Middle East Studies Association Fights a Rising Tide of Critics

With tensions between Israelis and Palestinians escalating after this week’s terrorist attack on a Jerusalem synagogue, one scholarly group, the Middle East Studies Association, appears unlikely to escape conflict anytime soon.

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Campus Watch, which was established by the Middle East Forum, a conservative think tank, and monitors Middle East studies programs for speech it deems hostile to Israel, last month denounced the planned panelas stacked with critics of that nation.

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