Gaza War Prompts Attacks on Academic Freedom admin, October 13, 2024October 13, 2024 Americans for Middle East Understanding, Sept. 28, 2024:During the wave of campus protests opposing the US-backed war on Gaza and calling for divestment from Israel, students weren’t the only demonstrators to face arrest; supportive faculty members were also caught up in the crackdown… “We are witnessing a new era of McCarthyism where a House committee is using college presidents and professors for political theater… And Columbia isn’t the only university where faculty feel their academic freedoms are being steadily revoked… Censorship Civil Liberties Democracy Gaza Israel Israel and Palestine Israel-Palestinian conflict Palestine US Middle East Policy