Campus Watch reports the following from June 16-21, 2019:
Howler of the Month
“Given that Trump is a narcissistic fraud, it is appropriate that his name be attached to the illegal Israeli theft of Syrian territory. In fact, we should just call the Occupied Palestinian Territories in general Trumpland . . . .”
Juan Cole, University of Michigan history professor, on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s announcement of a new settlement in the Golan Heights named “Trump Heights” after U.S. President Donald Trump, who recognized Israeli sovereignty in the region three months before; Informed Comment, June 17, 2019.
Link: https://www.juancole.com/2019/06/indictment-colonial-privilege.html
Campus Watch Blog
DoE to Investigate Anti-Semitism Charges Against Duke-UNC Consortium for Middle East Studies Conference: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58771/doe-to-investigate-anti-semitism-charges-against
Dept. of Education Investigates Saudi, Qatari Funding of US Universities, Starting with Georgetown: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58768/dept-of-education-investigates-saudi-qatari
George Mason’s Noura Erakat Demands Israel’s ‘Settler-Decolonialization': https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58753/george-mason-noura-erakat-demands-israel-settler
MESA Demands U.S. Welcome Palestinian Terrorist Apologist Hanan Ashrawi: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58752/mesa-demands-us-welcome-palestinian-terrorist
Campus Watch in the Media
The Australian (Jennifer Oriel) on the Australian government’s campaign to restore free speech in universities: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58751/campus-bureaucrats-prove-timid-friends-of-free
Middle East Studies in the News
Clarion Project examines Qatar’s influence on US universities (6/13): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58791/qatar-on-our-campuses
Arizona State University hosts the 38th annual conference for the Sudan Studies Association of North America (incl. ASU prof and association president Souad T. Ali): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58783/asu-hosts-38th-conference-of-the-sudan-studies
Model Bella Hadid called “racist” for posting shoe/Arab airlines photo on social media (incl. U. of Texas prof Faegheh Shirazi): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58789/bella-hadid-apologises-for-racist-instagram-post
Gary Fouse on U. of Michigan prof Juan Cole defending AOC’s concentration camp/US border facilities comparison: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58792/juan-cole-and-alexandria-ocasio-cortez
Herut’s Moshe Phillips on anti-Israel SUNY teaching asst. and PhD candidate Kyle Stanton (incl. Columbia U’s Rashid Khalidi): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58755/another-anti-israel-academic-coming-to-campus
American Thinker op-ed on liberal Jews and the Black-Jewish Congressional Caucus (incl. Rashid Khalidi): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58790/why-liberal-jews-are-really-not-informed-incl
Jewish Link of New Jersey op-ed criticizing those in the local Jewish community who supported Highland Park Library’s decision to reschedule Rutgers prof Golbarg Bashi’s P Is for Palestine reading: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58781/let-mitigate-the-fiasco-in-highland-park-on
CAMERA’s Steve Stotsky on anti-Israel bias in K-12: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58761/spreading-anti-israel-indoctrination-to-secondary
On the Dept. of Education investigating a federally-funded Duke-UNC Consortium for Middle East Studies conference accused of anti-Israel/anti-Semitic bias:
The Duke Chronicle: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58779/betsy-devos-investigating-duke-unc-conference
JTA: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58772/department-of-education-to-probe-anti-israel-bias
The Daily Caller: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58775/devos-launches-investigation-after-allegations
Jewish Journal: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58774/education-dept-investigating-unc-duke-conference
The Washington Times: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58773/education-department-investigates-anti-semitic
ABC11 (North Carolina): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58760/i-team-us-department-of-education-investigating
JNS: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58754/us-education-department-to-investigate-anti
On reaction to the death of Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood leader and former president Mohamed Morsi:
Fousesquawk (UC Berkeley’s Hatem Bazian joins the call for a UN investigation): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58785/hatem-bazian-and-a-petition-for-un-investigation
PRI’s The World (incl. U. of Oklahoma’s Samer Shehata): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58770/mohammed-morsi-was-an-accidental-president-whom
TRT World (incl. U. of Denver’s Nader Hashemi): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58769/anger-brews-on-social-media-against-sisi-after
Moonlighters
The Australian Jewish News on concerns over a forthcoming talk at U. of Sydney and the NSW Parliament by retired Princeton prof Richard Falk: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58782/furore-over-falk-visit-on-richard-falk
