Washington University professor says he was fired for anti-Hamas post: ‘I destroyed myself’By Selim Algar
Published Oct. 17, 2023
A veteran professor claims he was fired from Washington University for an anti-Hamas post on X over the weekend that was decried by Muslim groups as a call for “ethnic cleansing.”
In an exchange with another user, geneticist Seth Crosby referenced Israel’s retaliation for the group’s shocking terror incursions last week.
Crosby, who worked in the St. Louis college’s school of medicine for several decades, called Israel’s strikes in the Gaza Strip “a much needed cleansing, yes, but not an ethnic one. Israel is not targeting humans.”
The sentiment immediately drew the ire of several Muslim advocacy groups, which said Crosby was dehumanizing Palestinians as a whole.
“It is unconscionable that a professor at a Missouri institution of higher education would allegedly call for the ethnic cleansing of any population and would seek to dehumanize the target of that crime against humanity,” said CAIR-Missouri Board Chair Yasir Ali.
“We urge Washington University to investigate this troubling incident and to take appropriate action.”
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Source:
https://nypost.com/2023/10/17/washington-university-professor-says-he-was-fired-for-anti-hamas-post/
