SACKING OF CRITIC OF ISRAEL, PROF DAVID MILLER

 
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PROFESSOR DAVID MILLER FIRED AFTER ISRAEL LOBBY SMEAR CAMPAIGN

1 October 2021

'The University of Bristol has fired Professor David Miller, a leading UK critic of Israel and its lobby.

'The Support David Miller Campaign responded that the university was sending a message that “it will protect racists, and [that] Muslims, Black students and Palestinians are not welcome at Bristol.”

'In a statement sent to The Electronic Intifada, the campaign said that the university’s decision was “designed to send a chill down the spines of academics around the world who expose Zionist racism.”

'The campaign said that Miller’s sacking had come after a “pressure campaign by Israel’s assets in the UK” and accused the university of collaborating with the Israel lobby.

'At the start of 2021, pro-Israel lobby groups ramped up their campaign against him.

'These included the Board of Deputies of British Jews, the Zionist Federation, the Jewish Labour Movement and the Community Security Trust.

'At the end of February, Israel itself also got involved, mobilizing one of its online troll armies to flood social media conversations with calls for Miller to be fired.

'Act.IL – which is directed and funded by an Israeli ministry – issued a mission calling for attacks on an opinion piece published by Al Jazeera defending Miller.'