Rashid Khalidi avslutter undervisning ved Columbia University

 The Guardian 1. august 2025:

I spent decades at Columbia. I’m withdrawing my fall course due to its deal with Trump
Rashid Khalidi

 

The university’s draconian policies and new definition of antisemitism make much teaching impossible 

En sterk  og klar melding til ledelsen av universitetet i form av et åpent brev.

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Haaretz 6. august 2025:

Palestinian Professor Rashid Khalidi Cancels Course at Columbia After Trump Administration Reforms

Professor Rashid Khalidi said one of the university's reforms was adopting the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of antisemitism, arguing it conflates criticism of Israeli policy or Zionism with antisemitism. He also accused the university of showing 'contempt' to faculty and students, who he says are 'enormously heroic'

 

Kilde:
6. august 2025
https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/2025-08-06/ty-article/.premium/palestinian-professor-cancels-course-at-columbia-after-trump-administration-reforms/00000198-7e35-d2e5-adb9-7e3d6b420000 

 

1. august 2025
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/01/columbia-historian-rashid-khalidi-open-letter 

Katherine Franke presset til å slutte ved Columbia Universitet

 Times of Israel 10.januar 2025

"Columbia University professor retires as probe finds she discriminated against Israelis

Katherine Franke leaves school after investigation says she violated university discrimination policy when saying Israeli students harass Palestinians on campus"

Tilsvar fra Center for Constitutional Rights under Kilde

Også Frankes egen erklæring er gjengitt under Kilde.
Det er en sterk beskrivelse av hvordan forholdene ved Columbia-universitetet har vært for professor Franke.

Det juridiske firma Franke hadde valgt til å representere henne, Outten & Golden, ledelsen der sa opp kundeforholdet.
Men den partner som representerte henne valgte da å slutte i Outten & Golden.
Og en senere vurdering av handlemåten til Outten & Golden konkluderte at oppsigelsen var uetisk:

“Outten & Golden’s abandonment of you and your matter before the Columbia University’s Office of Equal Employment and Affirmative Action Office (EOAA) because of the politically charged environment about the Israeli/Palestine conflict is contrary to foundational values of our profession,” Yaroshefsky wrote in a Sept. 10 letter finding Outten & Golden’s conduct unethical."

Skudeneshavn   12. januar 2025

Jan Marton Jensen

Kilde:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_Franke

10. januar 2025
https://academeblog.org/2025/01/10/statement-by-professor-katherine-franke/

10. januar 2025
https://ccrjustice.org/home/press-center/press-releases/solidarity-katherine-franke-our-former-board-chair

10. januar 2025
https://www.timesofisrael.com/probe-finds-columbia-university-professor-discriminated-against-israeli-students/

30. oktober 2024
https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/columbia-law-palestine-ethics/

22. oktober 2024
https://www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2024/10/22/law-professor-katherine-franke-bc-81-files-ethics-complaint-against-law-firm-after-withdrawal-of-representation/

Milliardærer i USA med hemmelig støtte til Israel

I hemmelighet har en gruppe amerikanske milliardærer diskutert og og planlagt støtte for Israel  mht Gaza-krigen.
Påvirkning av New York's  borgermester, med både penger og folk, er vist i artikkel i Washington Post:

"Business titans privately urged NYC mayor to use police on Columbia protesters,
chats show"
"A WhatsApp chat started by some wealthy Americans after the Oct. 7 Hamas attack reveals their focus on Mayor Eric Adams and their work to shape U.S. opinion of the Gaza war."

Men hvorfor slik hemmelighet?

 

Skudeneshavn  17. mai 2024

Jan Marton Jensen

 

Kilde:
16. mai 2024
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/05/16/business-leaders-chat-group-eric-adams-columbia-protesters/

Robert Reich om uro ved amerikanske universiteter

Interessant artikkel i The Guardian 23. april 2024 av Robert Reich, tidligere US Secretary of Labor:

Utgangspunktet er uroen ved flere universiteter i USA, spesielt Comumbia-universitetet:

"Protesting against slaughter – as students in the US are doing – isn’t antisemitism"

"Education is all about provocation. Without being provoked even young minds can remain stuck in old tracks"

Robert Reich

En lesverdig artikkel som forsvarer studenters rett til demonstrasjoner innen akseptable former.

 

 

Skudeneshavn  25. april 2024

Jan Marton Jensen

Kilde:
23. april 2024
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/23/israel-gaza-campus-protests