[4] Neumann takes the position, not substantially different from that of John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt, that support of Israel in the Israel-Palestinian conflict is against US interests.
[citation needed] Responding in part to some of these essays, the Canadian Jewish Congress (CJC) wrote a letter of complaint to the president of Trent University.
[5] Equally, antisemites have also attacked Neumann's classical and nuanced stance precisely because of the distinction he has made between a political critique of Israel and hostility to Jews per se on racist grounds.
"[8]Subsequently, JTR created a page publishing their alleged email exchange [1] without Neumann's permission.
[9] This email got widespread attention in August 2003 when the National Post published one of Neumann's most passionate passages about Jews and Israel.
If it means encouraging vicious, racist anti-Semitism, or the destruction of the state of Israel, I still don't care.
Antisemites misuse all sorts of materials, including the statements of committed Zionists and of Mahatma Gandhi.
[10] In January 2009, Neumann expressed support for a proposed resolution by Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) to ban Israeli professors from working in Ontario Universities.
[citation needed] The Yad Vashem leadership has never commented on the requests, or given any indication they have considered them, and no changes have occurred in the cite's listings as of November 2022.
A spokesperson for Citizenship and Immigration Minister, Jason Kenney, stated that "Mr. Neumann has the right to air his noxious views.
He quoted from his book The Case Against Israel in which he wrote that "The cure of destruction is worse than the disease of illegitimate existence.