Campus Watch reports the following from May 11 - May 24, 2021:
Howler of the Month:
“The idea for [Israel], there’s been the effort to try to rebuild the Third Temple by destroying Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock [...] They already have the designs the plans.”
Hatem Bazian, lecturer in Arabic and director of the Islamophobia Research & Documentation Project at the University of California, Berkeley, conspiracy mongering that Israel is removing Arabs from the neighborhoods around Al-Aqsa Mosque to rebuild the Third Temple. Quoted in “U.S. Lecturer Urges Muslim World to Militarily Support Palestine"; AA (Anadolu Agency), a state-run news agency in Ankara, Turkey, May 18, 2021.
Campus Watch Research
Sohail Hashmi: Jihad as Just War? (Andrew E. Harrod): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/62346/sohail-hashmi-jihad-as-just-war
Analysts: Arab States Are ‘Washing Their Hands’ of Palestinians (Andrew E. Harrod): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/62373/arab-states-washing-their-hands-of-palestinians
The Day Hamas Attacks, Pols and Profs Condemn Israel’s Existence (Andrew E. Harrod): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/62372/pols-and-profs-condemn-israels-existence
Middle East Studies in the News
Harvard U hosts anti-Israel panel featuring BDS leader Omar Barghouti and Swarthmore Prof Sa’ed Atshan: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/62338/anti-israel-lies-at-harvard-university-hurt
UC Berkeley Prof Hatem Bazian says major Muslim countries should supply the Palestinians with weapons: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/62359/us-lecturer-urges-muslim-world-to-militarily
Scottsdale Community College will pay six figure settlement to Nicholas Damask for “Islamophobia” lawsuit: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/62361/report-community-college-to-pay-six-figure
Canadian Prof Hassan Diab will stand trial in France for role in 1980 terrorist attack on synagogue:
JTA: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/62365/canadian-academic-to-stand-trial-in-france-for
TOI/AFP: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/62369/paris-court-rules-lebanese-man-accused-of-1980
AP: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/62353/france-top-court-canadian-to-face-trial-for-1980
CBC: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/62354/canadian-academic-hassan-diab-ordered-to-stand
Breitbart: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/62337/lebanese-academic-accused-of-paris-synagogue
CJN: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/62362/diab-must-stand-trial-in-1980-synagogue-bombing
Oberlin Prof Mohammad Jafar Mahallati still under scrutiny for his role in the Iran government covering up human rights violations:
Cleveland Jewish News: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/62364/oberlin-professor-accused-of-covering-up-iran
Jerusalem Post: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/62352/after-post-query-ngo-scrubs-notice-of-event-with
The mainstream media relies on anti-Zionist Columbia Prof Rashid Khalidi as an objective source on the recent Israeli-Palestinian flare-up:
CAMERA: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/62356/the-washington-post-opinion-page-attacks-israel
News Busters (MRC): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/62355/msnbc-turns-to-israel-hater-to-slime-war-crimes
Fox: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/62360/unchecked-msnbc-guest-rails-against-bromides
Moonlighters:
Former Temple U Prof Marc Lamont Hill criticizes Rihanna for acknowledging the suffering of Israeli civilians: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/62351/marc-lamont-hill-criticizes-rhianna-for
