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29 April 2015
Damning report by American Association of University Professors lays ground for University of Illinois to be censured. Read more about Univ. of Illinois protected white supremacist, but not Steven Salaita, report finds
4 December 2014
Three dozen University of Illinois department heads write to incoming president Timothy Killeen about fallout from Salaita’s firing after he expressed criticism of Israel. Read more about After Salaita firing, Univ. of Illinois struggling to hire faculty
12 August 2014
Fellow academics defend Steven Salaita’s right to speak out on Palestine and demand that his sacking be overturned. Read more about Fired professor voiced "legitimate outrage" over Gaza attack, say University of Illinois colleagues
11 August 2014
In a new interview with The Electronic Intifada, Cary Nelson, past president of the American Association of University Professors, has revealed that he is directly advising national Zionist organizations in their campaign against Steven Salaita. Read more about Zionist groups planned to lobby Univ. of Illinois trustees over Salaita appointment
8 August 2014
The campaign against Salaita is almost certainly motivated by the fact that he has been an outspoken and effective campaigner for the boycott of Israeli academic institutions complicit in Israel’s crimes against Palestinians. Read more about Academic heavyweights slam Univ. of Illinois firing of Steven Salaita for Palestine views
7 August 2014
The University of Illinois terminated Steven Salaita after anti-Palestinian activists and media raised concern over Salaita’s tweets condemning Israel’s massacre in Gaza. Read more about Jewish group that sent email promising action denies role in Steven Salaita firing
6 August 2014
Salaita, an outspoken supporter of academic boycott, has been the target of high-profile anti-Palestinian campaigners. Read more about University of Illinois fires professor Steven Salaita after Gaza massacre tweets
25 June 2014
The assault on Palestinian campuses underscores the justification for the boycott of Israeli academic institutions, campaigners say. Read more about US academics condemn “barbaric” Israeli raids on Palestinian universities
5 February 2014
Student activists to CUNY chancellor: “you do not speak for us” in condemning the American Studies Association’s boycott of Israeli institutions. Read more about New York students slam CUNY collaboration with Israeli academia
5 October 2011
A complaint by a professor at Columbia University who co-founded the anti-Palestinian Zionist group “Scholars for Peace in the Middle East” has resulted in the US Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) opening an investigation into the university. Read more about US launches "civil rights" probe at Columbia University as Zionist censorship, smears intensify