America’s elite universities are running scared
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Richard Kuper
JVL Introduction
We reported recently that Columbia Law Review’s website had been shut down by its board, rather than allow an article entitled ” Toward the Nakba as a Legal Concept” to be published there.
A week later, after an outcry, it has been reinstated and the article is now publicly available.
“What is so scary about Palestinians having the right to narrate their own realities? “asks the paper’s author, Palestinian human rights lawyer Rabea Eghbariah.
Jonathan Guyer brings the story up to date.
RK
This article was originally published by the Guardian on Sun 9 Jun 2024. Read the original here.
Why are America’s elite universities so afraid of this scholar’s paper?
The Columbia Law Review website was temporarily shut down after it published a Palestinian human rights lawyer’s article proposing a new way to understand Palestinian life under Israeli rule
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The references longer than the main article? Not like any Dissertation or Thesis I’ve proof-read and commented on, to date [for student friends].
Just skimmed the first few pages, and downloaded to read later.
Thanks for the alert.