to be said nothing, the is a south african janice and editor of the national daily news papers to which she says she's unsure objectives, you know is the right man to run on an anti corruption message given his past. misses, who might, is adult popular quite as usually controversial, bigger. so i think most of africans would really look at, you know, what you write to say that is a wish list and actually wonder about the people behind it. so we're talking about a new political party right. launched in december last. yeah. you know, by missed as we might and of course, you know, many people who are not necessarily well known part of the significant political landscape. and so, you know, yes, we know what his views are, you know, when comes to say, for example, the expectation of land without compensation bands, you know, and all of that. however, i think the, the big question you know, in many people's minds is, you know, all of this that you list and you were manifesto. why were you not able to do it when you were present for a couple, 9 years? i think it's important to, to also just go back and understand that is it

a technicality that minutes? so that becomes a way to, you know, to really be explained at this point as we stand. we don't know if this is, mike will indeed be elected to parliament even if you've taught to wins. you know, both. and that's really because, you know, you will remember that the, the, that, that i receive, which is our elections buddy bod, him from standing for the election simply on the basis of, of the fact that our law says that if you've been a sentence to 12 months in prison, you know, you're not eligible to stand for you let you know about his part. you obviously took that to court and does now it is kind of legal wrangle about whether or not he is eligible to stand, to begin with. and we're waiting for the constitutional court to really explain that to us. so is he the man to sell the message? i think because, you know, if you look at his record, many people would question, you know, if it is not withstanding the, the major support that you has, you know, within certain parts of the country. but will he be able to actually stand for election, you know, into parliament is a legal question that the cost of traditional coordinates will answer for us,

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people with amputated limbs like a father screaming and holding his daughter is dead daughter. night after night marie, him old one looks at images like these from guys. she's palestinian america 21 years old and a student of columbia university in new york. like i feel like i'm living in an in an alternate world. an i don't, i don't understand how people are, are that i don't know if they're seeing it and they're just not caring or if they're not seeing it. and if it's my job to like, tell people about it, what would you want people to know the reality of what it's like for palestinians? that's not a conflict. it's a part time. and now it's genocide. maureen is part of the group on our campus has been organizing approaches and trying to educate people about the situation and causes that this activism comes at a price order with a me for posted on line, call me a terrorist. and that did result in the losing my job. the suppression of palestine advocacy and speech in the us has a long history. but since october 7th is intensified and university campuses are on

the front lines. my name is de square posted on virtually campus me with an anti somebody with my name and you know about the fonts, you know, with a big photo and then a website. they're putting a target on my back. they're saying, here's your purse and go get her. i think it's an exception to freedom of speech. yeah, we're allowed to talk about anything except this one thing. both points investigates what the correct down on palestine advocacy means for academic freedom in the us. they think that if they attack us enough, then everyone else will be quiet, but they don't realize that we can't be silent. and it's just going to motivate people to rise up more the, the, this is one of many protest students at columbia organized since october 7th.

they've been calling for an in israel's a question in casa and through university start investment from companies that profit off the occupation of palestine shows that they will do whatever it takes to maintain its financial space. and it's really a part time maureen, as a leader of columbia students for justice and palestine for s j p, which organizes closely with jewish boys for peace. we just are trying to educate people about the ways in which the policies are depressed. we are really looking to the history of like the south african apartheid and how it was spearheaded by the use on college campuses. on the 9th, i think genocide, investment is the ultimate goal from watson, many factors, and companies that profit off of a legal settlements and things that are, are just violating human rights. in november,

the university suspended both groups, campus administrators that they held in unauthorized event. it was later revealed, administrators had changed the policy about hosting campus events as protest supporting casa, picked up on the, on the administrators. also, what was the reason for the group suspension? was that the protest included threatening rhetoric and intimidation when we met in person with the senior executive vice president, he said it was references to apartheid genocide and from the river to the sea. palestine will be free, could be seen as an incitement to violence against those really students from a river to the sea is a call for equality. because israel's, and a part i said,

we're not saying jewish people shouldn't be there. we're saying just have info, right? the language used to support palestinian rights or critique is really policies, as long than typically scrutinized in spirit is anti semitic h. speech. no government should be held above criticism. there is a strategy right now in the united states by pro is a lobby groups to label any and all speech critical of israel's actions as anti semitic. if you criticize this row, you just have to point that's automatically anti semitism and you can even debate it. and anyone who tries to debate it is an anti semite armed pain to educate the student body or just to put a little bit of new ones in the conversation is labeled. essentially, synthetic is incredibly frustrating. these graduate students at columbia are all studying international human rights policy after the mass attack on october 7th. they were accused of beauty, semitism, for statement. they released the one with more than 20 other student groups. we sort of said, you know, the conditions in the eyes are terrible like it's an open air prison. you know,

we some of a said things like we've been warning against this for so long while the loss of both palestinian industry life. the letter also said the responsibility for the war and casualties lies with this really government. i'd say similar statements. my students at universities like harvard provoked the angry of donors and politicians . i don't think the statement went over very well with design, it's on campus and off campus. a few weeks later, they were dropped. the pro israel group published their names and some of their photos online. and on these trucks, which circle campus, they called the columbia leading into so much, i come for the 1st generation family and outpatient of that. so when i try not to stress my family out, i try not to, i try, you know, you can't really explain to a, been the only mother with talks and you really use the group. also creative websites which students full names. and all of this has very identical paragraphs here saying they are part of a student group that signed

a statement. hannah is the leader of an organization assigned a hand table, and i select statement. your university must have done something to protect you here, right? new thing, so they say ages in place and that a task force a multiple task force. yeah. how does that help you though? it doesn't, it doesn't say that by not calling out that the trucks are falsely claiming that we're anti semites by then creating the anti semitism task force. it makes it seem like actually our interests are somebody who is jewish. 2 before coming to columbia, she worked for jewish organizations, helping high school students, identify the difference between anti semitism. it protects it as real. so to have all of my, you know, young lice work so far be boiled down to 3 words. is we just really? i mean it is a i think it says a lot about where we are at the state of the world. i don't think it's any stretch to say that we're in the mccarthy era moment here when it comes to speech,

depression radical. so i know if there's a senior attorney would palestine legal, civil rights organization that monitors the suppression of palestine activism. much of the work is focused on college campuses. and since october 7th, their phone has some stuff ringing. we're seeing a record number of requests from students who have been facing severe anti palestinian hostile environments on their campus. and we know that students are filing complaints and their university is doing nothing. universities are happy to embrace diversity, different political opinions, but then when it's for palestinian rights, you're suspended, you're investigated, you're shut down profile. the style and 1st amendment advocates have a phrase for this. it's called the palestine exception to free speech. effectively your tools, you can research anything, you can do your ph, d, on anything. you can have a protest on this public square about anything except homeless thing. and if you

make it about power line, you're going to be accused of being anti semitic of being irrational, nancy as well, or of being supportive of terrorism for several months. the university has act, we asked to this idea is that the fear or discomfort or anger that some people might feel when they see a coffee or a palestinian flag means that there's a threat that has to be suppressed. like, did you catch up on like what happened with the drum on the call this morning and there's all these things happening all the time. that of course we have to check not only what's happening in post nights, but like, oh, did i get talks here? is this professor who is harassing us and did he say something else? like it just feels like we're in the fight or flight mode. all the time, like completely hyper vigilant. have you been doing like your homework and stuff like that? like this. we need to do like studies as together. the thing is like whenever we study together, we just end up talking about us, your opinions. if you feel i feel guilty for even like trying to continue with my normal life as this is happening,

i feel bad for thinking about myself and my friends. because every time they attack us it's, it's a distraction from what's going on and goes on. maureen was supposed to graduate this year, but that's not happening anymore. watching the atrocities and causal on foot and battle, and university administrators crack down a student actions has taken the tool. i lost like 20 i least, 20 pounds last i checked. i think it's probably more no i, i don't sleep at night and i, i had to drop my classes last semester. i feel like i can't focus when my professors are speaking to me. do you think columbia cares? yeah, absolutely not. the message from the administration that i'm getting is that posted in life doesn't matter. and that includes my 1. 1 thing i learned is that i really universities don't care about their students. what do they care about? the donor money and where the money comes from and how to keep that going.

billionaire, alumni and wealthy donors has some of the more prestigious schools in the country, pulling back funds over the response to anti israel rallies on campus. after october 7th, many donors condemned to pro palestine demonstrations on campuses. use media jump on story, dominating headlights, even as, as rules, the tax on casa escalated. got a real shame is, i've given to columbia probably about 50000000 dollars of a many years, and they're suspend my, give you how much did you donate to them? i probably don't a between like 70000000 dollars so far. okay. so that's going to be a hit to them and they're in damage. but university administrators didn't just feel the heat from donors. they were also getting it from capitol hill. yes. or no. calling for the genocide of jews does not constitute bullying harassment. in december, the president of the 3 prestigious universities and went to harvard in the university of pennsylvania, were called to testify and a congressional hearing about anti semitism on college campuses. for now, it was one of several such hearings on the hill after october 7th. i have not heard

calling for the genocide reduce on our campus, but you've heard chance for intifada. if her chance, which can be anti semitic depending on the context, the president of the universities did not question the underlying promise which was completely incorrect. students for injustice and palestine and other students calling for an end to the genocide are not calling for genocide abuse. i am asking specifically calling for the genocide of jews. does that constitute bullying harassment? it is a context dependent decision congresswoman. these university presidents, much like many people who operate in the space, they find themselves locked between their principles. we want to defend free speech, and we don't want to spend political capital and as well by was fine. it's a no wind thing for us. if we get it right on principle, we're going to get destroyed politically including by donors. and if we get it

wrong, free speech is going to be hurt anti semitic rhetoric when it crosses into conduct . putting gay was harvard university's 1st black president, medation. i will ask you one more time. after this hearing calling, she became at the store to serve in the president. again, it depends on the contact. it does not depend on the context. the answer is yes, and this is why you should resign. less than a month for their testimonies. the president of harvard and the university of pennsylvania did resign. it was a gotcha hearing and they got themselves got into all of our detriment. we're seeing the, the growing synergy between sort of an anti welcome movement on the right with what is an anti free speech on israel movement. all 3 of the people testifying, please know, but they basically played into the hands of members of congress who wanted to use them to score political points against academia and they failed to defend free speech. so we're seeing the playbook being written for how you would go into

a university like columbia or harvard or pen and say, you can't talk about race, you can't talk about gender and what we're actually being faced with right now. there's a question of who has the right to control what people can learn and teach each other this infringement on academic freedom has a plague professor is like dr. lar, she hi will before october, 7th, horrifying, horrifying. to think that you actually are in danger. how could one be in danger from being offered her in 2022. she was an assistant professor at george washington university in washington, dc for she trained future clinicians. so the diversity classes i teach are really about structural oppression and the psychological impact of that. and our responsibilities, clinicians to think about that that september she hosted

a campus event about mental health and brought a palestinian scholar from hebrew university interest to speak. and so she walked us through our responsibilities an ethical duties as clinicians to be careful not to, let's say, unwittingly pushed the cause or the policies of any state. her example was israel, she is in his early citizen. she works in the context, was that controversial at the time? absolutely not. there were no questions or indications that that was received poorly. but during the following class, a few students said they felt uncomfortable by the talk and thought the speaker was anti semitic. i railed my teaching for that day, the entire hour and a half was dedicated to truly hearing out the students there concerns the very real nest of anti semitism. did they say specifically what they were so

upset by their critique was primarily any criticism of the state of israel is tantamount to anti semitism. and so therefore, this talk was an anti semitic talk. 3 months later, a pro is real advocacy group called stand with us launched the title 6 complaint discrimination claim file with the department of education that goes to university in a queue. she hi, of hate speech and discriminating against her jewish. and it's really students a copy of the complaint was released to her right wing media outlet with everyone's name rejected except she has. i woke up in the morning to a slew of hate mail, heinous, racist, sexist, anti arab hate mail. my address was released the place of course where i work. they flooded my employers, emails, or phone calls,

threats of rape, force, deportation, harm towards my family. everything under the sun that you could imagine on every possible platform. everywhere there was no place that is safe. the title says complaint kicked off a much longer investigation by george washington university, which hired a private law firm to investigate. she had found that many of the allegations were either inaccurate were taken out of context and misrepresented. but even though she high was cleared, the tax continued posts october 7th, i had 2 events of mine actually be cancelled. so in 2 weeks i had dropped the truck in new york and the docks and trucks. and in dc, again, you don't have to do very much for the racist is on the public machine to run. well, we'll release the name, but the rest do the work for itself. title 6 has been weaponized by pro is all lobby groups and this has been going on for 10 years now. and it's to send the

message to other people, other professors who dare to criticize what is roles doing? who dare to bring speakers? who criticize what is always doing that we will come after you and it won't stop. and we reached out to stand with us about the doctor she had. they did not address our case, but in a statement said that they believed as real as an important component of jewish identity. the title 6 investigation accusing she hi, could take years to resolve. it has made me think that the united states is quickly becoming a place where it might be dangerous for academics to think freely and speak freely in january. she high resign from her position at george washington university and is now teaching in the middle east. but she's still getting kate mill. this one are right the year after the tax 1st started. the intent is to harvest a railroad is to intimidate it's to silence is to make people feel alone. so make

people feel like a pariah. this is not some low key campaign that people wage. we've looked into a number of organizations. they've been trying to shut down palestine advocacy for years. especially since bts, the boycott. government sanctions move mccain traction into us among the canary mission, a black listing website. the targets people who are critical of those real various investigative reports that expose those really intelligence has used it to keep people out of the country. and what little is known about who runs it. some of his donors are what the groups in the us. it's one of many such organizations doing this work. you have this giant eco system of organizations that who framed themselves as defending do or students and fighting anti semitism. and really all they do, or most of what they do is target criticism of israel. it's clear intention is this will follow you for the rest of your life. and when you have a job opportunity,

people google and they will find it and it will want to you. it's been all of this is about punishment and showing effect. we've got a sense of best well reporting the story. now i told us that we said continue to stand on the side of justice and freedom, many parties, graphing lines. and somehow that was trusted to make me out to be someone who was he was trying to insight sheets, several university students and staff we spoke with had experienced intimidation and harassment for their views on palestine. and didn't want to appear on camera. some more afraid for their safety or facing professional consequences. i want to work in health care. it's scary. my identity is something that i cannot even change . and i said that and can bring in that for me. those some had already lost jobs. i had a job, went up for auction graduation, and my employer told me that they would be for sending the offers that i already

accepted because of my husband. ready they basically told me that i was doing an interpreted support for terrorism. as soon as you res terrorism in this country, particularly post 911. i mean, you're really up in nancy right in this world right now. if you're on campus talking about cease fire, your being called both anti semitic and a supporter of care. you know, there's a lot of talk about keeping safe. our jewish students who feel uncomfortable by advocacy on behalf of palestine and have a great deal of sympathy for what those students are experiencing. but there hasn't been any talk about how this a path impacts our jewish students who are committed to justice and peace in palestine or how it impacts our palestinian students. i spoke about my family audits and sharon, i talked about how they were formed and how we were trying to find their bodies

under the rubble. and for doing that, i received a disciplinary notice from my university. so do you feel like you don't have the freedom to just simply just say stop the violence? oh, go. well, the basic question is do the lives of palestinians matter. and one of the premises of the suppression is that they don't. and nobody should be talking about them and no one has a right to talk about company a university did not respond to our requests for an interview, but linked audio. here's what universities, vice president, gerald ross burke had to say about palestine protest. i could imagine that somebody wished that in his release to being told that their state, i'd say a racist a committing genocide seems to them like that excitement of

a violence against them. meanwhile, mario and her classmates who were advocating for palestinian rights continued to get 8000000 doctorates. one of the emails was like swinging from a rope, that's where a stomach trash belong to people that telling us to kill ourselves. they're, they're saying the same thing to my jewish friends, they're calling them not real jews. but there's one message to still haunts or should be out here, shutting down each model. ok. and i'm starting with something the columbia employee told the college radio station at one of the protests to serve administrative jewish. okay. as i asked, okay, i hope every one of these people i don't think i haven't listened to it in a while. i didn't think that i would have like a reaction to it again. what is your reaction to it? i am like really scared and people are like, oh, how are you if you're scared them, just stop, but i can't because the whole point is to scare me to the point that i don't do

this anymore. how long can you keep doing this? until i, until my last like i and maybe i can have caught influence on our government. i don't know. but at the very least i think other palestinians are seeing it. and they're saying that they're not alone. we're seeing the biggest protests for palestine rights for human rights against genocide. it really in my lifetime, and the i'd say the folks who want to kill protest and actually do legitimize is not criminalized free speech on israel palestine. see correctly that universities are their biggest challenge throughout history. students on us college campuses have been on the front lines for social change. and i think israel and it starts as allies recognize that that is why they are engaging in an all out war on us college campuses. the they are waiting for us to leave was

rest assured, even if it's not lost, it will be a new wave of students that com, the a meeting of minds with israel committing genocide before our eyes. and none of our mainstream politicians across the board seem to have a problem with this campaigner andrew fine, stay and photographer shock you do on,

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dozen dependents to use have been killed and is really as probably go to residential building in more than johnson the, the clock this is out. is there a line for me to host it coming up? the united nation says 800000 palestinians have now fled. the city of rafa, as rarely as tries continued to hit the south of the gauze and spread the.