Former University of Illinois professor Steven Salaita received a standing ovation from Middle East scholars and academics from around the world on Saturday afternoon. Salaita, who was terminated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign  faculty in September for a series of viciously anti-Israel tweets during the Gaza War , seemed overwhelmed by the hero’s welcome. “Thank you, every body. If the Zionists wanted to silence me, they should have just approached people to be nice to me,” Salaita said. “Kindness always leaves me much more speechless than war crimes do.” Salaita said his firing—which he attributed to...
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