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And here are some of the slides, meant to capture what the hard question is, what I think the bottom line is, and why the IHRA definition, as it's been construed, is problematic:
January 16, 2026 at 8:45 PM
And here are some of the slides, meant to capture what the hard question is, what I think the bottom line is, and why the IHRA definition, as it's been construed, is problematic:
“The report’s flawed critique of the FXB Center and particularly the Palestine programme is a crystallisation
of a pressure campaign that has been going on for years”, says Harvard lecturer and CJFS member Aaron Shakow.
of a pressure campaign that has been going on for years”, says Harvard lecturer and CJFS member Aaron Shakow.
January 3, 2026 at 3:26 PM
“The report’s flawed critique of the FXB Center and particularly the Palestine programme is a crystallisation
of a pressure campaign that has been going on for years”, says Harvard lecturer and CJFS member Aaron Shakow.
of a pressure campaign that has been going on for years”, says Harvard lecturer and CJFS member Aaron Shakow.
Although not stated by Harvard, Basset and others were almost certainly fired because spoke up against genocide. They were directly attacked by the Trump admin, and by an internal Harvard report that conflated criticism of Israel with antisemitism.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Harvard fires Director of Center for Health and Human Rights
Mary Bassett led the François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights, which
has been criticised by the Trump administration. Washington Correspondent Susan Jaffe
reports.
www.thelancet.com
January 3, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Although not stated by Harvard, Basset and others were almost certainly fired because spoke up against genocide. They were directly attacked by the Trump admin, and by an internal Harvard report that conflated criticism of Israel with antisemitism.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Now that they don't think antisemitism is a problem, will they stop sending Hitler-sympathizing lawyers to attack our universities for allegedly tolerating antisemitism? Haha no of course not.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/02/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/02/m...
DOJ lawyer in Harvard case once wrote a paper from Hitler’s perspective - The Boston Globe
Michael Velchik once also told a peer that "Mein Kampf" was among his favorite recent reads.
www.bostonglobe.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Now that they don't think antisemitism is a problem, will they stop sending Hitler-sympathizing lawyers to attack our universities for allegedly tolerating antisemitism? Haha no of course not.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/02/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/02/m...