I was scheduled to give a talk on Palestine at a student conference at @notredame.bsky.social. The University rescinded my talk a week in advance citing an extremely flimsy excuse. It is truly disgusting. Attached is the letter I received and my reply, link below...

Here is the full text of my response. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

“State just totally went nuclear on foreign assistance,” said one official.

Ok FUNNY STORY-I am deeply not about the god stuff, but when we were translating the Ten Commandments in my Biblical Hebrew class the message was clear- if god can make the WHOLE WORLD in 6 days and take a day to rest, then we mere humans can sure as heck do everything we need to do in those 6 days

This dog sure does know how to do a lazy Saturday (also taking Saturdays off has been the best thing I’ve done for myself since starting my PhD)

Good evening. Your weekly reminder to drink more water, moisturise, keep talking about Lebanon and Gaza, and free Palestine

Germany will not arrest genocidal Netanyahu "because of its Nazi history", says Chancellor Olf Scholz. He forgot to add that Germany has no problem arresting Jews who dare oppose genocide. Is this also because of Germany's Nazi past?
www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2... x.com/yanisvaroufa...

READ: Do you know what Project Esther is? It’s the Heritage Foundation’s blueprint to crush Palestine solidarity, smear activists as terrorists, and revive McCarthyism.

"As Trump tries to implement policies of mass harm, we all may face unreasonable orders by our bosses, landlords, politicians and police — and we all must be ready to refuse them. The targets of reactionary political decisions may not have an escape."

--Rory Fanning

The Heritage Foundation's "Project Esther" claims to combat antisemitism but in fact, aims to destroy the Palestine solidarity movement as a first step in a crusade against all domestic dissent in the U.S.

https://mondoweiss.net/2024/11/inside-project-esther-the-right-wing-action-plan-to-take-down…

The University of Chicago, after hours of negotiation, promised our students a special Gaza Scholars at Risk Initiative. They have no delivered. How are students or faculty supposed to trust this administration?

www.wbez.org/education/20...

The fight to defeat HR 9495 isn't over yet. Call your senators and tell them to vote NO on this dangerous bill, which gives the admin unilateral power to strip nonprofits (e.g. news outlets, universities) of their status. Here's the ACLU statement on its dangers: www.aclu.org/press-releas...

We did ‘Palestine day’ in Intro to Gender Studies and students said that the story they have learned about Israel starts with the Holocaust. I’m about half way through an expansive history of American Jewish Zionism, and we’ve only made it to 1915. We have a lot of work to do.

Hague Sameach

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