{"id":577669,"date":"2026-08-07T15:28:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T15:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/577669\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T15:28:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T15:28:08","slug":"scholar-who-accused-israel-of-genocide-wins-250k-settlement-from-univ-of-minnesota","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/577669\/","title":{"rendered":"Scholar Who Accused Israel of Genocide Wins $250K Settlement from Univ. of Minnesota"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a victory for academic freedom, the University of Minnesota has paid a $250,000 settlement to the Israeli American historian Raz Segal after rescinding an offer to lead the university\u2019s Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies. Two years ago, the school had hired Segal to lead the center but rescinded the offer under pressure from donors who objected to Segal\u2019s accusation that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. In a statement, Segal said, \u201cThis settlement represents a successful refusal to accept the world of lies that blur an ongoing genocide, and a commitment to continue the intertwined struggles for truth, justice, and accountability \u2014 in Palestine and on our campuses.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In a victory for academic freedom, the University of Minnesota has paid a $250,000 settlement to the Israeli&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":577670,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[85,46,43],"class_list":["post-577669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/577669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=577669"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/577669\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/577670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=577669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=577669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=577669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}