University of Chicago
Promote author of book that claims religion isn’t linked to Islamist attacks
The talk fell on Nakba Day, which memorializes the struggles of the Palestinian people in leaving the territory in 1948, when the U.N. declared the land to be Israel.
The associate director’s termination was seen by many as a signal that the University may no longer support Center for Middle Eastern Studies’ mission or that administrators may want more control over how the center spends its funds.
President-elect long minimized ties to radical Palestinian activist