Kerby Anderson
Yesterday I talked about the post Hamas world. I ended with an observation that many Americans have developed an even more negative opinion of our universities because presidents at these elite institutions could not condemn the evil actions by Hamas against Israel. Major donors are pulling their money from these elite schools, while administrators and professors with a conscience have taken to criticizing moral cowardice.
Zeke Emanuel is the current vice provost at the University of Pennsylvania.  He wrote an op-ed in the New York Timesand complained about the current state of US higher education. He believes that the statements blaming Israel for the Hamas attack are reprehensible.
At Harvard, many donors are withdrawing their support. More than 30 student organizations signed a statement blaming Israel for the killing done by Hamas. The president offered a bland and ambiguous statement about the Hamas attack. Former Harvard president Lawrence Summers said in a tweet that he had “never been as disillusioned and alienated” as he was with the student and administrative actions at Harvard.
Israeli billionaire Idan Ofer announced his resignation from the Dean’s Executive Board at the Kennedy School saying he and his wife “are disappointed by the lax statements and lack of clear position by the university officials against the murderous terrorism on Hamas.”
Marc Rowan is the chairman of the Wharton School of Business board of trustees. He called for the university president and the president of the university board of trustees to resign. More than a half dozen major donors have written to the university announcing their intention to cut ties with the university because they see a culture of antisemitism.
Many of the people speaking out hoped that these universities would see the light. Since they have not, they will now feel the heat.

Kerby Anderson
Most events in history are mere footnotes in history books, but there is some reason to believe the Hamas attack on Israel will change just about everything. That includes everything from the current US policy on the Middle East to American attitudes towards university campuses.
Victor Davis Hanson is one commentator convinced of the significant changes. He notes that it has been 22 years since we saw crowds in the Middle East celebrating the killing of 3,000 civilians. This time it was the cheering of the murder of people in Israel.
He argues that the current administration’s policy of appeasement of Iran and the gift of billions of dollars to Gaza and the West Bank are less likely to pass Congress, though I must admit that the president tried his best in a television event from the Oval Office to make the case for humanitarian support. But the attempt to continue giving aid to terrorist groups or the attempt to normalize relations with theocratic Iran seem destined to failure.
Hanson also points to the difference in attitude toward the Ukrainian military and the Israeli military. The State Department put few restrictions on Ukrainian retaliation, including operations against the Russian Black Sea Fleet. By contrast, some in the State Department already called for a “ceasefire” while others called for a “proportionate” response from Israel. Can you imagine any American diplomat trying to lecture Ukraine about ending the “cycle of violence?”
Finally, America’s perspective on higher education seems to be changing. University presidents and professors could not condemn the Hamas attack. Scores of student groups pledged their support of Hamas and the Palestinians. Hanson says they seem like “kindred spirit to the anti-Semitism, intolerance, and fascism of the 1930s German universities.”
These are just a few examples of what has changed since the beginning of this month.