Columbia’s Rashid Khalidi Denies Pro-Israel ‘Infestation’ Comments Were Anti-Semitic

Columbia University’s Rashid Khalidi, responding to charges that his diatribe about pro-Israel people “infesting” the Trump administration reeks of anti-Semitism, claims it was simply “infelicitous phrasing.” An anti-Semite? Who me?

Cinnamon Stillwell analyzes Middle East studies academia in West Coast colleges and universities for Campus Watch. A San Francisco Bay Area native and graduate of San Francisco State University, she is a columnist, blogger, and social media analyst. Ms. Stillwell, a former contributing political columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle, has written on a wide variety of topics, including the political atmosphere in American higher education, and has appeared as a guest on television and talk radio.
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