Ep. 199: Israel, Hamas, and censorship at home

The FIRE team gets together to discuss the October 7 attacks in
Israel and the resulting censorship on college campuses in the
United States. 


FIRE President and CEO Greg Lukianoff, Director of Campus Rights
Advocacy Alex Morey, and General Counsel Ronnie London join host
Nico Perrino for the conversation.


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Timestamps


5:13 - October 7 attacks on Israel 


6:04  - Greg’s initial thoughts 


14:58 - Alex’s initial thoughts


20:29 - Protected vs. unprotected expression 


28:11 - Statements from donors, students and faculty; double
standards


40:49 - Institutional neutrality and the Kalven Report


51:01 - Combating Anti-Semitism, the Daryl Davis example 


54:46 - Students for Justice in Palestine 


1:01:48 - Tearing down posters 


 


Show Notes


Transcript



Harvard student group letter (The public-facing Google Doc
that originally hosted the letter was deleted.) 




Bill Ackman letter to Harvard




The Kalven Report




Daryl Davis 




FIRE Letter to University of Florida President Ben Sasse re:
Students for Justice in Palestine (after recording this
episode, Brandeis University derecognized its campus chapter
of SJP. Here is FIRE’s letter to Brandeis).




Ron DeSantis, Tim Scott, and Marco Rubio call to revoke
student visas 




Trump Truth Social post calls for the expulsion of students
who support Hamas