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Zionism is an ideology, not a people. We all have the right to reject it. Join us to protect those who speak out against genocide and Zionism.

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To the students who remain apathetic to Columbia's disregard for human life and its willingness to discard student safety: As pressure from the federal government intensifies, know that your neutrality on Palestine will not protect you. When the time comes for the federal government to target other causes, it will be your names that Columbia will offer on a silver platter, it will be your pleas that fall on deaf ears, it will be your just causes that are stonewalled. This institution's singular concern has always been the vitality of its financial profile, not the safety of Jewish students. This is why Columbia was all too happy to embrace a superficial progressive agenda while still disregarding Palestine, and this is why it will soon turn on you, too. This has been made clear most recently through the deputization of Public Safety officers to arrest students, the presence of New York Police Department officers and Department of Homeland Security agents on and around campus, the increasing use of surveillance technology, and the McCarthyist and racist interventions at the Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African studies department. This institution has systematically gutted every value it claims to uphold all so that it may better function as an arm of the state. If there was any illusion left, it shattered last week when the board of trustees executed a historic maneuver to seize direct control of the presidency. Cutting out their middleman, the board appointed fellow trustee Claire Shipman to a position reserved for academic leadership. Who can still pretend this is an educational institution and not the "Vichy on the Hudson"? Faced with a movement for divestment they couldn't crush, your trustees opted to set fire to the institution they're entrusted with. It is incumbent upon each of you to reclaim the University and join the student movement to carry forward the work of the past year. To members of Columbia's faculty who pat themselves on the back for their progressive leanings but are content to limit their participation to performative statements: What will it take for you to resist the destruction of your University? Are your positions worth more than the lives of your students and the integrity of your work? In his last message to a world that betrayed him, the beloved Palestinian journalist Hossam Shabat said, "I did all this because I believe in the Palestinian cause. I believe this land is ours, and it has been the highest honor of my life to die defending it and serving its people." So too do we believe that it is the highest honor of our lives to struggle for the cause of Palestinian liberation. The student movement will continue to carry the mantle of a free Palestine. History will redeem us, while those who were content to wait on the sidelines will be forever remembered for their silence.
April 5, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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Full piece, in the Columbia Spectator:
A Letter to Columbia
<i>Editor's Note: This op-ed was dictated by Mahmoud Khalil, SIPA </i>’24<i>. Spectator verified this with his Attorney Amy Greer and conducted its regular editing process. Khalil is currently detaine...
www.columbiaspectator.com
April 5, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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The Right to Reject Zionism Campaign aims to protect and amplify the rights of individuals, groups, and movements who speak out against genocide and Zionism. This includes legal, narrative, and organizing interventions to safeguard free speech, counter false accusations, and protect dissent.
April 5, 2025 at 12:59 AM