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    Students at University of California-San Diego set up Gaza solidarity encampment in California

    University Officials Welcome the Genocide Apologists and Condemn the Protesters

    A protest and its aftermath at the University of California, San Diego illustrates the moral myopia of administrators.

    Jonathan Graubart
    Jul 03, 2025

    Evidencing America’s profound moral depravity is the targeting of campus protesters rather than the genocidal actions of America’s closest ally Israel. President Donald Trump, members of Congress, Christian and Jewish nationalists, and university task forces on antisemitism all charge campus protesters with widespread antisemitism through singling out and demonizing Israel. Ominously, these accusations have prompted universities to impose far-reaching restrictions on campus speech and assembly which match or exceed the crackdowns of the McCarthy era. Consequently, while Israel’s genocide endures, to the silence or approval of leading political, media, and university leaders, it is the protesters who have been substantially silenced.

    Granted, within the surge of campus protests in 2023-2024, a few protesters crossed the line into crude antisemitism or other offensive behavior. The partisan university task force reports on antisemitism at places like Harvard, Columbia, and UCLA have seized upon these scattered instances and lumped them with controversial but defensible chants, such as “Globalize the intifada,” to paint a manufactured picture of rampant hostility toward Jews. Conveniently, neither the task forces nor university officials address the cause of these protests: the ongoing destruction of Gaza, judged to be genocide by Amnesty International and other human rights groups, and the complicity of many U.S. universities. To illustrate this moral myopia, I review a recent tempest at UC San Diego.

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    Professors Express Outrage Over UMich's Use of Investigators to Surveil Gaza Student Protestors

    Professors Express Outrage Over UMich's Use of Investigators to Surveil Gaza Student Protestors

    "My university has no business doing this," wrote one professor at the University of Michigan Law School.

    Eloise Goldsmith
    Jun 06, 2025

    Multiple professors expressed outrage on Friday in response to reporting from The Guardian, which found that the University of Michigan is making use of undercover investigators to keep tabs on pro-Palestinian groups on campus.

    "My university has no business doing this. I love the University of Michigan, and this is not how we should operate," said University of Michigan Law School professor Sam Bagenstos, writing from his personal Bluesky account.

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    "They all have names" vigil for Palestinian children killed in Gaza

    It Took 24 Hours to Speak the Names of 12,000 Children Israel Killed in Gaza—A Fraction of the Total

    The vigil at Harvard University took place as UNICEF said that at least 50,000 Palestinian children have been killed or wounded in Gaza during 600 days of Israeli bombs, bullets, and blockades.

    Brett Wilkins
    May 28, 2025

    Community members concluded a 24-hour vigil at Harvard University on Wednesday during which the names of almost 12,000 children slain in Gaza by Israeli forces were read aloud, signifying only a partial list of child casualties documented by the United Nations Children's Fund, which found that at least 50,000 Palestinian children have been killed or wounded in the embattled enclave during 600 days of U.S.-backed genocidal slaughter.

    They All Have Names—a coalition of parents, educators, students, healthcare workers, faith leaders, and other community members—gathered at Harvard Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts to hold the vigil ahead of Harvard University's commencement ceremonies on Thursday.

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