http://mondoweiss.net/2008/10/columbia-u-provost-embraces-his-friend-rashid.html The War of Ideas in the Middle East Mon, 28 May 2012 01:16:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://mondoweiss.net/2008/10/columbia-u-provost-embraces-his-friend-rashid.html/comment-page-1#comment-48197 otto Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2008/10/31/columbia-u-provost-embraces-his-friend-rashid.html#comment-48197 <p>Even if he wasn't acceptable on the right, he doesn't deserve the battering he's received. There's a defence of Khalidi as good-guy and one to value 'about the senior common room' going on. But its all irrelevant, since lots of professors aren't good guys and are terrible around the senior common room. His offence is that he's palestinian and these 'regular joe' defences entirely miss the point. </p> Even if he wasn't acceptable on the right, he doesn't deserve the battering he's received. There's a defence of Khalidi as good-guy and one to value 'about the senior common room' going on. But its all irrelevant, since lots of professors aren't good guys and are terrible around the senior common room. His offence is that he's palestinian and these 'regular joe' defences entirely miss the point.

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