 On September 10, 2014, the trustees voted down a proposal to reconsider his offer of employment, and on September 11, 2014, the university's board of trustees voted 8-1 to support Chancellor Wise's decision.Salaita declared this was an infringement on his academic freedom and insisted the university reinstate its offer rather than search for a financial settlement.Communications released subsequently show that the withdrawal of Salaita's employment offer came after contentions by faculty, students and donors that Salaita's tweets regarding Israel's military actions in Gaza were anti-Semitic.