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Open Letter of California Scholar for Academic Freedom (Israel/Palestine)

[Prefatory Note: Below is an Open Letter prepared under the direction of Vida Samiian of State University of California at Fresno on behalf of California scholars defending against any effort to abridge academic freedom anywhere in the world, but particularly in California and the United States. The group has been recently sensitive to issues surrounding Israel/Palestine, Zionism, and alleged Anti-Semitism, but it also references attacks elsewhere in the world that encroach upon academic freedom.

UN Palestine Monitor Richard Falk Rejects Calls to Step Down

 UN Palestine monitor Richard Falk rejects calls to step down
Richard Falk
 
An embattled UN rights expert who probes Israel’s conduct towards Palestinians on Tuesday rejected calls to step down, saying his opponents were trying to silence his criticism of the Jewish state by labeling him anti-Semitic.