Oil Antisemitism, or, the Importation of Antisemitism from the Middle East to the U.S.

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Since the September 11 attacks, Qatar has become the largest foreign donor to U.S. academic institutions, which haven’t always bothered to disclose the source.

A study by the Institute for the Study of Antisemitism found a direct correlation between the volume of donations and the presence of pro-Palestinian groups on campuses. According to a study published in 2022 by the U.S. National Association of Academics, which did not generate much buzz at the time, Qataris donated an impressive $4.7 billion to U.S. universities between 2001 and 2021, just after the September 11 attacks.

However, the recipients failed to account for some of the money they received, as required by law. Qatar funds American universities and the rise of antisemitic violence in them. Reports on antisemitism in the United States indicated that between 2015 and 2020, institutions receiving funding from Middle Eastern donors experienced, on average, a 300% higher incidence of antisemitic incidents compared to those that did not. During the same period, institutions receiving undisclosed funds from Qatari donors had, on average, 250% more antisemitic incidents than those that did not.

This antisemitism is bought with oil money. This antisemitism is imported from the Middle East. This antisemitism can also be a product of the oil business. Qatar buys academic freedom and public opinion, funds Hamas terrorists and European soccer teams whose many fans become spokespeople for the sponsors’ political views. Qatar’s oil refining industry includes refining oil into antisemitism and shipping petrodollars in antisemitic packages to the U.S. university and colleges campuses.

One can summarize the results of these donations. They buy academic freedom, used to impose the antisemitic and anti-Israeli worldview desired by the donors. They undermine democratic values through politicization that induces propaganda condemning Israel and Jews for “oppression” and even “genocide of the Palestinian people” on campuses. Thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrations affect not only students and academic staff, but also public opinion in the United States.

Moreover, powerful Islamic citizen protests are threatening President Biden not to support his re-election to the presidency if he supports Israel. These threats are having an impact on the president’s policy of changing attitudes toward Israel’s war against the Hamas terrorist organization in favor of the U.S. pressure on Israel. This pressure translates into inhibition of Israeli military action for the sake of the Palestinian civilian population suffering from it. Biden and his administration oppose Israeli military action in the southernmost city of the Gaza Strip, Rafah, “on humanitarian grounds”.