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Israeli university presidents condemnation of the Gaza solidarity protests in the U.S. is revealing Israeli universities’ complicity in occupation, apartheid, and genocide.

Across the country, college students are participating in dozens of protests over the Israel-Hamas war. In Nashville, part of Vanderbilt University's campus has turned into a protest space.

Over 200 Vanderbilt students and community members marched from Centennial Park to Wyatt Center on May 1. The ralliers called for Palestinian liberation and expressed support for Vanderbilt’s Palestine Solidarity Encampment, which began five weeks ago in support of student protesters issued interim suspensions but has since become part of the broader pro-Palestine encampment movement...

Hundreds of students around the country are being arrested, suspended, put on probation and, in rare cases, expelled from their colleges for participating in pro-Palestinian demonstrations

Even after the presidents of Harvard and the University of Pennsylvania lost their jobs, too many others have failed to respond consistently and effectively to policy violations on their campuses.

Educators need to focus on ways to encourage conversation instead of confrontation.

Even vile speech is protected, but violence and other rights violations are not.

In December 2023, Daniel Diermeier, chancellor of Vanderbilt University in Tennessee, wrote: “Universities are, by design, where we come to debate and probe the questions that matter to us most. And our explorations are richest and most fruitful when they are informed by a wide range of viewpoints.”  Pure hogwash. …

Protests at Columbia University have spread across the US and sparked copycat demonstrations in Britain

The May 21 event will bring together world-class researchers and academics from Cambridge and Vanderbilt, representatives from industry, and government officials to explore the latest advancements in research, identify pathways for collaboration, and discuss challenges and solutions for post-quantum cryptography.