The university’s reprisal against Yalies4Palestine followed campus protests against the visit to New Haven by Itamar Ben-Gvir, Israel’s extremist police minister
Yale University has revoked the registration status of a pro-Palestine student group on Wednesday after hundreds of students protested against Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir’s speaking event this week, despite the group saying it wasn’t responsible for organizing the demonstration.
Yale students reestablished their Gaza solidarity encampment in protest of Ben-Gvir’s speech delivered on Wednesday. Roughly 200 protesters had gathered on Tuesday night, shortly before organizers disbanded the encampment due to threats of retribution from the university.
The university claimed in a statement that it had revoked the registration status for Yalies4Palestine after student protesters violated university “time, place, and manner policies.” It said the administration is investigating the protest and that supposed violators of those policies will “face law enforcement and disciplinary action, including reprimand, probation, suspension, or expulsion.”
[Ben-Givr was invited to speak in New Haven by Shabtai, a Jewish intellectual discussion group that is not officially part of Yale but was co-founded by people affiliated with the school, including the now U.S. senator, Cory Booker, and Rabbi Shmully Hecht. Ben-Givr’s off-the-record talk at the Anderson Mansion, close to campus, was attended by Yale students and faculty members.]
The suspension of Yalies4Palestine comes just two days after Yale University signed a joint statement pledging to allow their students and staff to express their viewpoints “without fear of retribution, censorship, or deportation” in the face of repression by the Trump administration, sparked in large part by the wave of campus protests last spring against Israel’s genocide. (more...)
After Ben-Gvir Visit, Yale Bans Pro-Palestine Group
Yale students staged a protest against the visit of far-right Israeli minister Itamar Ben Gvir, expressing their opposition to his presence in the United States. Several students were arrested by police during the demonstrations. pic.twitter.com/MxhgCojFUg
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