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Campus Watch Update

April 1, 2024

Campus Watch reports the following from March 26 - April 1:

Middle East Studies in the News

How Brown University spreads antisemitism through foreign funding and anti-Israel profs such as Beshara Doumani: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/65735/how-brown-university-spreads-antisemitism-even-to

An interview with Harvard prof Tarek Masoud on his controversial “Middle East Dialogues” series: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/65719/speaking-to-the-moment-incl-tarek-masoud

Rep. Virginia Foxx widens her federal antisemitism investigation to include Rutgers University (including Sahar Aziz, Hatem Bazian, Joseph Mossad):

Washington Times: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/65723/rep-foxx-widens-house-committee-antisemitism

Washington Examiner: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/65722/house-committee-launches-antisemitism

Washington Free Beacon: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/65734/dhs-official-worked-with-anti-israel-group-tied

University of South Florida Harvard University Columbia University University of Pennsylvania Rutgers University Brown University Pennsylvania State University Joseph Massad Hatem Bazian Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) George Washington University Beshara Doumani Sahar Aziz Foreign Funding of American Universities
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