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Sheffield Hallam University has dropped its investigation of Shahd Abusalama, an activist and assistant lecturer who was falsely accused by Israel lobby groups of anti-Jewish bigotry.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Abusalama was also offered a more secure contract at the university, which is in the north of England. She has resumed teaching her classes.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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The university suspended Abusalama from her position on 20 January amid a smear campaign by supporters of Israel. Administrators launched an investigation following a complaint over her social media posts which criticized Israel and its state ideology Zionism.<\/span>
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But following a massive support campaign and public outcry, the university reinstated her on 27 January.<\/span>
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Abusalama did not initially accept the reinstatement offer, demanding that the investigation be dropped first, as it was prompted by malicious smears.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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The university still has not yet released details on who – or which groups – filed the complaint against Abusalama.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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However, on Thursday, Abusalama was told by university administrators that they would not be proceeding with any investigation, and she returned to teaching.<\/span><\/p>","content_source":"","content_url":"","content_columns":"0","content_date_start":"2022-02-05 14:06:43","content_date_finish":"2022-02-05 14:06:43","content_date_register":"2022-02-05 14:16:33","content_date_last_edit":"2022-02-05 14:16:40","content_show_img":"1","content_show_details":"0","content_show_related_img":"0","content_show_slider":"1","content_show_title_slider":"1","content_comment":"1","content_score":"0","content_recorded":"0","content_confirmed":"0","content_status":"1","content_kind":"0","old_id":"0","tag_id":null,"tag_word":null,"tag_service":null,"tag_total":null,"tag_soundex":null,"attach_token":"1561184306","attach_date_register":"2022-02-05 14:16:32","attach_id":"499877","attach_file_ext":"jpeg","attach_file_header":"image\/jpeg","attach_img_type":"2","attach_img_width":"1155","attach_img_height":"650","attach_file_media":"1","attach_show_watermark":"1","score_average":null,"score_count":null,"score_date_last":null,"visit_count":"659","visit_date_last":"2024-04-13 10:02:30","attach_title":"Palestinian teacher defeats Israel lobby smears 2","node_title":"news,Social,Top news,Latest news,Eurasia","ot_node_left_right":"[{\"node_id\":122, \"left\":2, \"right\":53},{\"node_id\":138, \"left\":35, \"right\":36},{\"node_id\":143, \"left\":47, \"right\":48},{\"node_id\":144, \"left\":49, \"right\":50},{\"node_id\":148, \"left\":57, \"right\":58}]"}]]