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Dear Mr Holtschneider:
I was truly shocked to read this report that appeared in the magazine of
DePaul University. If you read the article it appears in some way to
highlight a hidden agenda here as it seems to be that your university
actively espouses the Palestinian cause as evidenced by the hosting and
financially supporting the Palestinian art exhibition which according to
this article, is little more than political propaganda.
This calls into question the motivation for the suspension of Professor
Thomas Klocek, as it appears to be the same agenda and it seems the
university itself supports, even if not willingly, a pro Palestinian
political ethos.
Despite all protestations to the contrary, the way Professor Klocek is
being treated seems to have strong links with the fact that he dared to
express a view that highlighted some of the historical inaccuracies of the
anti Israel, pro Palestinian propaganda that his student accusers, who say
they "felt threatened by his behaviour" were peddling. Anyone who has seen
the behaviour and confidence of the Muslim students who actively promote
their political cause on campus are unlikely to accept that a large group
of these students would feel threatened by a single individual, whom they
did not even know was a professor at the university.
Do you have any comments on the feeling that it was inappropriate for
DePaul to actively promote and financially support an exhibition that
vilified Israel, and in particular dishonored the memory of the former
Israeli Prim Minister who did more than almost anyone to promote peace in
the region.
Joy Wolfe
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