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Mohammed Dajani

Critics complain that Al Quds administrators condone demonstrations like this one - which can include violent imagery, masked demonstrators carrying fake weapons and posters depicting suicide bombers - even while they crack down on academic freedom.

Why critics complain one Palestinian university condones violent demonstrations at the expense of academic freedom

Global Politics

The Al-Quds University professor who led the first group of Palestinian students to visit Auschwitz has been expelled from the university’s workers union – even though he was never a member to begin with. Professor Mohammed Dajani said he would take legal action against the union, accusing its leaders of “incitement” against him.

Critics complain that Al Quds administrators condone demonstrations like this one - which can include violent imagery, masked demonstrators carrying fake weapons and posters depicting suicide bombers - even while they crack down on academic freedom.

Why critics complain one Palestinian university condones violent demonstrations at the expense of academic freedom

Global Politics
American Studies professor Mohammed Dajani took a group of Palestinian students on a trip to Auschwitz in March, 2014.

It may be taboo, but some Palestinians are rethinking their views toward the Holocaust

Global Politics
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