In a surprising turn of events, Arabs are now sharing their support for the America Spring.

Oh man, it's almost like there's different rules for different people in this country or something...nah can't be

I’m currently at Princeton wearing my Yarmulke, waiting to be inundated with all the vicious anti-Semitism we’re told has overtaken our once-great Elite American Universities. I’ll let you know if I survive 😭

VIDEO: Outside provocateurs holding Israeli flags chanted 'Kill the Jews!' Pro-Palestine Northeastern students at the encampment sought to de-escalate. Northeastern admin need to apologize for false claims - news outlets need to issue corrections.

The Appeal asked prosecutors if they plan to prosecute or dismiss charges against protesters. Sixteen offices responded. As of press time, only two offices said they would not charge people for peacefully protesting.

Leaked USAID memo: “deterioration of food security and nutrition in Gaza is unprecedented in modern history, exponentially outpacing in six months the long-term declines that led to the only other two famine declarations in the 21st century”

Just damning
devex.com/news/exclusive…

ASU has now turned on the sprinklers to deter pro-Palestine protesters. Protesters are putting bags and items on top of the sprinklers to stop them from spraying.

After The City University of New York students literally and symbolically pushed the NYPD off their encampment, the cops have finally retaliated, erecting barricades to block people and supplies from getting in. Negotiations with Félix V. Matos Rodríguez begin at 3.

All out to City College of NY.

-Story gets out that Blinken is ignoring Israeli human rights abuses
-PR story appears that Biden admin is going to do something
-Israel publicly acts outraged that laws may apply to them
-Biden admin quietly decides to do nothing

What a perfect summary of this admin

The last decade of crowd policing has not been particularly lawful or orderly. Send in the riot squad, dramatically inflame and escalate the situation, perform extraordinarily dubious arrests and uses of force, eat a several million dollar settlement a bit later, repeat.

Students at prestigious Paris university occupy campus building in pro-Palestinian protest apnews.com/article/france…

A thread of other things that have involved tents, assembly, and sound amplification at Northwestern and on Deering Meadow The Daily Northwestern. Here is an action demanding the safe return of hostages taken by Hamas on Oct 7

Really useful thread on why the crackdowns on campus protests are probably discriminatory and likely illegal

🚨Palestinian academics in the UK issue emergency call in defence of universities in Gaza and for urgent public commitments from UK universities and international organisations to support their rebuilding.🇵🇸

IU banned this professor, Ben Robinson, from campus for a YEAR for “criminal trespassing” because of a rule they rushed through some secretive committee last night, by the way

Emory professor and philosophy department chair who was arrested wasn’t even there to protest - she was concerned about student safety and wanted to simply observe what was going on. She denies the university president’s claim it was outside agitators - she was with Emory…

Does saying “go back to Gaza” count as anti-Palestinian hate? Are we going to get the President & other elected officials condemning the anti-Palestinian hate on college campuses? Does anyone in power care about the daily abuse hurled at Palestinian, Arab, and/or Muslim students?

In this moment of horrific crackdown on academic freedom, faculty & staff from across CUNY, many active on Palestine, have been approached by third party attorneys tasked by Gov Hochul to do an inquiry on antisemitism on campus.

A 🧵on the issue & what to do if approached 1/

In which we learn that Princeton was fine graduating a student who took part in the January 6 assault on Congress but will expel a finishing PhD student for sitting on the grass.

Pushing back police barricades and attacking officers is not protected by the First Amendment.

Wasn't protected on Jan. 6. Not protected today either.

Campuses must have the highest tolerance for peaceful expression and no tolerance for violence.