"Khalil has denounced antisemitism in the past. There is evidence that members of the pro-Israel lobby went out of their way to ask the government to arrest and deport Khalil... And there is evidence that the day before his arrest, Khalil wrote to the CU administration requesting its protection."

"We will not allow a white supremacist president and his party to claim the mantle of Jewish safety as they shred the Constitution and spin outlandish legal theories to justify the suppression of dissent and the brutalization of those who oppose war and apartheid."

"agenda. Trump’s claim that this atrocity “combats antisemitism” is insulting. We will not take lectures on antisemitism from segregationists and Neo-Nazis.

"in association with a university would deal so ignorantly with language and truth. But more than that, I am ashamed, as a Jewish person, that this kind of slander has found such currency in some parts of the Jewish community, in service of the deeply racist and antisemitic Trump

" a broad and diverse movement of courageous young people standing together against the ethnic cleansing of Gaza, funded by our tax dollars? Call your friends in the government and send the feds to their door. As an educator, it disgusts me that anyone who wants to be taken seriously

"Call them a terrorist and call the cops. Don't like their views? Call them antisemitic and get them expelled. Don’t like that your Jewish colleague has the chutzpah to say “free Palestine?” Report him for Jew hatred to the university task force. Don't like seeing

"After what I’ve seen over the last year and a half, I’m not sure they’re wrong. Anti-Palestinian groups have spent all year casually leveling the most dangerous accusations on the flimsiest of grounds and members of our own community have repeated them. Don't like seeing a keffiyeh?

"They are betting that when you hear Mahmoud’s name, or the word “Palestinian,” the parts of you that make you a thinking and rational and caring person will switch off, and you will believe the worst about him, and you will turn a blind eye to these grave violations of his rights.

"It is unreasonable, intolerable, unconstitutional. So why do they think they can get away with it? The Trump administration is betting that Americans will happily look the other way as one more Palestinian is victimized here on American soil.

"in his work as an advocate and a negotiator, as someone committed to the peaceful resolution of difficult situations and conflicts. He is a consummate diplomat in his disposition and character. What the Trump government is doing to Mahmoud is obscene.

"When I step down from this podium, I will publish these remarks, in order to protect...from inevitable attempts to misrepresent them. Mahmoud, as the student negotiator, took these same risks and more. Mahmoud is a man of decency, honor, and kindness. He has distinguished himself,

"safety, and freedom with your face uncovered and your name declared. You can be sure you will be harassed, doxed, terrorized. People will try to get you fired from your job. For speaking here, I will receive a new round of death threats, slander, complaints to my employer.