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The war needs to end

I do not believe in concept of thought police

There is mounting outrage in Israel over terrible images of one of the hostages having to dig his own grave looking incredibly gaunt

Antisemitism should not be used as a political football by elected officials from either side

You cannot keep people out of the United States because they are antisemitic racist sexist or express any other prejudices

When Mr Khalil was detained he needed due process

A senior State Department official testified student-visa holders are having their social media screened for criticism of Israel including current war in Gaza

He would not condemn Hamas in that same interview

Civil rights have been done for over 100 years in freedom of speech freedom of expression ability to protest without fear of political reprisal

You can protest actions of Israeli government things in Middle East without using violent rhetoric or justifying violence

Khalil said Antisemitism and any form of racism has no place on campus and in this movement

That law had been very rarely used at that point

Lots of groups do this do not use this kind of language or these tactics

Those students literally handed out Hamas literature

Material support for terrorism can carry a penalty of up to 20 years in prison

Mahmoud Khalil was initially detained under a law that says his actions were a foreign-policy threat and he can be deported

Students immediately reconstituted SJP chapter as CUAD

Mahmoud Khalil is married to an American

Supreme Court held in 2010 law applies only to actions performed in coordination with or at the direction of a foreign terrorist organization not to independent advocacy

On March 5 CUAD banned SJP chapter at Columbia for its behavior at Barnard Library in New York City