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February 14, 2021

Campus Watch reports the following from February 1-February 14, 2021:

Campus Watch Research

What if Scientists Join the BDS Movement? (A.J. Caschetta): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/62000/what-if-scientists-boycott-israel

Campus Watch in the Media

Winfield Myers on Radicalized Universities in the United States: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/61984/winfield-myers-on-universities-in-the-us

Middle East Studies in the News

UC Berkeley Institute for Jewish Law and Israel Studies receives $10M gift: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/62021/uc-berkeley-institute-for-jewish-law-and-israel

On Tariq Ramadan’s role in the European Muslim Network: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/62003/tariq-ramadan-european-muslim-network-the-end

Moonlighting

Temple U. prof Marc Lamont Hill says BLM “seeks to dismantle the Zionist Project":

I24 News: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/62006/blm-seeks-to-dismantle-the-zionist-project-admits

Jewish Press: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/62014/a-muslim-woman-who-doesnt-hate-israel-enrages

Front Page Magazine: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/62007/black-lives-matter-wants-to-dismantle-the-zionist

Algemeiner: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/62010/activist-marc-lamont-hill-says-black-lives-matter

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