Columbia U Hires Rabid Anti-Israeli to Head Their "Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies"....
You expect anything less from the disgusting trolls who dominate academia?....
The New York Sun reports on the results of the search for a director of the new "Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies." First, the "Columbia search committee responsible for hiring a director included one of academia's most outspoken critics of Israel, Rashid Khalidi [last seen on this blog condemning Columbia president Lee Bollinger for his sharp introduction of Ahmedinajed; see also "What Planet is Columbia Professor Rashid Khalidi on], as well as a professor who supported an anti-Israel divestment campaign on campus, Lila Abu-Lughod." And the upshot? The new director is Yinon Cohen, who during Operation Defensive Shield, when the Israeli Defense Forces were in the West Bank successfully fighting those who had been blowing up buses and pizzerias, signed a letter expressing "our appreciation and support for those of our students and lecturers who refuse to serve as soldiers in the occupied territories."
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H/T: Paul M.
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