Cornell president accused of violating academic freedom
He wrote to Kotlikoff just two days after Torres’s post, saying the course description’s assertion of there being “settler colonialism” in Israel/Palestine is a “false premise” that “seeks to delegitimize the State of Israel” and “justify Palestinian terrorism.” Rosensaft said it’s “safe to assume” that Cheyfitz would portray the atrocities of Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023, attack in “a positive light.”