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Campus Watch Weekly Update

December 12, 2023

Campus Watch reports the following from December 5 - December 12:

Campus Watch Research

Professorial Propagandists for Hamas: Part I, Juan Cole (Andrew E. Harrod): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/65330/professorial-propagandists-for-hamas-part-i-juan

‘Anti-Semite’ Professor Accused of Sex-for-Grades Scandal Ousted from Oberlin College (Isabel Vincent & Ben Baird): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/65310/anti-semite-professor-accused-of-sex-for-grades

Oberlin College Strips Iran’s Ex-UN Envoy of Teaching Position (Benjamin Weinthal): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/65333/oberlin-college-strips-iran-ex-un-envoy

Middle East Studies in the News

George Washington Univ. under fire after faculty panel, including prof Shira Robinson, praises Hamas as resistance movement: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/65327/george-washington-university-sparks-outrage-after

U.S. House Republicans investigate into Princeton U. prof Seyed Hossein Mousavian for his ties to Iran: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/65314/princeton-professor-investigated-by-house

Brown U. prof Beshara Doumani blame Israel for Hamas terrorism: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/65315/genocidal-intent-brown-university-holocaust

U Penn Middle East Center Director Resigns and MESA accuses university of violating academic freedom after banning the anti-Israel film “Israelism” (incl. Laurie Brand):

Daily Pennsylvanian: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/65300/penn-violated-academic-freedom-by-banning

Daily Pennsylvanian: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/65318/middle-east-center-director-resigns-as-faculty

Oberlin prof Mohammad Jafar Mahallati finally suspended amid sex-for-grades, antisemitism accusations and his role in the 1988 Iranian massacre of dissidents:

International Business Times: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/65321/liberal-college-suspends-professor-over

The Messenger: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/65317/controversial-oberlin-college-professor-at-center

Chronicle-Telegram: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/65313/oberlin-college-professor-mohammad-mahallati

HotAir: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/65326/pro-hamas-professor-finally-suspended-but-not-for

Harvard University Columbia University University of Michigan Georgetown University Yale University Middle East Studies Association (MESA) University of Pennsylvania American Association of University Professors Title VI University of Notre Dame Princeton University Brown University Juan Cole Islamophobia George Washington University Middle East Studies Experts Behaving Badly Shira Robinson Beshara Doumani Hossein Mousavian Mohammad Jafar Mahallati Oberlin College
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