Arizona State University (ASU) announced that a postdoctoral research scholar would no longer be teaching at the university after a video of him verbally assaulting a woman in a hijab went viral.

In a statement released on Thursday, ASU President Michael Crow said Jonathan Yudelman was “no longer permitted to be on campus and will never teach here again.”

The statement was issued after ASU had placed Yudelman on leave and launched an investigation into his harassment the Muslim woman at a pro-Palestine march, which he was counter-protesting.

In the video, the woman is being followed by a group of pro-Israel protesters, and Yudelman can be seen shouting aggressively at her, leading to widespread condemnation and calls for him to be punished.

Yudelman taught two courses at ASU, including Great Debates in American Politics and Great Ideas of Politics and Ethics.

His profile on the University of Austin website lists him as an assistant professor of Political Theory in Intellectual Foundations.

The professor’s dismissal coincides with growing US campus protests demanding a Gaza ceasefire and divestment from Israel-linked companies.

Source: The New Arab