`Abd-us-Sattar Qasim

I had a post yesterday about the Fath's arrest of Palestinian professor `Abd-us-Sattar Qasim. I identified him as an independent leftist. I never met the guy and I had a hard time figuring out his political position but I sensed general leftist orientations. Yesterday, an informed reader informed me that he is close to Hamas (although his writings never had Islamist leanings) and sent me an email written by Qasim that was in my judgement anti-Semitic. I am not judging him as such, and will look further into this before I render a judgement. Having said all that, there is no reason why Dahlan armed gangs should be arresting professors.