A statement by 18 Columbia University deans amounts to a new norm prohibiting Palestinian political aspirations in favor of privileging a politics of feeling to protect those who feel threatened by Palestinian freedom.

Since October 7, there have been five elements that indicate we may be seeing a paradigm shift in the hundred years’ war waged against the Palestinian people.

The U.N. must act to demand the end of the Gaza blockade and the collective punishment of 2 million, to insure the respect for holy sites in Jerusalem, and to push for a multilateral effort to grant equal rights to all members of the Israeli and Palestinian peoples.