Counsel for Dr. Yasmeen Hanoosh, the Portland State University professor who in June was placed on administrative leave after she was shown in a video saying, “I am Hamas. We are all Hamas,” filed a notice of her intent to sue the university on Wednesday.

The tort claim notice alleges the university violated Hanoosh’s legal rights, including state laws prohibiting discrimination based on national origin and the First Amendment. It argues that Hanoosh, a recognized scholar of Iraqi studies, was acting in her personal capacity on June 2 when she was at a rally to support a Beaverton School Board member, who was under investigation after posting on her personal social media account that Israel should “stop the genocide” in Gaza.

After that meeting ended, Hanoosh engaged with a group of me

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