Academics in the US are self-censoring when speaking about Israel-Palestine issues like criticism of Israel or Washington’s foreign policy, according to a new survey conducted by two politics professors at US colleges. The Middle East Scholar Barometer survey, based on 936 responses, was conducted last month with Middle East and North Africa academics to gauge expert opinions on Middle East politics in light of Israel’s war on Gaza. The results showed an alarming prevalence of self-censorship among academics in the US and outside the US, and consequently, the shutting down of rhetoric on the P…