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August 8, 2014

Thousands Support Professor Who Lost Job After Tweets Critical of Israel 
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An author and professor has reportedly lost his job after publicly
criticizing the Israeli siege of Gaza. Steven Salaita is the author of
"Israel's Dead Soul" and a contributor to outlets including Electronic
Intifada. After posting a series of tweets critical of Israel, he was
reportedly told he would no longer have a job at the University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He was due to start work there in the
American Indian studies program this month. The American Association of
University Professors expressed concern, saying, "Whether one finds
these views attractive or repulsive is irrelevant to the right of a
faculty member to express them." More than 10,000 people have signed a
petition for his reinstatement.

 

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