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MEF Campaign Success: Oberlin Ousts Iranian Professor Accused of Prisoner Massacre

News from the Middle East Forum
December 7, 2023

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Oberlin College has removed Professor Mohammad Jafar Mahallati from his tenured position following a months-long campaign to oust him. (Photo: YouTube screenshot)

PHILADELPHIA – December 7, 2023 – The Middle East Forum (MEF) played a pivotal role in the months-long to oust Professor Mohammad Jafar Mahallati from his tenured position at Oberlin College. Partnering with Iranian American activists, MEF combined exclusive reporting and relentless advocacy to pressure Oberlin's administrators into placing Mahallati on "indefinite administrative leave."

Oberlin informed MEF that Mahallati had been removed from the campus on Nov. 28, his office vacated, and references to him scrubbed from the college's website.

"Mahallati's suspension punctuates the combined efforts of MEF and its dedicated Iranian-American partners who held protests, circulated petitions, and galvanized lawmakers," said Benjamin Baird, director of MEF Action.

Mahallati's ouster provides some small justice to family members of the Islamic Republic's 1988 prison massacres in which Mahallati had a key role, a fact that Oberlin College administrators repeatedly . The professor's suspension also follows a , first revealed by MEF's coalition, concerning Mahallati's sex-for-grades relationship with a Columbia University graduate student.

MEF joined the Alliance Against Islamic Republic of Iran Apologists (AAIRIA), an anti-regime committee of former political prisoners and surviving family members, in efforts to build public opposition to Mahallati. MEF organized an Iranian American at the Ohio Statehouse and convinced members of the U.S. Congress to send a to Oberlin College requesting answers about the school's hiring practices.

MEF's reporting exposed Mahallati's ongoing links to Iran's regime, his part in an Office of Civil Rights into charges that the professor taught students "support for Hamas," and his for the destruction of Israel. Most recently, MEF unearthed from a accusing Mahallati of forcing a graduate student into an "emotionally abusive" sexual relationship in exchange for "academic benefits" while serving as an adjunct professor at Columbia University.

"Mahallati's suspension brings a profound sense of justice and accountability, not only to the victims' families, but to all those who have supported the tireless campaign for his removal as an educator," said Gregg Roman, director of MEF. "This long-awaited decision attests to the commitment of all those involved to safeguarding national security within the academic sphere and ensuring that educators act in the best interests of their students."

MEF now calls on Oberlin College to clarify the circumstances behind Mahallati's suspension and to initiate an independent inquiry into the school's hiring practices. Furthermore, Oberlin administrators must deny Mahallati future opportunities, pensions, or favorable references stemming from his work at Oberlin College.

MEF will continue to closely monitor developments in this case and advocate for responsible academic conduct.

The Middle East Forum, a non-profit organization, promotes American interests in the Middle East and protects Western civilization from Islamism. It does so through a combination of original ideas, focused activism, and funding allies. For more information, visit .

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Attached letter worth reading.

President Salovey today released a letter of his position and plans (see below).? Has anyone heard of the "Yale Antisemitism Campus Climate Group"?? I have not.? I wonder who participated in this group and how much it involved views among Jewish students, faculty and staff across the university.

Harvey

Dear Members of the Yale Community,

Over the past two months, I have heard from many of you through letters, emails, and conversations. You have shared with me your experiences and worries, including your despair that the Hamas-Israel war has stoked waves of antagonism and revived feelings of anguish and fear that have been borne by many members of Arab, Israeli, Jewish, Muslim, Palestinian, and other communities over generations. My colleagues and I have met with many leaders, faculty members, students, staff, and alumni to discuss these matters. ?

When we see bitter discord spread around the globe, we must stand united against hatred directed at any group and hold tight to our common values. Our university mission to improve the world compels us to create knowledge, promote understanding, and contribute solutions to pressing challenges. We do this work by embracing the open exchange of ideas and by welcoming diverse experiences, cultures, backgrounds, and perspectives. As I have , our forceful rejection of discrimination and prejudice must be matched by our will to act with compassion and civility. These are the values we stand for, and we have traveled far together over the years to create and sustain a thriving academic environment.?

Today, as we face the resurgence of hate around the world and in our nation, we must build on the work we have done together to meet the needs of our community. In reviewing our current efforts, we have found opportunities to enhance support for those most affected by the Hamas-Israel war. Below, I describe new actions we are taking and provide an update on the campus climate, including our unwavering commitment to campus safety and core principles of free expression. In the coming weeks, you will receive additional updates.?

Supporting Communities Most Affected by the War

Our ongoing efforts to address racism, nativism, and prejudice through , launched in 2019, now help us to respond to the national climate of rising intolerance and hate toward Arab, Jewish, Muslim, and Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) individuals. The MENA community includes Israelis and Palestinians; Arabs and non-Arabs; Iranians and Turks; Christians, Jews, and Muslims; among others.?

Improving Jewish Student Life and Addressing Antisemitism

Over the past two years, we have been working with national Jewish organizations to enhance a supportive campus climate for students and other members of the Jewish community at Yale and to combat antisemitism. Based on foundational work conducted in partnership with Jewish community leaders and on the feedback received from students, faculty, staff, and alumni, Yale is taking additional actions to address antisemitism:?

Yale is establishing a standing advisory committee on Jewish student life to build on the recently completed work conducted by the Yale Antisemitism Campus Climate Group, formed in 2022 in partnership with the Joseph Slifka Center for Jewish Life as part of the Hillel International Campus Climate Initiative. Over the past 18 months, members of the Yale Antisemitism Campus Climate Group have obtained input from focus groups of Jewish and non-Jewish undergraduates, graduate students, postdocs, and faculty members; last week, they provided a report of their findings and recommendations. The new standing advisory committee we are establishing will help implement and amplify the recommendations of the Yale Antisemitism Campus Climate Group and will continue to identify and address issues related to campus climate for the Jewish student community. The committee will report to Secretary and Vice President Kimberly Goff-Crews and advise the president and other university leaders. It will conduct cross-sectional work with a new committee that will examine and respond to the needs and interests of the MENA and Muslim communities on campus (described below).
Yale will incorporate new educational programming on antisemitism into Belonging at Yale and offer it broadly to the campus community, from students to trustees. The Office of Institutional Equity and Accessibility will work with the newly formed advisory committee on Jewish student life to assess and expand training and educational opportunities on antisemitism. In the meantime, Yale will continue to offer in-depth professional workshops, including on antisemitism, to faculty and staff who support students across the university.
Yale will convert the pilot program that began in 2022 between Yale Security and the Joseph Slifka Center for Jewish Life into an ongoing initiative to fund fully the cost of day-to-day security service for the Slifka Center and will review this partnership every three years.?
Recognizing the importance of kosher dining for the Yale community, the university will provide significant additional funding to expand its partnership with the Slifka Center to further support the operational infrastructure for kosher meals, as we do for Halal, vegan, and other dietary options.

Improving Arab, MENA, and Muslim Student Life and Addressing Islamophobia

In recent years, we have been working with faculty, students, and staff to learn about and respond to the needs of the university’s Arab, MENA, and Muslim communities. Building on these efforts, the information we have gathered over the years, and the comments and suggestions we have received from members of the Yale community in the past two months, we are taking new actions in response to anti-Arab and Islamophobic sentiments:

Yale will formalize and expand an existing advisory group into a standing committee that will examine the needs and interests of the MENA and Muslim communities on campus and recommend ways to enhance support for them. Following the start of the Hamas-Israel war, Yale responded by convening university leaders and faculty and staff experts to provide guidance on how to better understand and respond to the needs of the Arab, MENA, and Muslim communities, including Palestinian students. The new committee will report to Secretary and Vice President Kimberly Goff-Crews and advise the president and other university leaders. This committee will conduct cross-sectional work with the new committee on Jewish student life.
The university will incorporate new educational programming on Islamophobia into Belonging at Yale and offer it broadly to the campus community, from students to trustees. The newly formed committee will partner with the Office of Institutional Equity and Accessibility to assess and make recommendations on training and educational programming. This builds on the work conducted at Yale by the Chaplain’s Office to inform and educate staff members who support students. Combating prejudice or discrimination against Arabs, Muslims, and MENA groups and identities is also included in the work of Belonging at Yale.
The university will increase staffing and secure space on campus for the MENA student community. In recent years, university leaders have discussed with MENA students their requests for additional space and recognition, and we are committed to work with them and to provide resources and guidance.
Yale will hire a second Muslim chaplain, who will work with the current Yale Muslim chaplain and director of Muslim Life, to increase the university’s capacity to provide pastoral care and direct support for the Muslim community.?

Campus safety

The actions we are taking complement our steadfast commitment to the safety and well-being of all members of our community. The Yale Police Department (YPD) has strategically increased security measures, including implementing additional patrols across the university. YPD is constantly monitoring the status of our campus.?

YPD is working with the New Haven Police Department and Connecticut Intelligence Center as well as other state and federal partners to gather information regarding any possible external threats to the campus or the broader community. We are not aware of any credible threats against Yale or any member of our campus community.?

There has been one reported incident where a person not affiliated with Yale spat on a student wearing a keffiyeh. This behavior is absolutely unacceptable. YPD is investigating, and we have provided support to the student. Outside of this incident, there have been no reported physical confrontations and violence related to the Hamas-Israel war at Yale to date.?

A “doxing” truck sponsored by an external group drove through and parked near our campus in the middle of November. It was a despicable attempt to intimidate and harass our students. The university swiftly reached out to provide support to each student whose name and image was displayed on the truck, and we guided them toward for doxing and other forms of abuse and harassment.?

I remain in regular contact with YPD and will continue to focus on the safety of everyone on our campus. YPD Chief Anthony Campbell will provide additional campus safety updates soon. In the meantime, if anyone needs support, please see for safety, mental health, free expression, discrimination and harassment, and other topics.

Free expression

Yale stands resolutely as a place that welcomes many beliefs, identities, views, and cultures, and we are unwavering in our devotion to , open dialogue, and civil debate. Our right to free expression does not obviate our responsibility as colleagues and peers to one another. Yale aims to be a place where all students feel free to express their views inside and outside the classroom. Yale will not tolerate discrimination and harassment, including threats of violence, intimidation, or coercion.

Over the past two months, our students have participated in a range of that highlight the breadth of campus conversations related to the Hamas-Israel war, and some have taken part in protests and demonstrations. Students and other members of our community have worked together to avoid the violent outbursts we have seen at some other universities. For that, I am immensely thankful. However, I am deeply disappointed by incidents of hurtful and thoughtless words, social media posts, malicious messages sent to individuals and groups, and other behavior that erodes our sense of belonging to the Yale community.?

Chants or messages that express hatred, celebrate the killing of civilians, or contain calls for genocide of any group are utterly against our ideals and certainly are not characteristic of our broader community. As I have in recent weeks, members of our community do not need to agree on everything, but we must share a commitment to open, civil discourse and respect for one another.?

Our commitment to open and civil discourse must be matched by our dedication to providing and to creating a welcoming and productive university environment. Belonging at Yale will expand efforts to support Arab, Israeli, Jewish, MENA, and Muslim communities. The next Belonging at Yale annual report will highlight how every part of the university is working to sustain a community where everyone has opportunities to contribute, to thrive, and to feel a sense of belonging.?

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Yale has unfinished work to pursue, and I look forward to receiving the recommendations from the newly established committees.?

I thank you for sharing insights that have informed the new actions we are taking. As I noted in my October 10th , we must not waver from our commitment to support Yale’s community. Today, with these new actions, I am confident that we can maintain that commitment and grow stronger together. ?

Sincerely,
Peter Salovey, signature

Peter Salovey
President
Chris Argyris Professor of Psychology

Office of the President

Re: Letter to Penn president in response to her testimony to Congress

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Attached letter worth reading.

President Salovey today released a letter of his position and plans (see below).? Has anyone heard of the "Yale Antisemitism Campus Climate Group"?? I have not.? I wonder who participated in this group and how much it involved views among Jewish students, faculty and staff across the university.

Harvey

Dear Members of the Yale Community,

Over the past two months, I have heard from many of you through letters, emails, and conversations. You have shared with me your experiences and worries, including your despair that the Hamas-Israel war has stoked waves of antagonism and revived feelings of anguish and fear that have been borne by many members of Arab, Israeli, Jewish, Muslim, Palestinian, and other communities over generations. My colleagues and I have met with many leaders, faculty members, students, staff, and alumni to discuss these matters. ?

When we see bitter discord spread around the globe, we must stand united against hatred directed at any group and hold tight to our common values. Our university mission to improve the world compels us to create knowledge, promote understanding, and contribute solutions to pressing challenges. We do this work by embracing the open exchange of ideas and by welcoming diverse experiences, cultures, backgrounds, and perspectives. As I have , our forceful rejection of discrimination and prejudice must be matched by our will to act with compassion and civility. These are the values we stand for, and we have traveled far together over the years to create and sustain a thriving academic environment.?

Today, as we face the resurgence of hate around the world and in our nation, we must build on the work we have done together to meet the needs of our community. In reviewing our current efforts, we have found opportunities to enhance support for those most affected by the Hamas-Israel war. Below, I describe new actions we are taking and provide an update on the campus climate, including our unwavering commitment to campus safety and core principles of free expression. In the coming weeks, you will receive additional updates.?

Supporting Communities Most Affected by the War

Our ongoing efforts to address racism, nativism, and prejudice through , launched in 2019, now help us to respond to the national climate of rising intolerance and hate toward Arab, Jewish, Muslim, and Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) individuals. The MENA community includes Israelis and Palestinians; Arabs and non-Arabs; Iranians and Turks; Christians, Jews, and Muslims; among others.?

Improving Jewish Student Life and Addressing Antisemitism

Over the past two years, we have been working with national Jewish organizations to enhance a supportive campus climate for students and other members of the Jewish community at Yale and to combat antisemitism. Based on foundational work conducted in partnership with Jewish community leaders and on the feedback received from students, faculty, staff, and alumni, Yale is taking additional actions to address antisemitism:?

Yale is establishing a standing advisory committee on Jewish student life to build on the recently completed work conducted by the Yale Antisemitism Campus Climate Group, formed in 2022 in partnership with the Joseph Slifka Center for Jewish Life as part of the Hillel International Campus Climate Initiative. Over the past 18 months, members of the Yale Antisemitism Campus Climate Group have obtained input from focus groups of Jewish and non-Jewish undergraduates, graduate students, postdocs, and faculty members; last week, they provided a report of their findings and recommendations. The new standing advisory committee we are establishing will help implement and amplify the recommendations of the Yale Antisemitism Campus Climate Group and will continue to identify and address issues related to campus climate for the Jewish student community. The committee will report to Secretary and Vice President Kimberly Goff-Crews and advise the president and other university leaders. It will conduct cross-sectional work with a new committee that will examine and respond to the needs and interests of the MENA and Muslim communities on campus (described below).
Yale will incorporate new educational programming on antisemitism into Belonging at Yale and offer it broadly to the campus community, from students to trustees. The Office of Institutional Equity and Accessibility will work with the newly formed advisory committee on Jewish student life to assess and expand training and educational opportunities on antisemitism. In the meantime, Yale will continue to offer in-depth professional workshops, including on antisemitism, to faculty and staff who support students across the university.
Yale will convert the pilot program that began in 2022 between Yale Security and the Joseph Slifka Center for Jewish Life into an ongoing initiative to fund fully the cost of day-to-day security service for the Slifka Center and will review this partnership every three years.?
Recognizing the importance of kosher dining for the Yale community, the university will provide significant additional funding to expand its partnership with the Slifka Center to further support the operational infrastructure for kosher meals, as we do for Halal, vegan, and other dietary options.

Improving Arab, MENA, and Muslim Student Life and Addressing Islamophobia

In recent years, we have been working with faculty, students, and staff to learn about and respond to the needs of the university’s Arab, MENA, and Muslim communities. Building on these efforts, the information we have gathered over the years, and the comments and suggestions we have received from members of the Yale community in the past two months, we are taking new actions in response to anti-Arab and Islamophobic sentiments:

Yale will formalize and expand an existing advisory group into a standing committee that will examine the needs and interests of the MENA and Muslim communities on campus and recommend ways to enhance support for them. Following the start of the Hamas-Israel war, Yale responded by convening university leaders and faculty and staff experts to provide guidance on how to better understand and respond to the needs of the Arab, MENA, and Muslim communities, including Palestinian students. The new committee will report to Secretary and Vice President Kimberly Goff-Crews and advise the president and other university leaders. This committee will conduct cross-sectional work with the new committee on Jewish student life.
The university will incorporate new educational programming on Islamophobia into Belonging at Yale and offer it broadly to the campus community, from students to trustees. The newly formed committee will partner with the Office of Institutional Equity and Accessibility to assess and make recommendations on training and educational programming. This builds on the work conducted at Yale by the Chaplain’s Office to inform and educate staff members who support students. Combating prejudice or discrimination against Arabs, Muslims, and MENA groups and identities is also included in the work of Belonging at Yale.
The university will increase staffing and secure space on campus for the MENA student community. In recent years, university leaders have discussed with MENA students their requests for additional space and recognition, and we are committed to work with them and to provide resources and guidance.
Yale will hire a second Muslim chaplain, who will work with the current Yale Muslim chaplain and director of Muslim Life, to increase the university’s capacity to provide pastoral care and direct support for the Muslim community.?

Campus safety

The actions we are taking complement our steadfast commitment to the safety and well-being of all members of our community. The Yale Police Department (YPD) has strategically increased security measures, including implementing additional patrols across the university. YPD is constantly monitoring the status of our campus.?

YPD is working with the New Haven Police Department and Connecticut Intelligence Center as well as other state and federal partners to gather information regarding any possible external threats to the campus or the broader community. We are not aware of any credible threats against Yale or any member of our campus community.?

There has been one reported incident where a person not affiliated with Yale spat on a student wearing a keffiyeh. This behavior is absolutely unacceptable. YPD is investigating, and we have provided support to the student. Outside of this incident, there have been no reported physical confrontations and violence related to the Hamas-Israel war at Yale to date.?

A “doxing” truck sponsored by an external group drove through and parked near our campus in the middle of November. It was a despicable attempt to intimidate and harass our students. The university swiftly reached out to provide support to each student whose name and image was displayed on the truck, and we guided them toward for doxing and other forms of abuse and harassment.?

I remain in regular contact with YPD and will continue to focus on the safety of everyone on our campus. YPD Chief Anthony Campbell will provide additional campus safety updates soon. In the meantime, if anyone needs support, please see for safety, mental health, free expression, discrimination and harassment, and other topics.

Free expression

Yale stands resolutely as a place that welcomes many beliefs, identities, views, and cultures, and we are unwavering in our devotion to , open dialogue, and civil debate. Our right to free expression does not obviate our responsibility as colleagues and peers to one another. Yale aims to be a place where all students feel free to express their views inside and outside the classroom. Yale will not tolerate discrimination and harassment, including threats of violence, intimidation, or coercion.

Over the past two months, our students have participated in a range of that highlight the breadth of campus conversations related to the Hamas-Israel war, and some have taken part in protests and demonstrations. Students and other members of our community have worked together to avoid the violent outbursts we have seen at some other universities. For that, I am immensely thankful. However, I am deeply disappointed by incidents of hurtful and thoughtless words, social media posts, malicious messages sent to individuals and groups, and other behavior that erodes our sense of belonging to the Yale community.?

Chants or messages that express hatred, celebrate the killing of civilians, or contain calls for genocide of any group are utterly against our ideals and certainly are not characteristic of our broader community. As I have in recent weeks, members of our community do not need to agree on everything, but we must share a commitment to open, civil discourse and respect for one another.?

Our commitment to open and civil discourse must be matched by our dedication to providing and to creating a welcoming and productive university environment. Belonging at Yale will expand efforts to support Arab, Israeli, Jewish, MENA, and Muslim communities. The next Belonging at Yale annual report will highlight how every part of the university is working to sustain a community where everyone has opportunities to contribute, to thrive, and to feel a sense of belonging.?

***

Yale has unfinished work to pursue, and I look forward to receiving the recommendations from the newly established committees.?

I thank you for sharing insights that have informed the new actions we are taking. As I noted in my October 10th , we must not waver from our commitment to support Yale’s community. Today, with these new actions, I am confident that we can maintain that commitment and grow stronger together. ?

Sincerely,
Peter Salovey, signature

Peter Salovey
President
Chris Argyris Professor of Psychology

Dear President MaGill.pdf

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Letter to Penn president in response to her testimony to Congress yesterday

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A real answer to the craven weasels.

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?Dear President MaGill I write to inform you of the severe distress and outrage that your congressional testimony caused me today. I am a proud undergraduate alum from the Class of 83 and the Law School Class of 1986. My father Stephen H. Joseph

Dear President MaGill

I write to inform you of the severe distress and outrage that your congressional testimony caused me today.? I am a proud undergraduate alum from the Class of 83 and the Law School Class of 1986. My father Stephen H. Joseph graduated with an undergraduate degree from the Wharton School in the Class of 1953.? My sister Janis Joseph graduated in the Class of 1985 and the Class of 1986 from the Graduate School of Education. Janis’ husband Dr. Albert Ritter graduated in the Class of 1984.? My wife Dale Grayson graduated from the Penn Law School in the Class of 1987. My son Michael Joseph graduated from the Penn Law School in the class of 2014. We are a three generation Penn family.

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Your testimony today, without hyperbole, was one of the most chilling utterances that I have heard in my lifetime. The president of the University of Pennsylvania testified under oath that advocating genocide in an on campus demonstration was not, in and of itself, a violation of the University’s code of conduct, but was a matter of “context.”? You presumably justify such a statement by the importance of free speech and academic freedom. I might understand such a misguided view from a non-lawyer, but you are a distinguished lawyer who knows that as a matter of Constitutional law, only the federal and state governments, through the 14th Amendment, are prevented from regulating speech. However, even the First Amendent is not absolute, as threats and exhortations to commit violence are not protected speech. The Supreme Court ruled when I was young that the government couldn’t prevent actual Nazis from marching through the predominantly Jewish neighborhood of Skokie Illinois on First Amendment grounds. And as odious as that march was, I agree that, in the United States, the government does not and should not have a role in regulating such speech. Even though many of the residents of Skokie Illinois were actual holocaust survivors.

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But, to state the obvious, Penn is NOT the government. It is a private entity, devoted to education and the high ideals and morality. Indeed, its very motto is “Laws Without Morals are Useless.” And it also has an obligation to protect vigorous academic and political debate.? But the advocacy of genocide on campus by students and faculty is not academic, and genocide is not political. Particularly given the annihilation of millions of Jews in the last 80 years, advocacy for the genocide of Jews is particularly egregious. This is especially true given that the October 7 terrorist attacks resulted in the largest massacre of Jews since the holocaust. The University of Pennsylvania can certainly commit to protect and encourage vigorous and robust academic and political debate and still draw a bright line at advocating genocide. To say that whether advocating genocide of Jewish people is a matter of context, and that it does not violate the code of conduct unless it constitutes “harassment” or “bullying” is nothing short of astonishing. Is it possible to have student demonstrations at Penn that advocate genocide of Jewish people that do NOT constitute harassment, intimidation or bullying to Jewish students and faculty?? The answer to that (what should be a rhetorical) question is that there is no way to advocate for genocide of Jews that does not bully and intimidate the Jewish students at Penn. And this harassment has played out in outrageous and terrifying conduct and antisemitic vandalism.

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Your testimony is also patently disingenuous as it is dangerous. Can you state with a straight face that the University would not have swiftly disciplined students if they demonstrated advocating lynching of black people in the aftermath of the murder of George Floyd? It is beyond doubt that any such demonstration would have been met with swift action by the University, and deservedly so. To say that it would depend on “context” would be laughable, if it weren’t so deadly serious.

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I have listened to the debate. I gave you the benefit of the doubt after you revised your initial statement to rightly characterize the attack of October 7 as a terrorist act. But after your disturbingly callous, mendacious and immoral testimony today, I have come to the inescapable conclusion that you are the wrong person, at the wrong time at the wrong institution, and that if you care at all about Penn, you should resign your position as President. Rest assured that I will be in touch with my network of alumni to work hard to make that happen. We cannot have a President that cannot stand up to those that advocate genocide against any race, ethnicity or religion.

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John N Joseph, CAS 83/Law 86

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: How University Presidents are able to say legally that they are not getting funding from the “State of Qatar.”

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Yale is mentioned extensively in this report.

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Subject:	FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: How University Presidents are able to say legally that they are not getting funding from the “State of Qatar.”
Date:	Wed, 6 Dec 2023 18:21:56 +0000
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?How University Presidents are able to?say legally that they are not getting funding from the “State of Qatar.”

ISGAP REPORT LAYS OUT HOW QATAR IS FUNNELLING MONEY INTO THE USA, EUROPE AND THE REST OF THE WORLD THROUGH STATE PROXIES.
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As part of the Follow the Money Project, the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP) released a report:

Yesterday, on December the 5^th, 2023 - U.S. House of Representatives committee members asked the Presidents of four prestigious universities in the United States about the foreign funds that they received from Qatar. The impression given by most of them was that the Qatari funding is not coming from the state. This answer is a partial truth as billions of American dollars are going to their institutions via Qatari State-owned NGOs and commercial entities.
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The ISGAP Follow the Money project’s previous reports have laid out the following:

Qatar is the largest foreign donor to U.S. universities.
The Muslim Brotherhood’s Islamist ideology is intertwined with the State and?links Qatar with the Muslim Brotherhood’s Palestinian Chapter: Hamas.
The fact that money sent by foreign states such as Qatar has?a?direct effect on increasing antisemitism and anti-democratic views/activity.

The latest report, Networks of Hate, lays out the way that Qatar is operating a war chest valued between?$500 billion USD?—?and $1 trillion USD of assets and growing, using soft power as an influence in the West, including prestigious American universities. ?
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The report also examines the main Qatari institutions, their investments, and amounts of money being funnelled directly into U.S. campuses by using Qatari state-owned NGOs such as The Qatar Foundation, as well as other methods of transferring funds unreported to the Department of Education or the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA).
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ISGAP inspects the following sectors:

Hospitality.
Real Estate.
Energy.
Food and Beverage.
Media.
Education.

For the first time, the mechanisms and figures are laid out in one comprehensive report. ISGAP recommends the following actions be undertaken immediately: ?

All institutions where the ruling family of Qatar have a controlling interest,?for instance, Al Jazeera Media Network and Al Jazeera International, and all subsidiaries, should be registered under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) 1938.?
FARA must require?agents of foreign principals who are engaged in political or other activities, specified under the statute, to make periodical public disclosure of their relationship with the foreign principal, as well as activities, receipts and disbursements in support of those activities. ?
Congressional Hearings should be convened to fully understand the impact of Qatar’s aggressive investment strategies to?assess their influence on Western democratic values and potential security implications.
Investigate universities that take funds from Qatar, and assess the impact on education and curriculum, scholarship, and discourse.?Is this a cause of the explosion of antisemitism in higher education that has placed Jewish students and faculty in disproportionate targeting??
Financial records must be disclosed regarding all WISH and WISE expenditures related to U.S. academia, including grantees and conference attendees. This should reveal the extent of Qatar's shadow influence over U.S. campuses, facilitated through these entities.?
Full transparency regarding contract terms between Qatari entities and universities is needed to ascertain the full extent of Qatar's influence.?
Close U.S. university campuses in Education City, Qatar. This includes Texas A&M University, Carnegie Mellon University, Northwestern University, Virginia Commonwealth University, Cornell University and Georgetown University campuses. Their operations enable Qatari soft power infiltration into U.S. academia, both ideologically and scientifically.
Prohibit any further direct Qatari government funding to U.S. universities operating in Qatar or the United States. Require full disclosure under the Foreign Agents Registration Act of any Qatar-linked funds already received by U.S. universities.?
Open a Federal Government investigation into the non-reporting of foreign donations to U.S. universities and take criminal action against systematic underreporting by U.S. universities and individuals of financial donations received directly or indirectly from Qatar. The investigation should explore the impact of Qatari funding on the increase of antisemitism in higher education.
Quash indirect funds that circumvent reporting requirements.
Add a provision to Section 117 of the Higher Education Act 1965 which mandates the disclosure of grantees who have any connection to Qatar directly or indirectly.?
Establish ethics review boards at American?universities to monitor foreign funding sources and block unacceptable donations or partnerships compromising academic integrity and national security.
Enact further transparency laws requiring full public disclosure of any foreign contracts, grants or donations received by U.S. universities, including itemized reporting on collaborative projects, travel sponsorship, endowed faculty chairs and other benefits.

ISGAP Executive Director, Dr. Charles Asher Small shared, “Nazism was a combination of unbridled corporate control of the economy mixed with genocidal antisemitism. This resulted in the devastation of Europe. German intellectuals and scholarship were at the forefront of supporting the Nazis and normalizing antisemitism. What we witnessed yesterday in Congress in the United States of America were the corporate figureheads of major Ivy League universities with billions of dollars in endowments, normalizing antisemitism here in our nation. This while they want unregulated access to blood money, from state-owned entities whose ideology wants to destroy the Jewish people and our democracy. This must end now.”

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YFJF&F URGENT action needed. Call Congress re next week's testimony by college presidents

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Friends,

Next week, presidents Kornbluth (MIT), Gay (Harvard), Magill (PENN) will be testifying in front of the House Education and Workforce Committee re antisemitism on their campuses.??

see?

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Kornbluth has been totally ineffective and a coddler of lawbreakers, Gay has proved clueless (how many statements did she have to issue?), and Magill has been outright defiant.

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Most of you who live in CT are constituents of Joe Courtney who is on the committee.

Please call him

Phone: (202) 225-2076? (Washington office)

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Demand that Courtney hold these losers' feet to the fire.

Tell the staffer you are a constituent.

Tell the staffer you are an alum (if you are).

Demand that Courtney get them to admit that they have abandoned Jews on campus. Say that the majority of Jews now feel unsafe on campus. Death threats are not free speech. Assault is not free speech. Ask if they would have acted so weakly if one minority student had been threatened on campus. Ask each president to resign.? Tell Courtney that as a constituent, a professor, and an alum, you are disgusted at the ineffective and feckless actions of all three college presidents. Tell him that all 3 must resign.

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DO IT NOW.

Evan