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Campus Watch Weekly Update

December 20, 2023

Campus Watch reports the following from December 12 - December 20:

Campus Watch Research

Joseph Maddad (Again) Applauds Hamas Violence, Ridicules Jewish Suffering (Andrew E. Harrod): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/65353/joseph-massad-again-applauds-hamas-violence

Professorial Propagandists for Hamas, Part II: Sherene Seikaly & Zachary Lockman (Andrew E. Harrod): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/65338/professorial-propagandists-for-hamas-part-ii

Woke College’s ‘Professor of Peace’ Ousted over Alleged War Crimes, Antisemitism, and Sexual Misconduct (Benjamin Weinthal): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/65335/woke-college-professor-of-peace-ousted-over

Middle East Studies in the News

Cal State U. San Bernadino prof Ahlam Muhtaseb claims she is being censored for her political views: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/65337/palestinian-communication-professor-says-she-been

On Anti-Israel Professors at Brown University: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/65343/camera-report-anti-israel-extremism-and-corrupt

When at Duke, MIT’s current president refused to address complaints against Duke University Press for publishing an antisemitic book by Rutgers U. prof Jasbir Puar: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/65361/mit-president-also-had-an-antisemitism-problem

George Washington Univ. under fire after faculty panel, including prof Shira Robinson, praises Hamas as a resistance movement: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/65340/george-wash-faculty-defends-hamas-right

Harvard’s Middle East Initiative, led by prof Tarek Masoud, hosts multiple discussions related to the October 7 massacre: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/65362/kennedy-school-convenes-hard-conversations-on

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

Iran Wire: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/65342/iranian-ex-officials-living-in-us-canada-facing

Legal Insurrection: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/65341/former-mullah-regime-official-now-oberlin

Daily Mail: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/65336/woke-oberlin-college-removes-former-iran-regime

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