Posts Tagged: Roger Waters
Judge Dismisses University of Pennsylvania Anti-Zionist Faculty Group Lawsuit
A US federal judge has dismissed an amended lawsuit which attempted to halt the University of Pennsylvania's cooperation with a congressional investigation of campus antisemitism...
Anti-Israel Faculty at UPenn Call for Ouster of President Following Search of Protester’s Residence
The University of Pennsylvania's Faculty for Justice in Palestine (FJP) chapter, an inter-campus network of anti-Zionist educators which has promoted antisemitic tropes and expressed support...
US Education Department Sued for Closing Antisemitism Investigation of University of Pennsylvania
The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law is suing the US Department of Education over its allegedly premature closing of an investigation...
University of Pennsylvania Suspends Pro-Hamas Rioters for Full Semester, Activist Group Says
The University of Pennsylvania has suspended four pro-Hamas protesters who participated in illegally occupying the campus, according to an activist group that helped organize the...
Judge Tosses Challenge to Antisemitism Investigation of University of Pennsylvania
A US federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit challenging a congressional investigation of antisemitism at the University of Pennsylvania, delivering a blow to an anti-Zionist...
University of Pennsylvania Report Disavows BDS but Rejects Globally Accepted Antisemitism Definition
The University of Pennsylvania Task Force on Antisemitism has issued a final report recommending various ways in which school officials should address rising antisemitism on...
Pro-Hamas Encampment at University of Pennsylvania Grows Larger
Masses of new people have joined a pro-Hamas "encampment" at the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) following an impasse in negotiations between the administration, students, and...
University of Pennsylvania Faculty Anti-Zionist Group Files Lawsuit to Stop Antisemitism Investigation
The fate of the US House Committee on Education and the Workforce's investigation into antisemitism at the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) could be decided in...
US Lawmakers Grill Elite University Presidents on Raging Campus Antisemitism
US lawmakers on Tuesday held a highly anticipated hearing on surging antisemitism at American universities, with members of both political parties directing sharp questions at...
Pro-Palestinian Academics Target University of Pennsylvania as School Launches Initiative to Combat Antisemitism
Over 500 academics and writers have signed a petition lambasting the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) for suggesting that anti-Israel activism on campus amid the ongoing...
Billionaire Ronald Lauder Threatens to Cut Financial Support if Penn Doesn’t Do More to Combat Antisemitism
Billionaire Ronald Lauder, a major financial backer of the University of Pennsylvania, has threatened to pull his funding from the school unless it does more...
Amid Israel-Hamas War, UPenn President Apologizes for Not Condemning Anti-Zionist Festival
One week after the Palestinian terror group Hamas invaded Israel and massacred over 1,400 Israelis, University of Pennsylvania President M. Elizabeth Magill expressed regret for...
Anti-Israel Efforts Spread to Campus and Elsewhere in Worrying Sign
The 2023-2024 academic year began with the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement further co-opting academic spaces and legitimacy, in part by holding so-called...
‘Is the Pope Catholic?’ Sharon Osbourne Doesn’t Hold Back When Asked if Roger Waters Is Antisemitic
British television personality Sharon Osbourne has called former Pink Floyd vocalist Roger Waters an antisemite following the release of a new documentary in which close...









