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August 4, 2015

An Anti-Israel Witch Hunt at Connecticut College

A victory for the mob, and for Islamists.

This spring, Andrew Pessin, a professor of philosophy at Connecticut College, was subjected to ferocious criticism and harassment—first by student groups, and then by the college’s faculty and administration—over a Facebook post in which he compared Hamas to “a rabid pit bull.” The episode culminated in Pessin’s taking a leave of absence. Richard Landes explains how an entire college campus surrendered to the mob:

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