CUNY Hosts Anti-Israel, Former CNN Host Marc Lamont Hill

CUNY Hosts Anti-Israel, Former CNN Host Marc Lamont Hill

CUNY has become a hotbed of antisemitism, so this is not surprising.

Campus Reform reports:

CUNY hosts ex-CNN commentator fired over Israel remarks

The City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate Center in New York City scheduled a free Oct. 28 discussion featuring former CNN commentator Marc Lamont Hill, whose 2018 remarks about Israel prompted the network to sever ties with him.

The Center for Place, Culture, and Politics (CPCP) organized the discussion alongside Verso Books. The event featured authors Rashid Khalidi and Tariq Ali, along with Hill and Columbia University professor Nadia Abu El-Haj, in a discussion The Neck and the Sword: Palestine’s Unfinished Struggle.

The book examines Palestinian political history, resistance strategies, U.S. foreign policy, and Western involvement in what its promotional description characterizes as an “ongoing genocide.” Organizers described the book as important reading for supporters of “Palestinian liberation.”

Hill, whom the Graduate Center describes as a “radical educator,” serves as a presidential professor of urban education and anthropology at CUNY.

In 2018, Hill called for a “free Palestine from the river to the sea” during a speech at the United Nations. Critics interpreted the phrase as advocating Israel’s elimination, while Hill maintained that he supported Palestinian freedom rather than Israel’s destruction.

CNN subsequently ended its relationship with Hill. His comments also prompted calls for his dismissal from Temple University, where he taught at the time.

The event also raised questions about university resources. CPCP states on its website that individual contributions entirely fund its public programming.

However, the center has not publicly disclosed the specific costs associated with Hill’s appearance or whether CUNY provided additional institutional resources for the discussion.

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