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There are like videos all the time of, of children screaming. A girl liked 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 at 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 it. 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 approaches and trying to educate people about the situation and causes that this activism comes at. A price order was a me 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, its intensified. And University Campuses are on the front lines, my name and a square posted on what circulate campus. Moving on to 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 free 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 that 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 organized since october 7th. Theyve been calling for an in israels, a question in casa and their universities type estimate from companies that profit off the occupation of palestine color shown that they will do whatever it takes to maintain its financial space. And its really a part time maureen, as a leader of columbia students for justice in palestine for s j p, which organizes closely with jewish force for peace. We just are trying to educate people about the ways in which the policies 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 western Manufacturing 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 in unauthorized event. It was later revealed, the administrators have changed the policy about hosting campus events as protest supporting casa, 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 Executive Vice President , he said it was references to apartheid and genocide and from the river to the see palestine will be free, could be seen as an incitement to violence against his release students from a river to the sea is a call for equality because israels, and the part i said, were not saying jewish people shouldnt be there. Were saying just have a full right. The language used to support palestinian rights or critique is really policies as long that typically scrutinized in spirit is anti semitic. Age 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 criticizes 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. Essentially, synthetic is incredibly frustrating. These graduate students at columbia are all studying International Human rights policy after the mass attack on october 7th, they were accused the beauty semitism for statement. They released the one 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 weve been warning against this for so long while the loss of both palestinian industry 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 angry of donors and politicians. I dont think the statement went over very well with design, its on campus and off campus. A few weeks later, they were dropped. The pro israel crew published their names and some of their photos online. And on these trucks, which circle campus, they called them columbia leading into so much i come for the 1st generation family and outpatient of that. So when i try not to. A my family out, i try not to, i try, you know, you cant really explain to of 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 we 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 . New thing, so they seemed ages in place that a task force a multiple task force. Yeah. How does that help you though . It doesnt, it doesnt say 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 interests are somebody who is jewish. 2 before coming to columbia, she work 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 lice 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 would 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 their university is doing nothing. Universities are happy to embrace diversity, different political opinions, but then when its for palestinian rights, youre suspended, youre investigated, youre shut down profile. The style 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 protest on this Public Square about anything except homeless thing. And if you make it about power line, youre going to be accused of being anti semitic of being irrational, nancy as well, or of being supportive of terrorism for several months. The university has act, we asked to this idea is 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 in post nights, but like, oh, did i get talks 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 this. 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 you feel 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 cause on foot and battle. University administrators cracked down. Student actions has taken the tool. I lost like 20 i least, 20 pounds last i checked. I think its probably more. No. I, i dont sleep at night and i, i had to drop my classes last semester. I feel like i cant focus when my professors are speaking to me to think columbia cares. Yeah, absolutely not. The message from the administration that im getting is that posted in life doesnt matter. And that includes why 11 thing i learned is that i really think 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 over 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 headlights, even as, as rules, the tax on casa escalated. Got a real shame is, ive given to columbia probably about 50000000 dollars of a many years, and theyre suspend my, give you how much did you donate to them . I probably dont a between like 70000000 dollars so far. Okay. So thats going to be a hit to them and theyre in damage. But University Administrators didnt just feel the heat from donors. They were also getting it from capitol hill. Yes. Or no. Calling to the genocide of jews does not constitute bullying harassment in december, the president of the 3 prestigious universities mit 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 her chance for intifada. If her 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 injustice and 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 or 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. We want to defend free speech, and we dont want to spend Political Capital and as well by was 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. Putting de was herbage. Universities 1st black president , medation. I will ask you one more time. After this hearing calling, she became at the store to survey the 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 detriment. 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. Theres a question of who has the right to control what people can learn and teach each other this infringement on Academic Freedom has 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 offered her in 2022. She was an assistant professor at George Washington university in washington, dc for 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, clinicians to think about that. Thats september. She hosted a campus event about Mental Health and brought a palestinian scholar from Hebrew University interest to speak. And so she walked us through our responsibilities an ethical duties as clinicians to be careful not to, lets say, unwittingly pushed the cause or the policies of any state. Her example was israel, she is and is really 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 real nest 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 anti semitic talk. 3 months later, a pro is real Advocacy Group called stand with us launched the title 6 complaint discrimination claim file with the department of education that goes to university in a queue. 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 arab 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 off a much longer investigation by George Washington university, which hired a private law firm to investigate she, i found that many of the allegations were either inaccurate were taken out of context and misrepresented. But even though she high was cleared, the tax continued posts 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 trucks. And in 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. They did not address our case, but in a statement said that they believed as real as an important component of jewish identity. The title 6 investigation accusing she hi, could take years to resolve. It has made me think that the United States is quickly becoming a place where it might be dangerous for academics to think freely and speak freely in january. She hi resign from her position at George Washington university. And its now teaching in the middle east. But shes still getting kate mill. This one are right, a year after the tax 1st started. The intent is to harvest a 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 campaign that people wage weve looked into a number of organizations. Theyve been trying to shut down palestine advocacy for years. Especially since bts, the boycott. Government sanctions movement contraction into us among them is canary mission, a black listing website, the target to people who are critical of as real various investigative reports that expose, that is really intelligence has used it to keep people out of the country. And what 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 eco system 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 want to you. Its been all of this is about punishment and showing effect. Weve got a sense of best well reporting the story. Now i told us that we said continue to stand on the side of justice and freedom. Let me call these crappy why. And somehow that was interesting to make me out to be someone who was he was trying to insight sheets, several University Students and staff we spoke with had experienced intimidation and harassment for their views 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 is something that i cannot even change that and can bring and not from those some had already lost jobs. I had a job, went up for auction graduation, and my employer told me that they would be for sending the offers that i already accepted because of my husband. Ready they basically told me that i was doing an interpreted support for terrorism. 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 care. 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 of path impacts are 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 rubble. 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 . Oh, 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 company a university did not respond to our requests for an interview, but linked audio. Heres what universities, Vice President , gerald ross burke had to say about palestine protest. I could imagine that somebody wished that in his release to being told that their state, id say a racist a committing genocide seems to them like an 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 that 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. Lets start with something the Columbia Employee told the College Radio station at one of the protests to serve administrative jewish. Okay. As i asked, okay, i hope every one of these people 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 stop, 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 i 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 protest and actually do legitimize is not criminalized free 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 it starts 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 leave was rest assured, even if its not lost, it will be a new wave of students that com, the it fits the fastest expansion of legalized gambling and us history with sports fights at the center. Youre on a sports fan anymore, unless youre gambling on the phone lines examines the surgeon petting and the impact on those suffering from its addiction just didnt feel as real as putting actual cash on a table. That like again, weve turned this into a nation of visual gamers, definitely not in control. 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If this is troubling for you, its very, very painful via the story on talk to how does era on counting the cost of india is income inequality gap his wife makes. So how can poor people get the share of the wealth . How much does the us spend in foreign aid and does about funding help the 1st global stability plus why zambia has band charcoal production products. Counting the cost on ultra 0, the the International Criminal court top prosecutor requests arrest warrants for the is really lead of benjamin netanyahu. And his defense minister for war crimes and crimes against humanity in gaza. The funny bulk of business ill just say about life from doha. Also coming up the i c. C. Prosecutor is also seeking warrants for the arrest of 3 senior hamas leaders for the groups. October 7th, attack on israel. The list is really strong, sound goes more than a 100 people are killed in the