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Academic Freedom & the Suppression of a Professor Who Teaches the Reality of Israeli Military Occupation
The suppression of students and faculty supportive of Palestinians and critical of Israeli occupation seems to have become more pronounced this month.
At Barnard College, a Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) chapter went through the appropriate channels to obtain permission to hang a banner for Israeli Apartheid Week. The banner, which read “Stand for Justice, Stand for Palestine,” was taken down by college administrators after groups pressured the college.
An SJP chapter at Northeastern University was suspended by the university’s Center for Student Involvement for one year. Max Blumenthal reported for Mondoweiss that “SJP’s February 24 distribution of notices across Northeastern campuses that mocked the sort of eviction notices slapped on Palestinian homes slated for Israeli demolition …. http://dissenter.firedoglake.com
Source: http://luismmx.blogspot.com/2014/03/academic-freedom-suppression-of.html
