NYU Suspends Adjunct Professor Amin Husain for Denying Hamas Atrocities

Husain, a Palestinian American activist, made the controversial statements during a 'teach-in' organized by Students for Justice in Palestine.

New York University has suspended adjunct faculty member Amin Husain after a video of him denying Hamas atrocities during the Oct. 7 attack on Israel was publicized.
Husain, a Palestinian American activist, was speaking at a Dec. 5 “teach-in” organized by Students for Justice in Palestine at The New School.
Husain is one of the leaders of Decolonize This Place, a nonprofit that organizes around Palestinian rights. An online petition calling for his firing has garnered more than 5,000 signatures.
In the video, Husain brags about having been called antisemitic, and says that his bio on the website of Canary Mission, a pro-Israel group that doxxes Palestinian activists, was “one of the best biographies I have, and everything they say is true.”
Both NYU and The New School distanced themselves from Husain, with NYU stating that all members of their community must adhere to the university’s discrimination and anti-harassment policies.