Professor Who Praised Oct. 7 to Teach Zionism Course

Controversial Columbia University professor Joseph Massad is scheduled to teach a spring semester class on the history of Zionism, only a short time after he praised the Oct. 7 attack, Breitbart reported on Thursday.

Massad, who is a Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African studies professor, will teach a spring 2025 class called “Palestinian and Israeli Politics and Societies.” The course has ignited controversy due to Massad’s past advocacy for the destruction of Isreal and his comments on the Oct. 7, 2023 massacre, during which 1,200 Israeli citizens were murdered by Hamas terrorists.

Massad published an article in the Electonic Intifada in which he called the attacks a “stunning victory of the Palestinian resistance over the Israeli military.”

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