Campus Watch reports the following from July 8-14, 2019:
Howler of the Month
“Israel is just an extremely mean place.”
Former academic Norman Finkelstein in an interview with Jordan’s Al Bawaba; July 9, 2019.
Link: https://www.albawaba.com/news/norman-finkelstein-why-palestinian-authority-corrupt-1296215
Campus Watch Research
Noura Erakat Recounts Her ‘Anxiety’ Over Israel’s Existence (Andrew Harrod): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58931/noura-erakat-recounts-her-anxiety-over-israel
Campus Watch Blog
Noura Erakat Recounts Her ‘Anxiety’ Over Israel’s Existence (highlights Harrod’s essay): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58932/noura-erakat-recounts-her-anxiety-over-israel
SFSU Prof Rabab Abdulhadi Illegally Uses University Facebook Page to Endorse Israel Boycott: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58916/sfsu-prof-rabab-abdulhadi-uses-university
Middle East Studies Profs Central to Bias in Duke U’s Qatar-Funded K-12 Teacher Training: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58897/bias-exposed-in-duke-u-qatar-funded-middle-east
UC Davis Prof Baki Tezcan Arrested in Turkey for Signing Pro-Kurdish Petition: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58886/uc-davis-prof-baki-tezcan-arrested-in-turkey-for
Middle East Studies in the News
David Collier covers the UK’s PalExpo (incl. Columbia U’s Joseph Massad, UC Berkeley’s Hatem Bazian): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58903/hate-and-poison-wrapped-in-cotton-candy-at
Indian Express op-ed laments Europe’s rejection of “internationalism” (incl. American U. prof Akbar Ahmed): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58933/hazards-of-identity-incl-akbar-ahmed
Jihad Watch’s Hugh Fitzgerald questions Duke prof Omid Safi’s comments on Iran, nuclear weapons, and the Koran: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58928/duke-professor-omid-safi-islam-for-1400-years-has
Jewish community members at the Highland Park (NJ) Borough Council meeting question the library’s decision to hold Rutgers prof Golbarg Bashi’s “P Is for Palestine” reading: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58926/jewish-community-members-speak-at-highland-park
On Saudi and/or Qatari funding for universities and training K-12 teachers:
The Federalist (Sloan Rachmuth; focuses on Duke U): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58896/using-us-qatari-funding-duke-university-teaches-k
Clarion Project (Shireen Qudosi): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58934/civilizational-suicide-qatar-vision-shapes
Inside Higher Ed (on DoE investigation): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58902/foreign-gifts-under-scrutiny
On the AMCHA Initiative’s letter—signed by the Middle East Forum—asking CSU to take action against SFSU prof Rabab Abdulhadi for illegally using the University’s Facebook page to advocate BDS:
AMCHA Initiative: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58914/professor-posts-zionism-racism-on-official
The Algemeiner: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58918/eighty-groups-protest-california-professor-use
JNS: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58922/eighty-groups-urge-cal-state-to-reprimand-anti
JTA: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58923/80-pro-israel-groups-call-on-csu-chancellor-to
On Zaytuna College co-founder Hamza Yusuf being appointed a human rights advisor to the State Department’s Commission on Unalienable Rights panel:
Religion News Network: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58925/muslim-scholar-catches-flak-for-serving-on-new
PJ Media: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58924/muslims-attack-one-of-their-own-for-serving-on
Middle East Eye: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58911/muslim-scholar-appointed-as-human-rights-adviser
Anadolu Agency (Turkey): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58912/us-muslim-scholar-joins-trump-human-rights-panel
Moonlighters
Norman Finkelstein interview with Jordan’s Al Bawaba, in which he calls the PA “pimps and prostitutes” and Israel “extremely mean": https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58907/norman-finkelstein-on-pimps-prostitutes-and-how
On the Guardian retracting a pro-Corbyn letter over its misleading description of signatories as “prominent members of the Jewish community” (incl. Norman Finkelstein, Richard Falk):
JTA: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58908/the-guardian-retracts-pro-corbyn-letter-over
CAMERA: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58915/guardian-publishes-pro-corbyn-letter-signed-by
Times of Israel: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58909/guardian-investigates-and-pulls-letter-from
On the Williams College free speech dust-up (incl. UC Riverside’s Reza Aslan):
Campus Reform: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58904/they-were-saying-we-wanted-to-kill-them-with-hate
Jihad Watch (Robert Spencer): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58929/reza-aslan-colleges-should-write-rules-on-stone
