There’s an old saying about blind squirrels and acorns that comes to mind here. New York’s Democrat (of course) Governor Kathy Hochul found such an acorn when she ordered the City University of New York to pull a job posting for a “Professor of Palestinian Studies.”
Gov. Kathy Hochul ordered the City University of New York to immediately shut down a “Palestinian Studies” professorship posting at Hunter College that critics argued promotes hateful instruction that demonizes Israel.
The governor also directed CUNY to probe the taxpayer-funded Upper East Side institution “to ensure that antisemitic theories are not promoted in the classroom,” her office said in a Tuesday night statement.
In the job listing, the four-year CUNY college stated: “We seek a historically grounded scholar who takes a critical lens to issues pertaining to Palestine including…
