Stanford Lecturer Suspended For Allegedly Separating Jewish Students In Class, Calling Israelis “Colonisers”

Stanford University in the United States has suspended a lecturer for allegedly describing Israelis as “colonisers” and asking Jewish students in his class to stand in the corner. According to the New York Post, Israeli students on the campus said that the lecturer, whose identity hasn’t been revealed, opened two freshman classes on Tuesday by saying the lesson would be colonialism. He then went on to make Jewish students stand in a corner while branding them “colonisers”, downplayed the Holocaust and also called Hamas operatives “freedom fighters”. 

Citing the San Francisco Chronicle, the Post reported that the lecturer blamed the ongoing war between Hamas and Israel on “Zionists” – supporters of a movement for the protection of an independent Jewish state. He reportedly justified the killings of more than 1,300 Israelis by Hamas gunmen over the weekend, saying that it was part of Palestinians’ resistance.