King’s College London accused of ‘defending hate’ after investigators dismiss complaint against professor who spread Hamas propaganda in her seminar

A leading university has been accused of “protecting hate” after it dismissed a complaint against a female professor who spread Hamas propaganda in her seminar.

An investigation by King’s College London found that a lecturer who ordered students to read material produced by the Hamas media office had “committed no wrongdoing”.

A Jewish student who secretly recorded a seminar and filed a complaint against Dr. Rana Baker was repeatedly pressured by the university to remove his audio.

A professor of Middle Eastern history assigned her students chapters on Hamas propaganda titled Our Story: Operation Al-Aqsa Flood.

She then urged them to view the terrorist group as an “Islamic national liberation resistance movement” that is “fighting the Zionists, not the Jews.”

In a recording of the workshop provided to the Mail, she asked: “What do we make of this (given that Hamas is recognized as a terrorist organization by all major powers?”).

Dr. Baker, pictured below, later claimed that the Holocaust was used to prevent any “criticism of Israel.”

She said: “The deployment of the Holocaust as a justification for building an exclusive Jewish state… if you look at the IHRA (International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance) definition of anti-Semitism, it does say that criticism of Israel can be tantamount to anti-Semitism. .

“The collaboration between Zionism, Zionists and Zionist auxiliaries and the Nazis is one of the well-documented facts of history.”

About 21 percent of Israel’s population is not Jewish. The IHRA’s definition of anti-Semitism states that “criticism of Israel in the same way as criticism of any other country” is not anti-Semitism.

A student who recorded Dr. Baker’s seminar and reported it to the university said: “I was visibly shaking by the end of this seminar. KCL’s attempts to hush up this matter were simply inexcusable.”

In emails seen by the Mail, investigators urged the student to “stop sharing the audio” and “ensure the recording is removed” and threatened him with a misconduct investigation.

They told him they could not “accept your recording as evidence” because it was made without the prior consent of students and staff.

Two months after the spring semester lecture, the university dismissed the complaint because the student “violated the rules” by recording the class without consent.

The case was reopened in July and is now being investigated by an outside third party.

Lord Ian Austin said: “This institution must take a zero-tolerance approach to people who support terrorism and stop advocating hate.”

Conservative Justice Robert Jerrick added: “This appalling episode shows how widespread anti-Semitism is in our universities. The Education Minister needs to step in to restore some sanity.”

The Union of Jewish Students criticized the “inaction and negligence” of the university.

In October, the Daily Mail published tweets posted by @‌RanaGaza, an account linked to the profiles of Dr Baker’s Guardian and Al-Monitor contributors, which called for the destruction of Israel.

The tweets were also reported to KCL and the police.

A university spokesman said: “This individual complaint follows the same practice as we do for any complaint, in accordance with our strict policies and procedures.”

Dr Baker has been contacted for comment. The Department for Education said: “No Jewish student should feel unsafe at any time, let alone studying.”