Governor Kathy Hochul ordered the City University of New York (CUNY) at Hunter College to immediately shut down a so-called ‘Palestinian Studies’ professorship that promotes hateful instruction that slanders and demonizes Israel.
NY PostThe governor also directed CUNY to probe the taxpayer-funded Upper East Side institution “to ensure that libelous anti-Semitic theories are not promoted in the classroom,” her office said in a Tuesday night statement.
In the job listing, the four-year CUNY college stated: “We seek a historically grounded scholar who takes a critical lens to issues pertaining to Palestine including but not limited to: Israeli settler colonialism, Israeli genocide, Israeli apartheid, Israeli climate and infrastructure devastation.
The job listing (below) has since been removed from CUNY’s website.
“Governor Hochul has directed CUNY to immediately remove this job posting and conduct a thorough review of the position to ensure that antisemitic theories are not promoted in the classroom,” a Hochul spokesperson told The Post.
“The Governor has continued to strongly condemn all forms of anti-Semitism and has made clear that hateful rhetoric of any kind has no place at CUNY or anywhere in New York State.”
Eight anti-Israel protesters who caused millions of dollars worth of damages during a violent demonstration at City College’s campus in Upper Manhattan pleaded not guilty to an array of charges on Thursday — including two who attacked campus public safety officers.
They are charged with burglary in the third degree and other related charges after following a clash between protesters and police who moved in to clear out an “intifada” encampment at the City College of New York this spring.
We find this language divisive, polarizing and inappropriate and strongly agree with Governor Hochul’s direction to remove this posting, which we have ensured Hunter College has since done,” Chancellor Felix Matos and Board of Trustees Chairperson William Thompson said in a joint statement to The Post.
“CUNY will continue working with the Governor and other stakeholders to tackle anti-Semitism on our campuses and combat hate in all of its forms.”
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Hunter College, which initially defended the job posting Tuesday afternoon, did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment regarding Hochul’s decision.
CUNY campuses have been infested with Israel bashing and antisemitism that spiked after Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, invasion of Israel and the resulting war in Gaza, critics claim. Students, joined by some professors, disrupted and even vandalized some CUNY campuses with anti-Israel protests over the past year.
An independent probe commissioned by Hochul and released in September found that CUNY needs a top-to-bottom overhaul to combat “alarming’’ anti-Semitism fanned by its own faculty and do-nothing higher-ups.
The state is the principal source of funding for CUNY’s four-year schools such as Hunter, and the city chips in to help pay for its community colleges.
The most urgent priority is addressing the de-radicalization that must take place on our campuses. For far too long, the so-called Israel-Palestinian conflict in the Middle East has been used as a justification to trample on the basic civil rights of Jewish students at many colleges and universities in America, Israelis conducting business, and Jewish individuals everywhere.
Sorry, it’s not “anti-semitism”.. Rather, it’s outright Jew hatred. It’s everywhere these days. I’m 71 and I’ve never seen it like this. Between all of the mohammedans and members of the idol worshiping church of rome, it has risen to a, shall we say, a ballistic level.
I’m a honkey goyim and this abject excrement disgusts me. As I was instructed to pray, May the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob protect his chosen people.
Alley-hoo-ackburrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Thanks, AM.