Countries progress towards joining and brought me if youve ever done co has more from tbilisi in europe and officials of reiterates that comments about the negative consequences of the costing of the so called for an agents bill, which was approved by georgias parliament on tuesday. Now this bill will require energy, rose and the media receiving 20 percent or more of the funding from abroad to declare themselves. Agents are for an input, your Foreign Policy cheaper, so that federal has said that will have a negative impact on georges bid to join the European Union as a candidate and the Spokes Person for nato has said that it is a step away from europe in euro atlantic integration, now weve spoken to the e u. M. Best of the to georgia. I dont have chintz case and he says that its too early to talk about concrete consequences because not all hope is lost still. And thats still a window of opportunity to have this module. We all know to you there, theres still a window of opportunity that all of us, including the government, 1st and foremost the government should use in order not to let it happen. In case discrepancy. Yes, there will be consequences at, but we are noted there and i sincerely hope that we will not be there. So its all boils down to the veto procedure at present problem is that obviously is expected to veto this law and that will be returned back to parliament. And this could take another couple of weeks, reaching that in co, out to 0, releasing a lot set for this for this, and then ill be back with it. And now thats full Program Fully in about 25 minutes. I will bring you all the latest on how top stories today the program coming up next is fault lines and of course, as always the website out there and ill call the read. So one of the words with his creatures numbers, a plumber to do to deforestation. Culture and Climate Change indian signed a fighting to protect. One of the most important things to control the species is communicating that habitat 101 east reveals the bottle to save and use with. Oh no, just the there are like videos all the time of, of children screaming. A girl like with her eyes like completely blocked out. People with amputated limbs like a father screaming and holding his daughter is dead daughter. Night after night miriam old one looks at images like these from guys. Shes Palestinian America 21 years old and a student of Columbia University in new york. Like i feel like im living in an in an alternate world. An i dont, i dont understand how people are, are that i dont know if theyre seeing it and theyre just not caring or if theyre not seeing. And if its my job to like tell people about it. What would you want people to know the reality of what its like for palestinians . Thats not a conflict. Its a part time. And now its genocide. Maureen is part of the group on our campus has been organizing protest and trying to educate people about the situation and cause that this activism comes at a price order with a me or posted online call me a terrorist. And that did result in losing my job. The suppression of palestine advocacy and speech in the us has a long history. But since october 7th is intensified and University Campuses are on the front lines. My name is de square, posted on virtually campus, moving into somebody with my name and you know about the font, you know, with a big photo and then a website. Theyre putting a target on my back. Theyre saying, heres your person, go get her. I think its an exception to freedom of speech. Yeah. Were allowed to talk about anything except this one thing. Both points investigates what the correct down on palestine advocacy means for Academic Freedom in the us. They think that if they attack us enough, then everyone else will be quiet, but they dont realize that we cant be silent. And its just going to motivate people to rise up more. This is one of many protest students at columbia have organized since october 7th. Theyve been calling for an in israels a question in casa and through University Start investment from companies that profit off the occupation of palestine showed that they will do whatever it takes to maintain its financial space. And its really a part time maureen is of leader of columbia students for justice and palestine for s j p. Which organizes closely with jewish boys for peace. We just are trying to educate people about the ways in which the palestinians are oppressed. We are really looking to the history of like the south african apartheid and how it was spearheaded by the use on college campuses. On the 9th, i think genocide, investment is the ultimate goal from watson, many factors, and companies that profit off of illegal settlements and things that are, are just violating human rights. In november, the university suspended both groups, campus administrators that they held and unauthorized a bit that it was later a guilt. Administrators had changed the policy about hosting campus events as protest supported, garza picked up the administrators also alleged that the reason for the Group Suspension was that the protest included threatening rhetoric and intimidation. When we met in person with the Senior ExecutiveVice President , he said it was references to apartheid genocide and from the river to the sea. Palestine will be free, could be seen as an incitement to violence against those really students from the river to the sea is a call for equality. Because israels and the parties that were not saying jewish people shouldnt be there or saying just have a full right. The language used to support palestinian rights or critique is really policies as long and typically scrutinized in spirit as into some medicaid speech. No government should be held above criticism. There is a strategy right now in the United States by perusal, lobby groups to label any and all speech critical of israels actions as anti semitic. If you criticize is really, you just have to point thats automatically anti semitism. You cant even debate it. And anyone who tries to debate it is an anti semite or pain to educate the student body or just to put a little bit of new ones in the conversation is labeled as anti semitic is incredibly frustrating. These graduate students at columbia are all studying International Human rights policy after the master attack on october 7th, they were accused the beauty semitism for statement they released along with more than 20 other Student Groups. We sort of said, you know, the conditions in the eyes are terrible. Like its an open air prison. You know, we some of a sudden things like and weve been warning against this for so long while the loss of both palestinian and its really life. The letter also said the responsibility for the war and casualties lies with this really government. Id say similar statements. My students at universities like harvard provoked the anger of donors and politicians. I dont think the statement went over very well with design as on campus and off campus. A few weeks later, they were dropped, a pro israel crew publish their names and some of their photos online. And on these trucks, which circle campus, they called them columbia is leading into so much. I come for the 1st generation family and outpatient of that. So when i try not to stress my family out, i try not to, i try, you know, you cant really explain to a, been all the mother would talk. So you really use the group also created websites which students full names. And all of this has very identical paragraphs here saying the are part of a Student Group that signed a statement. Hannah is the leader of an organization assigned a hand table, and i select statement. Your University Must have done something to protect you here, right . You think so theres some dangers in place that a task force a multiple task force. Yeah. How does that help you though . It doesnt. It doesnt mean that by not calling out that the trucks are falsely claiming that were anti semites by then creating it. As i mentioned in task force, it makes it seem like actually our interest anti semite is jewish. Before coming to columbia, she worked for jewish organizations, helping high school students, identify the difference between anti semitism. It protects it as real. So to have all of my, you know, young lifes work so far be boiled down to 3 words. Is we just really . I mean it is a i think it says a lot about where we are at the state of the world. I dont think its any stretch to say that were in the mccarthy era moment here when it comes to speech, depression radical. So i know if theres a senior attorney with palestine legal, Civil Rights Organization that monitors the suppression of palestine activism. Much of the work is focused on college campuses. And since october 7th, their phone hasnt stopped ringing. Were seeing a Record Number of requests from students who have been facing severe anti palestinian hostile environments on their campus. And we know that students are filing complaints and the university is doing nothing. Universities are happy to embrace diversity, different political opinions, but then when its for palestinian rights, youre suspended your investigated your shut down profile. The stein and 1st amendment advocates have a phrase for this. Its called the palestine exception to free speech. Effectively your tools, you can research anything, you can do your ph, d, on anything. You can have a, a protest on the Public Square about anything except homeless thing. And if you make it about power sign, youre going to be accused of being anti semitic of being your rational lance. He is around or of being supportive of terrorism for several months. The university has act. We asked to this idea or that the fear or discomfort or anger that some people might feel when they see a coffee or a palestinian flag means that theres a threat that has to be suppressed. Like, did you catch up on like what happened with the drum on the call this morning and theres all these things happening all the time. That of course we have to check not only whats happening and post nights, but like, oh, did i get the docs here . Is this professor who is harassing us and did he Say Something else like it just feel like were in the fight or flight mode all the time. Like completely hyper vigilant. Have you been doing like your homework and stuff like that . Like we need to do like studies as together. The thing is like whenever we study together, we just end up talking about us, your opinions. If youd be i feel guilty for even like trying to continue with my normal life as this is happening. I feel bad for thinking about myself and my friends because every time they attack us its, its a distraction from whats going on and goes on. Maureen was supposed to graduate this year, but thats not happening anymore. Watching the atrocities and causal unfold and battle and University Administrators crack down a student actions has taken the tool. I lost like 20 i least, 20 pounds last i checked. I think its probably more. No. I dont sleep at night. And i, i had to drop my cost was last semester. I feel like i cant focus when my professors are speaking to me. Do you think columbia cares . Yeah, absolutely not. The message from the administration that im getting is that posted in life doesnt matter. And that includes my, the one thing i learned is that either the universities dont care about their students. What do they care about . The donor money and where the money comes from and how to keep that going. Billionaire, alumni and wealthy donors has some of the more prestigious schools in the country, pulling back funds that were the response to anti israel rallies on campus. After october 7th, many donors condemned to pro palestine demonstrations on campuses. Use media jump on story, dominating headlines, even as, as rules the tax on cause escalated. The room, shame is, ive given to columbia probably about 50000000. 00 of a many years suspend my give you, how much did you donate to them . I probably dont a between like 70000000. 00 so far. Okay. So thats gonna be a hit to them and theyre in damn at the University Administrators didnt just build the heat donors. They were also getting it from capitol hill. Yes. Or no. Calling for the genocide of jews does not constitute bullying harassment in december, the president s a 3 prestigious universities and went to harvard and the university of pennsylvania were called to testify and a congressional hearing about anti semitism on college campuses. For now, it was one of several such hearings on the hill after october 7th. I have not heard calling for the genocide for jews on our campus, but youve heard chance for intifada for chance, which can be anti semitic depending on the context the president of the universities did not question the underlying promise which was completely incorrect students for just as in palestine and other students calling for an end to the genocide are not calling for genocide abuse. I am asking specifically calling for the genocide of jews. Does that constitute bullying harassment . It is a context dependent decision congresswoman. These University President s, much like many people who operate in the space, they find themselves locked between their principles. Wanted to send free speech and we dont want to spend Political Capital and as well, tell us fine. Its a no wind thing for us. If we get it right on principle, were going to get destroyed politically including by donors. And if we get it wrong, free speech is going to be hurt anti semitic rhetoric when it crosses into conduct. Cutting gay was Harvard Universitys 1st black president , medation. I will ask you one more time after the searing calling, she became a sort of serving president. Again, it depends on the contacts. It does not depend on the context. The answer is yes, and this is why you should resign less than a month for their testimonies. The president of harvard and the university of pennsylvania did resign. It was a gotcha hearing and they got themselves got into all of our good afternoon. Were seeing the, the growing synergy between sort of an anti Welcome Movement on the right with what is an anti free speech on israel movement. All 3 of the people testifying, please know, but they basically played into the hands of members of congress who wanted to use them to score political points against academia and they failed to defend free speech. So were seeing the playbook being written for how you would go into a University Like columbia or harvard or pen and say, you cant talk about race. You cant talk about gender. And what were actually being faced with right now is a question of who has the right to control what people can learn and teach each other this infringement on Academic Freedom as a plague professor is like dr. Lar, she hi will before october, 7th, horrifying, horrifying to think that you actually are in danger. How could one be in danger from be scolded her in 2022. She was an assistant professor at George Washington university in washington dc where she trained future clinicians. So the diversity classes that i teach are really about structural oppression and the psychological impact of that and our responsibilities connections. To think about that, thats september. She hosted a campus event about Mental Health and brought a palestinian scholar from Hebrew University interesting to speak. And so she walked us through our responsibilities and ethical duties as clinicians to be careful not to, lets say, unwittingly push the cause or the policies of any state. Her example was israel, she is in his early citizen. She works in the context, was that controversial at the time . Absolutely not. There were no questions or indications that that was received poorly. But during the following class, a few students said they felt uncomfortable by the talk and thought the speaker was anti semitic. I railed my teaching for that day, the entire hour and a half was dedicated to truly hearing out the students their concerns. The very realness of anti semitism. Did they say specifically what they were so upset by their critique was primarily any criticism of the state of israel is tantamount to anti semitism. And so therefore, this talk was an end to some fact talk 3 months later, a pro is real Advocacy Group called stand with us launched a title 6 complaint discrimination claim file with the department of education that goes to University Get a q she hi, of hate speech and discriminating against her jewish and its really students a copy of the complaint was released to her right wing media outlet with everyones name rejected except she has. I woke up in the morning to a slew of hate mail, heinous, racist, sexist, anti era. Hate mail. My address was released the place of course where i work. They flooded my employers, emails or phone calls. Threats of rape, force deportation. Harm towards my family. Everything under the sun that you could imagine on every possible platform. Everywhere there was no place that is safe. The title says complaint kicked up a much longer investigation by George Washington university, which hired a private law firm to investigate. She had found that many of the allegations were either inaccurate were taken out of context. Them is represented, but even though she hi was cleared, the tax continued post october 7th. I had 2 events of mine actually be cancelled. So in 2 weeks i had dropped the truck in new york and the docks and truck then and dc. Again, you dont have to do very much for the racist is on the public machine to run. Well, well release the name, but the rest do the work for itself. Title 6 has been weaponized by pro is all lobby groups and this has been going on for 10 years now. And its to send the message to other people, other professors who dare to criticize what is roles doing . Who dare to bring speakers . Who criticize what is always doing that we will come after you and it wont stop. And we reached out to stand with us about the doctor. She had did not address our case, but in a statement said that they believe as real as an important component of jewish identity. The title 6 investigation accusing she hi, could take years to resolve. It is made me think that the United States is quickly becoming a place where it might be dangerous for academics to sink freely and speak freely in january, she high resign from her position at George Washington university is now teaching in the middle east, but shes still getting kate mill, this one or right the year after the tax 1st started. The intent is to heart mr. Railroad is to intimidate its to silence is to make people feel alone. So make people feel like a pariah. This is not some low key. A campaign that people wage we looked into a number of organizations. Theyve been trying to shut down palestine advocacy for years. Especially since be the yes, the boycott best match sanctions movement contraction into us. Among them is Canary Mission blacklisting website. The target to people who are critical of those real various investigative reports that exposed is really intelligence thats used it to keep people out of the country. And while little is known about who runs it, some of his donors are what the groups in the us. Its one of many such organizations doing this work. You have this giant ecosystem of organizations that who framed themselves as defending do or students and fighting anti semitism. And really all they do, or most of what they do is target criticism of israel. Its clear, intention is this will follow you for the rest of your life. And when you have a job opportunity, people google and they will find it and it will frontier. Its been, all of this is about punishment and showing effect. Weve got a sense of best well reporting the story. Now ive talked to somebody said continue to stand on the side of justice and freedom, then you call these crappy lot. And somehow that was interesting to make me how to be someone who was hateful or who was trying to insight sheets. Several University Students and staff we spoke with had experienced intimidation and harassment for their abuse on palestine and didnt want to appear on camera. Some more afraid for their safety or facing professional consequences. I want to work in health care. Its scary. My identity, something that i cannot even change can affect that and can grow and not from those. Some had already lost jobs. I had a job lined up for auction graduation, and my employer told me that they would be rescinding the offer that i already accepted because of my husband. Because they basically told me that i was doing an interpreted support for chairs as soon as you raised terrorism in this country, particularly post 911. I mean, youre really up in nancy right in this world right now. If youre on campus talking about cease fire, your being called both anti semitic and a supporter of terror. You know, theres a lot of talk about keeping safe. Our jewish students who feel uncomfortable by advocacy on behalf of palestine and have a great deal of sympathy for what those students are experiencing. But there hasnt been any talk about how this a path impacts our jewish students who are committed to justice and peace in palestine or how it impacts our palestinian students. I spoke about my family audits and sharon, i talked about how they were formed and how we were trying to find their bodies under the rubbing. And for doing that, i received a disciplinary notice from my university. So do you feel like you dont have the freedom to just simply just say stop the violence . No, but i want to go, well, thats the basic question is do the lives of palestinians matter. And one of the premises of the suppression is that they dont. And nobody should be talking about them and no one has a right to talk about Columbia University. Did not respond to our requests for an interview, but linked audio. Heres what the universitys Vice President , gerald ross burke had to say about palestine protest. I could imagine that somebody listening that in is really still being told that their state just, id say a racist a committing genocide. Seems to them like that excitement for violence against them. Meanwhile, mario and her classmates were advocating for palestinian rights continued to get 8000000 doctorates. One of the emails was like swinging from a rope, thats where a stomach trash belong to people telling us to kill ourselves, that theyre saying the same thing to my jewish friends. Theyre calling them not real jews. But theres one message to still haunts or should be out here, shutting down each model. Ok. And lets start with something to Columbia Employee told the College Radio station at one of the protests to serve administrative, jewish scientist. Ok. I hope everyone is picking i dont think i havent listened to it in a while. I didnt think that i would have like a reaction to it again. What is your reaction to it . I am like really scared and people are like, oh, how are you if youre scared them just. But i cant because the whole point is to scare me to the point that i dont do this anymore. How long can you keep doing this . Until i, until my last, like i. And maybe it can have caught influence on our government. I dont know. But at the very least, i think other palestinians are seeing it and theyre saying that theyre not alone. Were seeing the biggest protests for palestine rights for human rights against genocide. It really in my lifetime and the, id say the folks who want to kill protests and actually do legitimize is not criminalized through speech on israel palestine. See correctly that universities are their biggest challenge throughout history. Students on Us College Campuses have been on the front lines for social change and i think israel and its dante as allies recognize that that is why they are engaging in an all out war on Us College Campuses. The they are waiting for us to lease was rest assured, even if its not also will be on the new wave of students dot com the of the. Ringback the is the 1st genocide that we see 3 of the its the victims themselves. Theres a disconnect between what we are witnessing on social media versus what were seeing on mainstream. It is always an attempt to frame at the 2 sides of them, but there is no 2 sides to this. The western media does have a western bias who understand what they are looking to see out and raise. The listening post covers how the news is covered. You will cekada a duty and a growth using for the p use a cost to contribute to improving the lives of thousands of our projects except the cost. 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