Private university bans Students for Justice in Palestine as Middle East fallout spreads [View all]
Source: The Hill
Private university bans Students for Justice in Palestine as Middle East fallout spreads
BY OLAFIMIHAN OSHIN - 11/06/23 10:20 PM ET
A Massachusetts-based private university has banned a student chapter of the National Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) on its campus amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict, becoming the first U.S.-based private university to do so.
A Brandeis University spokesperson confirmed to The Hill on Monday that the school had banned the student chapter of the national organization, saying the leading factor in their decision was the SJP’s support of militant group Hamas.
Brandeis was founded as a nonsectarian Jewish university in 1948.
“SJP has called on its chapters to engage in conduct that supports Hamas in its call for the elimination of the only Jewish state in the world and its people,” the school’s spokesperson said in its statement to The Hill. “Such expression is not protected by Brandeis’ principles of free speech.”
“Students are welcome to express their support for Palestinians in a manner that complies with our rights and responsibilities,” the spokesperson concluded.
-snip-
Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/4296741-first-private-university-bans-students-for-justice-in-palestine-as-middle-east-fallout-spreads/
= new reply since forum marked as read