Rhodes College Prof Yasir Qadhi Blames Israel for Hamas’s Tire Fires

Rhodes College professor Yasir Qadhi declared on his Facebook page that “Gaza is burning again,” but omitted that Gazans started the tire fire at the border with Israel at Hamas’s behest. Employing Holocaust inversion, he warned that Israelis “who cause such pain, even as they themselves claim that they shall never again allow it to happen . . . shall be dealt with.” The comments are even worse.

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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