Idris Robinson says Texas State violated his constitutional rights over off-campus talk seized on by pro-Israel activists<\/p>\n
Philosophy professor Idris Robinson has sued Texas State University officials, asserting that the school violated his constitutional rights by ending his contract after he gave a talk on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict off-campus in another state where a fight broke out, the Guardian has learned.<\/p>\n
Perhaps in part because Robinson did not introduce himself as connected to Texas State at the event, it took several pro-Israel social media accounts a year to identify him and launch a campaign to get Robinson fired, targeting the school\u2019s leadership and accusing him of being a terrorist and inciting violence.<\/p>\n
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