Calif. panel clears professor who sent e-mail comparing Israel’s Gaza policies to Holocaust

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — A committee at a California university has cleared a professor who sent an e-mail comparing Israel’s policies in Gaza to the Holocaust.

Jewish Calif. professor’s Holocaust-Gaza comparison stirs free speech debate on campus

LOS ANGELES — A Jewish university professor accused of anti-Semitism for comparing Israel’s treatment of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip to the Holocaust says he’s received hundreds of messages of support and a bombardment of hate mail.

UC Santa Barbara investigates professor who sent students e-mail comparing Israel, Nazis

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — The University of California, Santa Barbara, is investigating allegations of improper conduct and anti-Semitism against a Jewish professor who compared Israel’s treatment of Palestinians to the Holocaust.