Campus Watch in the Media

Mid-East Studies Departments Hiring Token Jews

by Candace de Russy
Phi Beta Cons
August 8, 2008

http://phibetacons.nationalreview.com/post/?q=OTgxMGZkMjQzOTJkNTE0YWM2MjY1OTQxYzEwODEwZDU=

http://www.campus-watch.org/article/id/5473

Surprise, surprise:

In an attempt to appear balanced in the face of charges of anti-Israel biases, some departments or programs of Middle East studies have added Israeli scholars to their ranks — a move that at first glance appears welcome.

Yet many of these Israeli academics have built their reputation on a scholarship that is harshly critical not only of Israeli policy, but of Israel's very existence.

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