Rejected Professor Salaita Wants U. of I. Job or Else He'll Sue

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1. His job offer was rescinded after he criticized Israel during Protective Edge this summer

Salaita, who had planned to join the American Indian studies faculty Aug. 16 in a tenured position, posted numerous tweets criticizing Israel in the weeks before his job was rescinded.

In June and July, Salaita posted prolifically about the situation in Gaza, particularly about the children killed in the conflict. In one post, he wrote: “If (Israel President Benjamin) Netanyahu appeared on TV with a necklace made from the teeth of Palestinian children, would anybody be surprised?”
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In another, on June 20, soon after three Israelis were kidnapped and killed, he wrote: “You may be too refined to say it, but I’m not: I wish all the (expletive) West Bank settlers would go missing.”

U. of I. Chancellor Phyllis Wise informed him in an emailed letter Aug. 1 that he would not have the job after all.

In the letter to Salaita, Wise wrote that his appointment was subject to approval by the university’s board of trustees, and, because board approval was “unlikely,” it would not be submitted.

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