Netanyahu Insulted and Smeared the Pro-Palestine Protest Movement. Congress Clapped.
Organizers say attacks from the Israeli prime minister, who faces charges of war crimes, showed the strength of their movement.
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Organizers say attacks from the Israeli prime minister, who faces charges of war crimes, showed the strength of their movement.
The last big protests cost $150 million in NYPD overtime — with tens of millions more in lawsuit settlements.
The task force revealed its plans not in a communiqué to faculty and students — but instead in an Israeli newspaper article.
Nahla Al-Arian lost more than 200 relatives in Israel's attacks on Gaza. Then Eric Adams said she was the reason police raided Columbia.
Jordana Cutler, Meta’s policy chief for Israel and the Jewish Diaspora, repeatedly flagged for censorship posts by Students for Justice in Palestine.
Columbia reassured its Middle Eastern studies scholars behind the scenes — then, to appease Trump, threw them to the wolves.
Most lawmakers explained their boycott by focusing on the Israeli prime minister himself as a bad actor, rather than the system he represents.
While Congress has obsessed over Palestine solidarity protests on college campuses, Gottheimer’s fixation on high school students is unusual.
Protests at universities are now being met with a wave of censorship and suppression, targeting students most directly.
As ever, don’t expect the Democratic Party to save us. Now is the time for grassroots action.
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