Concerning Palestinian Authority (PA) elections set to begin on May 22, George Washington University political science professor Nathan Brown wants "not to sound Pollyannaish" over "developments that will be not entirely... 
During a March 16 webinar discussion of Gaza, Israel-hating Rutgers University assistant professor of Africana Studies Noura Erakat bravely opposed the transfer of "F-47s" to Israel. Details often befuddle ideologues: America's... 
The Justice Department recently indicted professor Kaveh Afrasiabi, charging that for decades his persona as a neutral, mild-mannered scholar was a cover and that, in reality, he was an agent of the Islamic Republic of Iran. If... 
The "historical reality" of blasphemy restrictions exists "across all schools of mainstream law, Sunni and Shia," admitted leading hardline Pakistani-American Islamist cleric Yasir Qadhi during a March 11 webinar, "The Question... 
"I respect him and I love him," gushed Rice University sociology lecturer Craig Considine about Islam's prophet Muhammad during a March 8 webinar for Islamabad, Pakistan's National University of Modern Languages. Such... 
Rutgers University assistant professor of Africana studies Noura Erakat demands that self-professed progressives share her Israel-hatred, lest they carry the taint of "Progressive Except for Palestine" (PEP). She made this point... 
American universities are awash in foreign money, with at least $12 billion in gifts and contracts reported from 2013 through June 2019. Research by Congress and the Department of Education (DoE) demonstrates that no one knows... 
Last year, after chemistry professor Mindy Levine was invited to guest-edit a special issue of the journal Molecules, a group dedicated to the academic boycott of Israel briefly persuaded the journal to rescind the offer unless... 
Howler of the Month (archive)"It is certainly the case that using language like 'an ugly Israeli occupation of precious Palestinians' would be enough to keep someone from being hired at most American universities. This is because many pro-Israel professors and administrators (as well as those hoping for big donations from pro-Israel donors) are corrupt, and are entirely willing to misuse their positions to silence voices that are inconvenient for Israeli propaganda." Juan Cole, Richard P. Mitchell Collegiate Professor of History at the Univ. of Michigan, on Harvard's refusal to award a tenured position to Cornel West, Victor S. Thomas Professor of the Practice of Public Philosophy at Harvard; West (quoted by Cole) blamed the decision on his support for Palestinians. "Is Harvard Denying Tenure to Cornel West over His Views on Palestine?" Informed Comment, Feb. 24, 2021. (link to source) 
We Couldn't Have Said it Better (archive)"I expect Arab propagandists to spread such lies. I don't expect the falsehoods to come from an academic center founded by a pro-Israel scholar and is funded in part by donations from pro-Israel members of the Philadelphia-area Jewish community." Moshe Phillips, national director of the U.S. division of the Zionist educational movement Herut, on the sponsorship by the Feinstein Center for American Jewish History at Temple University of an event featuring two critics of Israel speaking on alleged "increased state violence against Palestinians." "Jewish Center at Temple University Shows Bias Against Israel"; Jewish Journal, April 14, 2021. (link to source) CAMPUS WATCH, a project of the Middle East Forum, reviews and critiques Middle East studies in North America with an aim to improving them. The project mainly addresses five problems: analytical failures, the mixing of politics with scholarship, intolerance of alternative views, apologetics, and the abuse of power over students. Campus Watch fully respects the freedom of speech of those it debates while insisting on its own freedom to comment on their words and deeds. |
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