Campus Watch reports the following from July 22-26, 2019:
Howler of the Month
“With the increasing military threats from the US, this is perhaps the Iranian government’s way of saying to the European community: ‘Hey folks, this is serious. You need to help us out here or things could get really bad.’”
Stephen Zunes, professor and coordinator of the program in Middle Eastern Studies at the University of San Francisco, after Iran seized a British oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz and released footage showing it docked in an Iranian port with an Iranian flag hoisted atop; Al-Jazeera, July 22, 2019.
Campus Watch Blog
U. of Detroit Mercy Prof Amer Zahr’s BDS Campaign Causes Arab-American Burgerim Franchisee to ‘Lose Everything': https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/59006/u-of-detroit-mercy-prof-amer-zahr-bds-campaign
The Struggle to End Anti-Israel Curriculum at a Massachusetts High School Continues: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58998/the-struggle-to-end-anti-israel-curriculum-at
Middle East Studies in the News
Brigham Young U. prof Daniel Peterson notes the passing of former AUC and U. of Miami history prof Arnold H. Green: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/59034/arnold-h-green-1940-2019
JNS interview with Kenneth Marcus, assistant secretary for civil rights at the U.S. Department of Education (incl. Middle East studies): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/59010/at-us-department-of-education-kenneth-marcus
Al-Jazeera on the UK’s struggle against Iranian “piracy” in the Strait of Hormuz (incl. U. of San Francisco prof Stephen Zunes): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/59002/uk-seeks-european-naval-force-to-counter-piracy
On AMCHA’s letter re SFSU prof Rabab Abdulhadi posting anti-Zionist, pro-BDS propaganda on the University’s AMED Facebook page: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/59011/prof-taken-to-task-for-anti-semitic-campus
UC Berkeley establishes a visiting faculty start-up fund for Assyrian Studies (7/17): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/59035/uc-berkeley-establishes-visiting-faculty-start-up
Articles that include the Middle East Studies Association (MESA):
IHE on MESA’s letter objecting to Israel’s visa policies that it claims are blocking foreign faculty from teaching at Palestinian universities: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/59039/no-passage-to-palestinian-universities-incl
Ahval on MESA’s letter urging Turkish judges to protect academic freedom (incl. UC Davis prof Baki Tezcan): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/59038/us-scholars-urge-turkish-judges-to-protect
On Clark U. prof Taner Akçam’s latest research on the Armenian genocide:
UPI: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/59024/historian-unearths-evidence-that-istanbul
The Telegram & Gazette (Massachusetts): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/59036/clark-professor-presents-new-evidence-of-armenian
Moonlighters
On U. of Detroit Mercy Prof Amer Zahr’s BDS campaign against an Arab-American man who planned to open a Burgerim franchise in Dearborn:
Legal Insurrection: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/59021/michigan-burger-restaurant-with-israeli-ties
The New Arab (UK): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/59033/dearborn-mi-arab-american-community-boycott
JNS: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/59004/israeli-burger-franchise-in-dearborn-delays
Jewish Journal: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/59032/israeli-founded-burger-chain-opening-in-michigan
JTA: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/59031/boycott-threats-force-burger-restaurant-founded
Eater Detroit: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/59016/burger-chain-founded-in-israel-delays-dearborn
Fox 2 News (Detroit): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/59015/arab-community-backlash-forces-out-burgerim
Deadline Detroit: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/59014/backlash-against-chain-with-israeli-roots-delays
Detroit Free Press: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/59005/dearborn-burger-franchise-founded-in-israel
ClickOnDetroit: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/59001/dearborn-burger-franchise-delays-opening-after
Articles on or including Temple U. prof Marc Lamont Hill:
National Center for Public Policy Research on Hill’s “Zionist media conspiracy": https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/59037/marc-lamont-hill-sees-zionist-media-conspiracy
Hot Air on a CNN photo editor who resigned after his anti-Semitic social media came to light: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/59030/exposed-cnn-photo-editor-resigns-after-anti
Durango Herald (CO) editorial on the battle of words on social media: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/59003/left-and-right-fight-for-authenticity-with-words
