Brandeis University Bans ‘Students for Justice in Palestine’ Over ‘Open Support’ for Hamas (Connecting the Dots: Brandeis University, Palestine (Hamas), United Nations, The Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), University of Maryland, University of California, Berkeley, Columbia University, NBC, The Smithsonian Institution, The Brookings Institution & Soros Funding, All Networking)
The ban
is similar to what Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is trying to implement in Florida.
The
Epoch Times
Bill
Pan Reporter
11/8/2023|Updated:
11/8/2023
Brandeis University,
one of the nation’s most prominent Jewish-founded institutions, has banned the
campus chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) over the national group’s “open
support” for Hamas.
Brandeis
informed the student group on Monday that its recognition status has been
revoked, meaning that it will no longer receive university funding, be allowed
to conduct activities on campus, or use the university’s name in promoting
itself.
“This
decision was not made lightly, as Brandeis is dedicated to upholding free
speech principles,” the Waltham, Massachusetts-based school said in a letter
to the pro-Palestinian group. “However, those principles note that the freedom
to debate and discuss ideas does not mean that individuals may say whatever
they wish ... or that is otherwise directly incompatible with the functioning
of the university.”
In the
days following the Oct. 7 attacks on Israel by Hamas, the national leadership
of SJP issued statements glorifying Hamas terrorists as “liberation fighters”
and placing the blame solely upon Israel for the lives lost in the reignited
Middle Eastern conflict.
On Oct.
9, in a declaration of a “Day of Resistance,” the national SJP called on all
“Palestinian students in exile” across the United States to demonstrate by “not
just slogans and rallies, but armed confrontation with oppressors.” The call
prompted many of SJP’s campus chapters to issue pro-Hamas statements dotted
with incendiary anti-Semitic rhetoric.
Their
armed attacks on Israeli civilians and voiced an increasingly radical call for
confronting and “dismantling” Zionism on U.S. college campuses. Some SJP
chapters issued pro-Hamas messaging and/or promoted violent anti-Israel
messaging channels.
“The
national SJP has called on its chapters to engage in conduct that supports
Hamas in its call for the violent elimination of Israel and the Jewish people,”
the letter continued. “These tactics are not protected by the University’s
principles.”
Brandeis
further warned that any student who chooses to “engage in conduct in support of
Hamas,” whether individually or through organized activity, will be deemed a
violator of the university’s student code of conduct.
“Students
who wish to express their support for the rights of Palestinian civilians may
form another student organization, through established procedures that complies
with University policies,” it added.
As the
most immediate result of the decision, the Brandeis SJP cancelled a “Vigil for Palestine” event that had been scheduled for
Monday night.
The
Brandeis SJP condemned the ban as “racist.”
“We
recognized that such as decision is purely racist and goes against the values
of Brandeis University, an organization that was built to fight racism in
higher education,” it said.
SJP
Ban Sparks Free Speech Debate
As a
private institution, Brandeis is not directly bound by the First Amendment.
However, it pledges to honor the spirit of the First Amendment, stating in its free speech policies
that school has “a responsibility to encourage the airing of the widest range
of political and scholarly opinions and to prevent attempts to shut down
conversations, no matter what their topic.”
By
stripping the SJP of its recognized student group status, Brandeis has broken
that pledge, argued the non-profit First Amendment advocacy group Foundation
for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE).
In a
letter to Brandeis president Ronald Liebowitz, FIRE argued that the Brandeis
SJP should not be punished for merely being under the national SJP umbrella.
“Brandeis
appeared to have based its decision on the advocacy of the national SJP
organization, punishing students for words they didn’t even say,” it wrote in
Tuesday’s letter.
“While
criminal conduct such as issuing true threats, incitement, or providing
material support to terrorist groups is unprotected, there is no evidence these
students have done anything other than engage in fully protected speech—even if
it is speech many members of the Brandeis community find deeply offensive,” the
group argued.
“De-recognition
is the harshest form of punishment Brandeis can mete out on a student group,
and imposing it here gravely contravenes Brandeis’ clear and legally binding
promises to honor students’ expressive freedoms on campus.”
The
debate comes as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis tries to “deactivate” SJP across his
state’s public university system.
Mr.
DeSantis, who styles himself as the “most pro-Israel governor in America” and
describes Florida as “the most pro-Israel state,” already has a record of
outlawing the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement that supposedly
seeks to impose economic pressure on Israel to change its Palestinian policies.
In
defense of his advocacy of a university system-wide SJP ban, Mr. DeSantis said
this is “not cancel culture.”
“This
group, they themselves said in the aftermath of the Hamas attack that they don’t
just stand in solidarity, that they are part of this Hamas movement,” the
Republican governor said in an
interview on NBC. “You have a right to go out and demonstrate, but you
can’t provide material support to terrorism.”
“They’ve
linked themselves to Hamas, and so we absolutely decertified them,” he
continued. “They should not get one red cent of taxpayer dollars.”
Connecting
the Dots:
Palestine (Hamas)
is a member of the United Nations (U.N.).
Samantha Power is
the U.S. ambassador for the United Nations (U.N.) and
married to Cass R. Sunstein.
Cass R. Sunstein is
married to Samantha Power and a senior fellow at the Brookings
Institution (think tank).
Susan E. Rice was
the United Nations (U.N.) U.S. ambassador for the Barack
Obama administration, the White House national security adviser for
the Barack Obama administration and a senior fellow at
the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Donald F. McHenry was
a U.S. ambassador for the United Nations (U.N.) and is an honorary trustee at
the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Joan E. Spero was
a U.S ambassador for economic & social affairs for the United
Nations (U.N.) and an honorary trustee at the Brookings
Institution (think tank).
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings
Institution (think tank).
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to
Promote Open Society.
D. Ronald Daniel was
an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and is
a trustee at Brandeis University.
Brandeis University
has banned the campus
chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP).
Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) was founded at the University
of California, Berkeley.
University
of California, Berkeley is a University of California campus.
Haas
School of Business is a business school at the University of California, Berkeley.
Richard C. Blum was
a regent at the University of California and a board member at
the Haas School of Business, married to California Senator
Dianne Feinstein and an honorary trustee at the Brookings
Institution (think tank).
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings
Institution (think tank).
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to
Promote Open Society.
William A.
Galston is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think
tank) and a professor at the University of Maryland.
University
of Maryland
Panthers
and Palestinians
https://www.rhsmith.umd.edu/events/panthers-and-palestinians
Join Students
for Justice in Palestine and
the UMCP NAACP in discussing and learning about
solidarity between the Black Panther Party and the
Palestinian Liberation Organization.
Carol L. Graham is
a professor at the University of Maryland and was a
senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings
Institution (think tank).
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote
Open Society.
Morton H. Halperin was
a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and
taught at Columbia University.
Mahmood Mamdani is a Ugandan academic, author, and
political commentator. The Herbert Lehman Professor of Government and a
professor of anthropology, political science and African studies at Columbia University and Zohran Mamdani’s father.
Zohran Mamdani is Mahmood Mamdani’s son, attended
Bowdoin College in Maine, where he co-founded the school's chapter of Students
for Justice in Palestine, is a member of the Democratic
Socialists of America, the presumptive Democratic nominee for mayor
of New York City in the 2025 election.
Joan E. Spero was
a trustee at Columbia University and an honorary trustee at
the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings
Institution (think tank).
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote
Open Society.
Vernon E. Jordan
Jr. is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think
tank), a senior counsel for Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP,
the president emeritus for the Robert Trent Jones Golf Club
(Gainesville, VA) and was the president of the Economic Club of
Washington.
Savannah Guthrie was
an attorney for Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP, the
White House correspondent for the NBC News and is a co-host
for Today.
NBC News is a
subsidiary of NBC.
Today is an NBC program.
John G. Roberts Jr. is an honorary member of the Robert Trent Jones Golf Club (Gainesville, VA), the chancellor for the Smithsonian Institution, the chief justice for the U.S. Supreme Court and married to Jane Sullivan Roberts.
Jane Sullivan
Roberts is married to John G. Roberts Jr. and was a
partner at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP.
David M.
Rubenstein was a partner at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
LLP, Joe Biden spent Thanksgiving with him, is the president of
the Economic Club of Washington, a regent at the Smithsonian
Institution and the co-chairman for the Brookings Institution
(think tank).
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings
Institution (think tank).
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Shirley Ann Jackson is a trustee at the Brookings Institution
(think tank) and a regent for the Smithsonian Institution.
Bill
& Melinda Gates Foundation was a funder for the Brookings
Institution (think tank) and the Smithsonian Institution.
Ann M. Fudge is
the U.S. program advisory panel chair for the Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation and a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think
tank).
Susan E. Rice was
a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank), the
White House national security adviser for the Barack Obama
administration and the United Nations U.S. ambassador
for the Barack Obama administration.
Palestine (Hamas)
is a member of the United Nations (U.N.).
Donald F. McHenry was
a U.S. ambassador for the United Nations (U.N.) and is an
honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Joan E. Spero was
a U.S ambassador for economic & social affairs for the United
Nations (U.N.) and an honorary trustee at the Brookings
Institution (think tank).
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings
Institution (think tank).
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote
Open Society.
D. Ronald Daniel was
an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and is
a trustee at Brandeis University.
Brandeis University has banned the campus chapter of Students
for Justice in Palestine (SJP).
Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) was founded at the University
of California, Berkeley.
University
of California, Berkeley is a University of California campus.
Haas
School of Business is a business school at the University of
California, Berkeley.
Richard C. Blum was
a regent at the University of California and a board member at
the Haas School of Business, married to California Senator
Dianne Feinstein and an honorary trustee at the Brookings
Institution (think tank).
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings
Institution (think tank).
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to
Promote Open Society.
William A.
Galston is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think
tank) and a professor at the University of Maryland.
University
of Maryland
Panthers
and Palestinians
https://www.rhsmith.umd.edu/events/panthers-and-palestinians
Join Students
for Justice in Palestine and
the UMCP NAACP in discussing and learning about
solidarity between the Black Panther Party and the
Palestinian Liberation Organization.
Carol L. Graham is
a professor at the University of Maryland and was a
senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings
Institution (think tank).
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to
Promote Open Society.
Morton H. Halperin was
a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and
taught at Columbia University.
Mahmood Mamdani is a Ugandan academic, author, and
political commentator. The Herbert Lehman Professor of Government and a
professor of anthropology, political science and African studies at Columbia University and Zohran Mamdani’s father.
Zohran Mamdani is Mahmood Mamdani’s son, attended
Bowdoin College in Maine, where he co-founded the school's chapter of Students
for Justice in Palestine, is a member of the Democratic
Socialists of America, the presumptive Democratic nominee for mayor
of New York City in the 2025 election.
Joan E. Spero was
a trustee at Columbia University and an honorary trustee at
the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings
Institution (think tank).
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to
Promote Open Society.
Resources:
Past Research
Mike
Rowe on How Many Are Following the ‘Worst Advice in the History of the World’ (Past Research on Brandeis University)
Saturday,
November 16, 2013
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2013/11/mike-rowe-on-how-many-are-following.html
Savannah
Guthrie Leads to Replace Disgraced Brian Williams (Past
Research on NBC)
Wednesday,
February 11, 2015
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2015/02/savannah-guthrie-leads-to-replace.html
Dr.
Jason Nichols Senior Lecturer (Connecting the Dots: University of Maryland,
UMCP NAACP, Al Jazeera, Newsmax, MSNBC, Students for Justice in Palestine,
Palestine, Black Panther Party & Soros Funding, All Networking) (Past Research on the Students for Justice in Palestine)
Thursday,
August 14, 2025
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2025/08/dr-jason-nichols-senior-lecturer.html
MSNBC
Airs Palestinian Jihad Propaganda Map (Past Research
on Palestine)
Tuesday,
October 20, 2015
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2015/10/msnbc-airs-palestinian-jihad-propaganda.html
THE
NEW WORLD DISORDER (Connecting the Dots: The United Nations & Soros
Funding, All Networking) (Past Research on the United
Nations)
Monday,
June 26, 2023
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-new-world-disorder-connecting-dots.html
Rep.
Walberg Presses Columbia on Campus Antisemitism (Connecting the Dots: Columbia
University & Soros Funding, All Networking) (Past
Research on Columbia University)
Thursday,
February 13, 2025
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2025/02/rep-walberg-presses-columbia-on-campus.html
UPDATED:
Report: Trump to Pardon Ex-Illinois Gov. Blagojevich (Connecting the Dots:
Federal Bureau of Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America, Akin, Gump,
Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP,
David F. Hamilton, 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, The Smithsonian
Institution, The U.S. Supreme Court & Soros Funding, All Networking) (Past Research on Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld,
LLP & Vernon E. Jordan Jr.)
Tuesday,
February 11, 2025
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2025/02/updated-report-trump-to-pardon-ex.html
Trump
Order on Smithsonian Targets Funds to Programs With 'Improper Ideology'
(Connecting the Dots: The Smithsonian Institution, The National Zoo, The
National Security Agency (NSA), The National Security Agency (NSA), The
Commercial Club of Chicago, Booz Allen Hamilton, The Friends of the National
Zoo, John G. Roberts Jr., The Economic Club of Washington, Nancy Pelosi wanted
Non-Coronavirus Pork for the Smithson Institution & Soros Funding, All
Networking). Ben Stein's Movie Expelled - No Intelligence Allowed, Exposes the
Smithsonian Institution. (Past Research on the Smithsonian Institution)
Thursday,
March 27, 2025
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2025/03/trump-order-on-smithsonian-targets.html
WH:
Smithsonian 'Woke' Purge to Expand to Other Museums (Connecting the Dots: The
Smithsonian Institution, Museums, National Zoo, Pelosi, David Rubenstein, Joe
Biden, Mike Pence & Soros Funding, All Networking) (Past Research on the Smithsonian Institution)
Wednesday,
August 20, 2025
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2025/08/wh-smithsonian-woke-purge-to-expand-to.html
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