`Abdus-Sattar Qasim

I have posted about `Abdus-Sattar Qasim (a Palestinian professor at An-Najah University). He was recently arrested and harassed by Dahlan Security Forces in the West Bank. I mentioned that and mentioned that he is an independent leftist. I then heard from a Palestinian reader who insisted to me that he is affiliated with Hamas. Well, I have just heard from Prof. Qasim and he assures me that he is indeed an independent who has never been affiliated with a political party although his leanings are leftist. I asked him about accusations that he has circulated an anti-Semitic (email) message, and I did not understand his answer.