Hatem Bazian
This course is only the beginning of the next wave of anti-Semitism that has spread throughout US campuses.
Critics argued that the course, which studied Palestine ‘through the lens of settler colonialism’, was anti-Israel and antisemitic
The course learning objectives made it clear that a key goal of the class was to encourage students to accept unquestioningly the false and defamatory idea that Israel is an illegitimate settler colonial state.
Critics said one-credit, student-led course was anti-Zionist. The university said it acted on procedural grounds.
Students will investigate ‘decolonial alternatives’
Jewish groups sent a letter to the university’s chief saying a student-taught course about the history of Palestine over the past 100 years anti-Israel.
Only the BDS Movement stands to gain from this union.