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Campus Watch Weekly Update

November 6, 2023

Campus Watch reports the following from November 2 - November 6:

Middle East Studies in the News

On antisemitism at Ivy League universities since October 7th, including Columbia U. prof Joseph Massad and Yale U. prof Zareena Grewal: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/65166/israel-hamas-war-proves-america-ivy-league

Syracuse U. cancels upcoming speech on Palestine by SFSU prof Rabab Abdulhadi: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/65148/syracuse-cancels-occupation-of-palestine-talk-by

Oberlin College faces federal civil rights probe over antisemitic, pro-Iranian prof Mohammad Jafar Mahallati:

GB News: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/65157/professor-of-peace-at-university-sparks-outrage

Just The News: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/65158/oberlin-faces-fed-probe-over-alleged-anti

Breitbart: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/65147/oberlin-college-faces-federal-civil-rights-probe

Daily Wire: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/65146/federal-anti-semitism-probe-launched-into-oberlin

NY Post: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/65145/oberlin-college-faces-federal-antisemitism-probe

Campus Watch in the Media

Why the Hatred for Israel on College Campuses? (incl. Beshara Doumani): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/65149/why-the-hatred-for-israel-on-college-campuses

Moonlighters

Former Temple U. prof Marc Lamont Hill says Hamas shouldn’t be treated as terrorists: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/65144/marc-lamont-hill-hamas-shouldnt-be-treated-as

San Francisco State University Harvard University Columbia University Georgetown University Yale University City University of New York University of California, Los Angeles Title VI Princeton University Brown University Joseph Massad Islamophobia Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) Rabab Abdulhadi Beshara Doumani Mohammad Jafar Mahallati Oberlin College
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