Pro-Palestinian faculty at the University of Pennsylvania are suing the Ivy League school to stop it from sending sensitive internal files to a congressional committee investigating antisemitism on campus. They call the Congressional probe “a new form of McCarthyism' that threatens their safety and academic freedom.
PHILADELPHIA — Pro-Palestinian faculty at the University of Pennsylvania have sued the Ivy League school to stop it from sending sensitive internal material to a congressional committee investigating antisemitism on campus — a probe they call “a new form of McCarthyism.”
Fakhreddine had organized a Palestinian literature festival on campus in September that is one of the areas of congressional interest. The 14-page request from the Republican-led committee, dated Jan. 24, seeks a wide swath of material on Penn’s handling over two years of everything from antisemitic social media posts to foreign donations to performance metrics for its Office of Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging.
The lawsuit, which seeks an emergency injunction, was filed Saturday in federal court in Philadelphia. It argues that both faculty and students have the right to privacy and free speech.
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