US Professor Arrested for Alleged Antisemitic Threats Against Colleague
Translated & summarized from Cursorinfo by baba
Haverford College associate professor Guantian Ha was arrested in the U.S. for allegedly sending months of antisemitic threats and doxxing his Jewish colleague, Professor Barak Mendelson. The messages, sent between October 2025 and May 2026, included Holocaust references and calls for violence. Mendelson's family feared for their safety, leading to temporary relocations. Ha faces up to five years in prison if convicted, and the college has placed him on administrative leave.
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- Haverford College professor Guantian Ha arrested for allegedly sending antisemitic threats to colleague Barak Mendelson.
- Ha sent approximately 50 threatening messages from October 2025 to May 2026.
- The threats included Holocaust references and doxxing information about Mendelson and his family.
- Mendelson's family temporarily left their home twice due to safety fears.
- Ha faces up to five years in prison if convicted.
- Haverford College placed Ha on administrative leave and banned him from campus.
A professor at Haverford College in Pennsylvania, Guantian Ha, has been arrested in the United States on charges of making antisemitic threats against a Jewish colleague over several months. Ha is accused of cyberstalking Professor Barak Mendelson, sending him approximately 50 messages from at least four social media accounts between October 2025 and May 2026. The messages reportedly contained insults, threats, references to the Holocaust and Adolf Hitler, and the October 7th Hamas attack on Israel. One message allegedly called for sending Jews to "special camps," while others used antisemitic slurs and claimed non-Jews were reclaiming America.
In addition to threats, Ha is accused of doxxing Mendelson by revealing his home address, his youngest child's name, and a photo of his mailbox. He also mentioned the family's security measures, including surveillance cameras. Fearing for their safety, Mendelson's wife and three children temporarily left their home twice, and the children stopped playing in the yard and waiting for the school bus outside their residence.
Haverford College President Wendy Raymond stated she was "appalled" by the incident, emphasizing that targeting individuals based on their identity contradicts the college's values. Ha has been placed on administrative leave and banned from campus. The prosecution is seeking to detain Ha until his trial, with a hearing scheduled for October 9th. If convicted, he faces up to five years in prison, three years of supervised release, and a fine.
The 42-year-old Ha is an associate professor in the Department of Religious Studies, holding a Ph.D. in anthropology from Columbia University. His academic work includes research on the slave trade and Islam in China. Ha joined the "Faculty for Justice in Palestine" network in 2024, an organization of academics advocating for Palestinian liberation and supporting anti-Israel student activism and the BDS movement.
Mendelson, a professor of political science at the same college, specializes in Islamic terrorism and has authored books on jihadist organizations and counter-terrorism. The report also references a previous story about Hamas supporters calling for a "global intifada" in New York.
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