Prof David Miller, who was sacked from Bristol University, says his comments were not antisemitic.
Prof Miller claims unfair dismissal, breach of contract and discrimination or victimisation on grounds of religion or beliefAn academic sacked for his comments about Israel says attempts have been made to "confuse anti-Zionism with antisemitism".The institution claimed he did not meet its expected standards of behaviour.
As the hearing began in Bristol on Monday, Prof Miller, who was a professor of political sociology at the university, insisted anti-Zionism was not the same as antisemitism, and was not a "racist set of ideas". He drew controversy during a lecture at the university in 2019, when he said the Zionist movement was one of five pillars driving Islamophobia in the UK, the tribunal heard.
But a report into academic freedom of expression concluded that Prof Miller's comments "did not constitute unlawful speech".
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