U. of Detroit Mercy Prof and BDS Activist Amer Zahr Joins Bernie Sanders Campaign

Amer Zahr

Democratic presidential contender Bernie Sanders has brought yet another anti-Israel activist into his campaign: University of Detroit Mercy adjunct law professor and stand-up comedian Amer Zahr. Zahr was behind the vicious BDS campaign that caused a Lebanese-American man to cancel the planned opening of a Burgerim restaurant in Dearborn (MI) in July, due to threats to his family. The burger chain was founded in Israel, but it is now headquartered in California. Nevertheless, Zahr insisted that Burgerim was built on “on stolen Palestinian land.”

Moreover, as JNS’s Jackson Richman points out, Zahr “not only endorses BDS, but also has a record of vicious attacks on Jews and Israelis. He refers to the latter as ‘foreign colonialist settlers.’ He has said that: ‘Describing defenders of Israel as “scumbags,” “pigs” and “bastards” is not necessary. “Zionist” is sufficiently insulting.’”

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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