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Brandeis bans Students for Justice in Palestine, saying it ‘openly supports Hamas’

2023-11-09

[IsraelTimes] University says support for Hamas
...a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",...
is not protected by institution’s free speech principles; SJP will no longer receive funding or be able to hold activities on campus

Brandeis University is revoking recognition of the campus chapter of Students for Justice in Paleostine, saying the group "openly supports Hamas."

Brandeis informed the student group on Monday about its decision, which means that the group will no longer receive university funding or be able to hold activities on campus. The group canceled a "Vigil for Paleostine" that had been scheduled for Monday night as a result.

"This decision was not made lightly, as Brandeis is dedicated to upholding free speech principles," the university wrote in its letter, which the Jewish Telegraphic Agency obtained.

SJP, which has a national umbrella group and campus chapters across the country, has spoken out in support of Hamas’s invasion of Israel. Brandeis said support for Hamas, which the United States has designated as a foreign terror group, is not protected by the university’s free speech principles.

"Students who choose to engage in conduct in support of Hamas, or engage in conduct that harasses or threatens violence, whether individually or through organized activity, will be considered to be in violation of the University’s student code of conduct," the letter says. "Students who wish to express their support for the rights of Paleostinian civilians may form another student organization, through established procedures, that complies with University policies."

The decision follows controversy at the university after its student senate voted down a resolution condemning Hamas — a move that others in the university community soundly rejected, including through an open letter that garnered more than 1,000 signatures in one day. The episode attracted national attention, in part because of Brandeis’s history as a non-sectarian school founded by the American Jewish community in the wake of the Holocaust.

It also follows pressure by Jewish groups for universities to withdraw funding for SJP in the wake of Hamas’s October 7 attack on Israel, when the group described the attack as "a historic win for Paleostinian resistance." Florida’s public university system banned SJP last month at the direction of Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Posted by:trailing wife

#2 Hudna

Posted by: Mullah Richard 2023-11-09 08:11

#1 Going to bet the discussion in the administrative meetings goes something like this: "We are not going to be the defendants next Oberlin lawsuit..."?

Posted by: M. Murcek 2023-11-09 07:16

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