Holocaust Scholar Raz Segal Loses Job Offer for Saying Israel Is Committing Genocide
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Published 2024-06-18
We speak with Israeli American Jewish scholar Raz Segal about the University of Minnesota's move to rescind a job offer over his comments early in the war on Gaza, when he characterized the Israeli assault as a "textbook case of genocide." Segal was set to lead the university's Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, but after two board members quit in opposition to Segal's selection and a smear campaign led by the pro-Israel group Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas (JCRC), the school revoked the offer. Segal says he has been "targeted because of my identity as a Jew who refuses the narrowing down of Jewish identity to Zionism" and calls the JCRC-led opposition a "hateful campaign of lies and distortions" and "crude political intervention." "This was a completely legitimate hiring process," states Segal. He says rescission of his offer "spells the end of this idea of free inquiry, of academic freedom, of research and teaching — and all in the service, of course, of supporting an extremely violent state."
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All Comments (21)
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If a genocide scholar can't discuss genocide, how is he suppose to do his job?
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Shame on the University of Minnesota.
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As a fellow academic, I am going to sign the international support letter right now
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Ban AIPAC. Keep money for American FAMILIES in Need
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We are fighting for nothing less than for truth and justice .
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His honor and integrity are intact.
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He should sue them. This is ridiculous.
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The new McCarthyism
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Textbook Case of Genocide 📚👏✊ Thank you Prof Raz Segal 🎓
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We need more Jewish Voices to call out Israel's actions & call it what it is a Genocide.
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You can lose your job for being against genocide. But the folks committing it are the victims? Gotta protect their right to unalive folks at will 🤦🏾♀️
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Nobody should lose his job for saying the truth!
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Professor of genocide gets ousted for talking about genocide. You couldn't script it better. Just ridiculous
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Dr. Raz, you are on the right side of history. Don't get discouraged, please. You are a beacon of light to many of us.
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Get a good lawyer and sue the university. Shame on University of Minnesota.
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I am a former student and instructor at the University of Minnesota. I deplore the withdrawal of your job offer and the academic censorship involved. May you prevail in your efforts to change this situation.
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He is a decent human being with integrity. A rarity in Israel.
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"To learn who rules over you, simply find out who are not allowed to criticize." -Voltaire
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He told the truth. The world is watching.
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Prof Segal lost a job, doing his job, but he has saved his soul by speaking out, and will possibly find himself on the right side of history.
