Since exposing his antisemitic posts, I have been waiting patiently to see how Rutgers would act against their professor Michael Chikindas. And while the school is still investigating whether his posts “create an environment in his work that would compromise his ability to teach or do research”, Rutgers President Robert Barchi has defended his right to free speech, as well as those of two other extreme Israel-hating professors at the school. The president of Rutgers University in New Jersey defended the free speech rights of three faculty members who have recently come under intense criticism for their comments on Israel and Jews. It was then accepted for publication by the Duke University Press, which is a very prominent scholarly press, and published. It’s a piece of scholarly work.”“Once again, you may not like it, but it’s protected by academic freedom, absolutely, 100 percent,” he emphasized.