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Campus Watch Weekly Update

November 28, 2022

Campus Watch reports the following from November 22 - November 28:

Middle East Studies in the News

Columbia U. prof Joseph Massad spreads lies about Jewish history: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/63833/joseph-massad-lying-again-claims-that-zionism

New survey shows vast majority of MES academics support a boycott of Israel:

Algemeiner: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/63829/overwhelming-majority-of-middle-east-scholars

Legal Insurrection: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/63837/surprise-survey-shows-most-anti-israel-academics

Washington Post: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/63830/what-middle-east-scholars-really-think-about

Columbia University Brandeis University Middle East Studies Association (MESA) University of Maryland Assoc. for the Study of the Middle East and Africa (ASMEA) University of Arizona Joseph Massad Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) George Washington University
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