BDS Funding Revelations: UC Berkeley’s Hatem Bazian Plays ‘McCarthyism’ Card

Hatem Bazian

Following Jonathan Schanzer’s Congressional testimony on the web of anti-Israel and Islamist groups involved in funding the BDS movement, the Wall Street Journal’s Bret Stephens spoke to UC Berkeley lecturer Hatem Bazian. Bazian, who founded Students for Justice in Palestine and leads American Muslims for Palestine, a key BDS sponsor, sidestepped these damaging revelations by playing--what else--the “McCarthyism” card:

“This is about silencing any person or any group that speaks about Palestine,” he said, accusing Mr. Schanzer and the House Foreign Relations Committee of giving “McCarthyism a new lease on life.” As for the past ties of AMP’s leaders, he dismissed it as “guilt by association.”

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Cinnamon Stillwell analyzes Middle East studies academia in West Coast colleges and universities for Campus Watch. A San Francisco Bay Area native and graduate of San Francisco State University, she is a columnist, blogger, and social media analyst. Ms. Stillwell, a former contributing political columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle, has written on a wide variety of topics, including the political atmosphere in American higher education, and has appeared as a guest on television and talk radio.
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