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Brandeis University has become the first private university in the United States to ban the activities of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), the organization behind many pro-Palestinian protests across the country.
The university administration informed the leaders of the campus group that, despite a commitment to free speech principles, the organization's overt support for Hamas, which is designated as a terrorist organization, was the driving factor behind this unprecedented decision.
Brandeis University is known as a Jewish stronghold, but Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has already announced to the state's public university network that he is also taking steps to shut down chapters of the pro-Palestinian organization. (Daniel Adelson, New York)