Campus Watch Weekly Update

Campus Watch reports the following from Dec 20 - Dec 27, 2021:

Campus Watch Research:

Brown University Professor Can’t Control Birzeit’s Terrorists (A.J. Caschetta):
https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/62910/doumani-cant-control-birzeits-terrorists

Middle East Studies in the News

U. of Texas Prof Jeremi Suri defends his controversial NY Times book review: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/62892/new-york-times-writer-texas-professor-stands-by

An update on Tariq Ramadan’s activities as he awaits trial on rape charges: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/62891/tariq-ramadan-news-update

Reactions to MESA’s resolution endorsing an academic boycott of Israel:

Legal Insurrection: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/62900/middle-east-studies-association-boycotting-israel

Algemeiner: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/62895/desantis-office-florida-opposes-middle-east

Algemeiner: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/62893/progressive-academics-denounce-middle-east

Algemeiner: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/62901/florida-public-universities-expected-to-reject

Former Iran hostage Xiyue Wang sues Princeton U. for abandoning him while in an Iranian prison:

New American: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/62907/princeton-took-millions-from-china-let-professor

Jerusalem Post: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/62909/former-iran-hostage-files-lawsuit-against

Iran Focus: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/62908/how-princeton-sacrificed-its-scholar-to-maintain

Washington Free Beacon: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/62906/historian-says-princeton-left-him-to-rot-in

Campus Watch in the Media

The Ascent of the Cry-Bully in Campus Anti-Israel Activism:
https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/62912/the-ascent-of-the-cry-bully-in-campus-anti-israel

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