Pro-Palestine activists are facing extreme repression and censorship at German universities as a growing number of students are finally questioning Germany’s unwavering commitment to Israel.
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.
The Anti-Defamation League’s call for the FBI and IRS to surveil, investigate, and possibly prosecute student activists is a new level in its McCarthyite campaign to silence any and all criticism of Israel.
Similar to attacks on LGBTQ books and works of “Critical Race Theory,” the pro-Israel crusade to suppress Palestinian voices is a systematic campaign of political targeting.
The president of Barnard College wrote she is “appalled and saddened” to see anti-Zionism spreading on campus. In doing so, she made clear who is considered a valued member of the Barnard community and who the institution is willing to sacrifice.
A new report details how a controversial definition of antisemitism is stifling free speech at United Kingdom universities.
The pro-Israel group StandWithUs accused GWU professor Lara Sheehi of antisemitism. A third-party investigation found the accusations were “inaccurate or taken out of context and misrepresented.”
The U.S. Supreme Court will not consider a challenge to an Arkansas law that targets the BDS movement.
The broad effort to silence Palestinians and to protect Israel from criticism has been underway for some time. American values are on the line, and American institutions are the battlefield. Yet, the fight over Ken Roth at Harvard shows that these efforts to suppress free speech will only enhance the cause of Palestinian human rights.