Campus Watch reports the following from February 27 - March 18:
Middle East Studies in the News
After public condemnation, Yale U. cancels event featuring antisemitic speakers, including Swarthmore prof Sa’ed Atshan and Holy Cross prof Sarah Ihmoud: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/65687/the-yale-women-center-has-given-up-on-jewish
Columbia U. hires pro-Hamas scholar Mohamed Abdou to teach course on intersectionality: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/65648/columbia-taps-pro-hamas-anarchist
On Columbia prof Rashid Khalidi’s unsubstantiated claims about Israel: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/65610/broken-covenant-incl-rashid-khalidi
Princeton U. under increasing pressure from Iranian dissidents to fire prof Hossein Mousavian:
Iran International: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/65677/why-do-iranian-dissidents-ask-princeton-to-fire
NY Post: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/65676/princeton-faces-demands-to-fire-researcher-for
On Biden’s nominee for the Third Circuit Court of Appeals and the federal investigation of antisemitism and terror support at Rutgers U. law center, directed by Sahar Aziz:
Washington Examiner: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/65657/biden-judicial-pick-hobnobbed-with-anti-israel
NorthJersey.com: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/65608/us-senators-inquiry-about-rutgers-law-center
Townhall: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/65671/in-a-quicksand-of-radicalism-mcconnell-has
UPenn anti-Zionist professors, including Huda Fakhreddine, sue the university to thwart a congressional investigation demanding documents on antisemitism:
Algemeiner: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/65669/university-of-pennsylvania-faculty-anti-zionist
AP: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/65678/pro-palestinian-faculty-sue-to-stop-penn-from
Washington Free Beacon: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/65667/penn-professor-who-cheered-on-hamas-attack-sues
Daily Pennsylvanian: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/65666/faculty-group-sues-penn-over-mccarthyism-aiming
PhillyVoice: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/65668/faculty-group-sues-penn-for-complying-with-house
University Herald: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/65679/upenn-professors-file-lawsuit-against-university
Harvard U. comes under fire for hosting Rutgers U. Prof Noura Erakat, who previously appeared on an online panel with a senior Hamas leader:
New York Post: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/65639/harvard-in-antisemitism-storm-over-genocide-talk
Daily Wire: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/65609/harvard-welcomes-rutgers-prof-who-joined-hamas
Daily Mail: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/65636/harvard-hosts-pro-palestine-speaker-noura-erakat
Islamic scholar Yasir Qadhi boasts that Muslims will soon be the majority in Swedish cities:
Remix: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/65686/muslims-will-become-majority-in-swedish-cities-in
National Pulse: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/65685/halal-secret-weapon-is-having-more-kids-says