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Statement in solidarity with student protests for Gaza
We, the undersigned organizations, stand in solidarity with the students nationwide and globally who are bravely protesting in encampments and otherwise to condemn Israel’s ongoing bombardment of Gaza–actions which human rights organizations, a federal U.S. court, and the International Court of Justice have said “plausibly” constitute genocide.
Report of the Independent Task Force on National Security Memorandum-20 Regarding Israel
In early February, we formed the Independent Task Force on the Application of National Security Memorandum-20 to Israel, whose report we provided to the Biden Administration on April 18. The National Security Memorandum 20 (NSM-20), adopted by President Joe Biden, directs the Department of State to seek assurances from partners involved in conflict and receiving U.S. military grant assistance that they would abide by U.S. and international law and also requires the Departments of State and Defense to report to Congress within 90 days on the extent to which such partners are abiding by their assurances.
Yes, it is genocide
In most cases of genocide, from Bosnia to Namibia, from Rwanda to Armenia, the perpetrators of the murder said they were acting in self-defence. The fact that what is happening in Gaza does not resemble the Holocaust, writes Holocaust scholar Amos Goldberg, does not mean that it is not genocide
Scenes of total devastation driving through Gaza City
Scenes of total devastation driving through Gaza City today, +70% of homes across Gaza Strip have been damaged or destroyed.
Amid campus crackdowns, Gaza war triggers freedom of expression crisis
Across the United States, “heads are rolling” at the top of some Ivy League universities amid a campus-wide crackdown on students protesting Israel’s war in Gaza, shining a spotlight on the question of freedom of expression worldwide, said UN Special Rapporteur Irene Khan.
Storm Over Columbia
Nadia Abu El-Haj, interviewed by Max Nelson
“The only reason we didn’t descend into violence that day was that the students remained calm. They were the only adults in the room.”
Sanders Responds to Netanyahu’s Claim that Criticism of the Israeli Government’s Policies is Antisemitic
WASHINGTON, April 25 — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today released the following statement in response to Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s claim yesterday that criticism of the Israeli government’s policies is antisemitic:
Campus protests for Gaza are proliferating — and so is the repression
With calls for divestment spreading this past week, students share how dozens of U.S. colleges are cracking down on pro-Palestine demonstrations.
MESA Board Joint Statement with CAF concerning escalating repression of protest on campuses
The Board of Directors of the Middle East Studies Association and its Committee on Academic Freedom view with increasing alarm the growing number of attempts to intimidate, repress, and criminalize campus protests against the ongoing Israeli state violence against Palestinians and the US diplomatic, military, and economic support for it.