Udelar, stateless and anti-Semitic

In April, the Central Governing Council (CDC) of Udelar requested that the Executive Branch close the Innovation Office at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, which opened in December 2023.

Despite its significant contribution in the fields of science, technology, and innovation, Foreign Minister Mario Lubetkin announced an "impasse" in the signing of the agreement between the National Agency for Research and Innovation (ANII) and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

However, the foreign minister was recently summoned before the International Affairs Committee of the Senate to "explain the suspension of the agreement between ANII and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem" and provide details about the steps that will be taken to solve the impasse.

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However, in addition to the decision to cut ties with Israel, two complaints have been added that expose the systematic violation of secularism at the University of the Republic (Udelar), particularly the marked proselytism at the School of Information and Communication (FIC).

This yes, that no

FIC student Rodrigo Varscher released a video on social media denouncing that, during a class on Jewish theorists Theodor Adorno and Max Horkheimer, a professor "made a series of extremely unfortunate and very hostile comments" toward the Jewish community.

However, FIC Dean Gladys Ceretta issued an official statement arguing that "the School is a space for the meeting of diversity and the cultivation of critical thinking."

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However, in addition to downplaying a student's complaint, recently in the same School, with terrible audacity, two national pavilions were replaced by diversity and trans pride flags, condemning all students to endure the stateless and progressive gesture.

This is how things are, they do not hide it

The pattern is clear: Udelar allows offense toward the Jewish community under the guise of academic freedom and the violation of secularism in the name of diversity and human rights.

However, when the abusive demands of certain groups—feminists, people of African descent, or homosexuals—who, protected by their particularities, demand privileges are questioned, criticism automatically becomes discrimination and hate speech.

This double standard is not limited to the university sphere: it is enough to observe the recent formal indictment of journalist Esteban Queimada for alleged racism or the accusation received weeks ago by nationalist senator Sebastián Da Silva for homophobia.

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