'I have no intentions of issuing any apologies. I've spoken what I believe to be the truth, and I stand firm in what I believe in.”
A student coalition called for DePaul University in Chicago to censure Philosophy Professor Jason D. Hill and for him to issue a public apology for an op-ed he wrote on Tuesday about Israel annexing the West Bank. The incident is the latest in an ongoing series of disputes surrounding free speech, Middle East policy and anti-semitism on college campuses nationwide.
“His comments create unsafe and uncomfortable spaces for everyone, especially Palestinian and Muslim students who now all refuse to enroll in a class that is taught by Professor Hill,” the petition said. “Some people hated that I thought Jewish civilization should be a model on which an aspirational identity could be developed. So I was not surprised by the backlash,” Hill told Newsweek about the reception of his book. “We still live in an age of deep anti-Semitism where people hate the Jewish people for their extraordinary success.”
As of Monday afternoon, the petition had 181 signatures out of its goal of 200, but Hill told Newsweek the school had yet to contact him. While he wouldn’t speculate as to whether DePaul would give in to the students’ demands, he remained firm in his own convictions.
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