I happen to think that the truth will win out. Spin doctoring, as the college persists in doing, will only hurt the college more, with more and more alumni refusing to donate to the college they otherwise love.  In turn, this will hurt the school, but it seems to be the only thing that Claremont McKenna College understands.

Kuwait: No Jews (Or Israelis) Need Apply?

We've already pointed out that Kuwait University is an apartheid university that denies non-ethnic Kuwaitis entry, even if they offer to pay for entry, even if they meet all academic hurdles for entry. Claremont McKenna has decided to offer an exchange for academic credit with Kuwait University, which is not a liberal arts college. The program will be headed by self-described Palestinian, Bassam Frangieh, the pro-Hamas, pro-Hezbollah professor at Claremont McKenna College. 


Well, dear reader, it turns out that Kuwait is an apartheid country where, and I quote from The Gulf News, no Israeli might enter. "I can assure that no Israeli national has, or will in the future, come into the country," Kuwait's interior ministry said as of August 2010. 


The rules are so strict about making Kuwait judenfrei that they, according to World Travel Guide, can deny entry to Americans, Canadians, or Europeans if they, and I quote: 

Nationals may be refused entry in to Kuwait if:

(a) they have an Israeli visa in their passport;

(b) they have an Israeli border stamp in their passport;

(c) they have an Egyptian or Jordanian border stamp in their passport, issued by an office bordering with Israel.

A number of Jewish students have defended Frangieh to me in private and in public. (A few have also told me in private that they are aghast with how he won't come out and just say that he's opposed to the vile terrorist groups, Hamas and Hezbollah, which one student noted are pretty anti-Semitic in what they actually believe.)


Well, a number of those same Jewish students have also spent a bit of time in Israel and been good students of Arabic. I wonder what will happen if they apply for this program. Will they be turned down by Claremont beforehand by the college as part of the screening process so as to avoid an international incident? Or will Israeli students or those with Israeli passport stamps just be encouraged not to apply?


Preempting the trolls: For what it's worth, I'm against travel bans by any country for any  in general. I should be able to go to Cuba, to N. Korea, to Iran, or anywhere else I can afford without fear of being denied entry so long as I am not a threat to others.