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On November 7, 2024, the Duke Divestment Committee (DDC), a close ally of Duke Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), petitioned the Duke Advisory Committee on Investment Responsibility (ACIR) to call for Duke to “Divest direct and indirect holdings in all…
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With the incoming Trump administration all but declaring war on American universities, it is essential for educators of every persuasion to close ranks in defense of academic freedom. Unfortunately, the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), once the “most prominent guardian of academic…
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An 18-year-old freshman at George Mason University in Virginia was arrested Tuesday for allegedly plotting a mass casualty attack on Israel’s General Consulate in New York City, which he described as “a goldmine of targets,” according to a report. Abdullah…
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A Columbia University adjunct professor announced his resignation on Monday, citing the university’s decision to allow a longtime professor who described the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks in Israel as “astounding,” “awesome” and “incredible” to continue teaching a course on Zionism.…
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Two Arabic phrases have taken center stage since the Hamas massacres of October 7. The first is intifada – literally throwing off – which has echoed on campuses and on streets worldwide. Intifada originated in the Palestinian uprising of 1987, which escalated…
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This week the Palestine Festival of Literature, known as Palfest, announced that over 1,000 writers have signed on to a literary boycott of Israel. In a public letter, these writers declared that they will not allow their books to be translated…
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Domestic terrorism may be the end game for the over 150 pro-Hamas groups operating on colleges campuses and elsewhere across the US to foster anti-Israel demonstrations, according to a new report by the Capital Research Center (CRC) think tank. “The movement…
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Rep. Virginia Foxx (R., N.C.), the chairwoman of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, unveiled a bipartisan bill that would prohibit federal aid from flowing to universities that boycott Israel. Foxx unveiled the measure, the “Protect Economic Freedom Act,” alongside…
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Wikipedia editors have added a section on “Palestine” to the “Genocide of indigenous peoples” Wikipedia article. The article begins by stating that “the genocide of indigenous peoples, colonial genocide, or settler genocide is the elimination of indigenous peoples as a part of the process of colonialism. According to certain genocide…
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Can we blame the 19-year-olds pitching tents on campus quads for imagining that, as student protesters, they are on the “right side of history?” The phrase became a mantra of spring 2024. Columbia historian Rashid Khalidi took a megaphone to his…
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