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Shame on Columbia University and its cowardly president for ordering the arrest of 100 students who were peacefully demonstrating for the rights of Palestinians. Thumbs down also to USC administrators for canceling the valedictorian speech of a highly qualified Palestinian student, allegedly due to unspecified concerns for safety. These are despicable attacks on academic freedom and the rights of students to express and exchange ideas.
It is particularly disturbing to hear support of Palestinian rights or criticism of Israel’s brutal policies called anti-semitism. The media and rightwing politicos often spread these disparaging distortions of truth.
It is crucial for us to urge a permanent ceasefire in Gaza and call out the right-wing Israeli government for its gross human rights crimes. I hope our state Legislature will soon enact a pro-ceasefire resolution and join the global movement for peace and justice in the Middle East.
John Witeck
Kamehameha Heights
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