Palestinian professor says he was denied job because of views on Israel
Iymen Chehade, Palestinian professor [Iymen Chehade/Facebook] April 22, 2021 at 1:54 pm
A Palestinian professor said that he was denied a job because of his views on Israel and has filed a breach of contract lawsuit against Illinois Congresswoman Marie Newman. Iymen Chehade is Professor of Middle Eastern History at Columbia College Chicago.
Chehade claims that he had a signed agreement with the progressive Democrat Congresswomen for him to take a senior position in her team in return for dropping out of the 2020 US election in order to give the 57 year old a better chance to oust a pro-Israel candidate. He was denied the job, he claims, because of his strong sympathy with the Palestinian cause.
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Democratic Rep. Marie Newman s husband has an active stock portfolio.
He s invested in many companies affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
Members of Congress and their families are allowed to invest in individual companies.
Jim Newman, husband to freshman Democrat Rep. Marie Newman of Illinois, has bought and sold numerous pandemic-affected stocks since January, according to congressional financial disclosure forms reviewed by Insider.
Jim Newman, chief operating officer at Figo Pet Insurance, bought and sold stock in companies that either soared or sputtered during the pandemic, including Pfizer and Moderna, the companies behind the nation s two leading COVID-19 vaccines.
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Marie Newman in Chicago, IL on Sunday, February 4, 2018. (Photo: Christopher Dilts/Flickr)
A Palestinian professor says that newly-elected Illinois Congresswoman Marie Newman promised him a job but backed out of a signed contract after he criticized her positions on Israel. Iymen Chehade has filed a breach of contract lawsuit and a national-origin discrimination claim against the congresswoman. Newman’s campaign dismissed the accusations as “fallacious.”
A former Bernie Sanders supporter, Newman, 57, is regarded as very progressive in the House, including on racial justice issues. She is one of the sponsors of the landmark legislation introduced this week to keep U.S. aid to Israel from being used to detain Palestinian children or demolish houses.