Posted on 01/31/2025 3:55:27 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin
A pro-Palestinian group at the University of Michigan has been suspended for two years and will lose its funding in connection with protesters' demands for divestiture from companies doing business with Israel.
Students Allied for Freedom and Equality, also known as SAFE, was accused of violating the university's standards of conduct for recognized student organizations following a protest last spring outside a regent’s home and a demonstration without school permission on its Ann Arbor campus.
Tensions over the Israel-Hamas war led to emotional demonstrations on U.S. campuses, including a wave of pro-Palestinian tent encampments that led to about 3,200 arrests.
The war was sparked by an Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel in which Hamas-led militants killed about 1,200 people and took about 250 hostages.
On Wednesday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order calling for aggressive action to fight antisemitism on college campuses and promising to prosecute offenders and revoke visas for international students found to be “Hamas sympathizers.”
The University of Michigan's sanctions against SAFE were handed down nearly two weeks earlier, on Jan. 16. The group also is prohibited from reserving university spaces. It has until next Thursday to appeal.
The suspension could be lifted earlier than two years if the group satisfies all the sanctions against it and meets with school officials to discuss the university's decision and the awareness of policies for student organizations. However, that could occur no sooner than winter 2026.
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Terrific! Now do exactly THIS at the University of Wisconsin, Madistan campus!
Don’t forget Cornell.
WOLVERINES!
DNC’s Hamas wing hardest hit.
Not enough. It should be permanently banned.
Yeah, why just two years?
Those in the group should be expelled.
Absolutely.
Send them all to Hamas, they’ll take care of them.
Four more years of Trump, eight more of JD - they’ll get around to it when funding completely dries up. ;)
I’d like to see Trump appoint someone to look into fraud, waste and abuse on PUBLIC college campuses.
Betcha there’s a TON of Taxpayer Dollars to recover from that Cash Cow, too!
2 yeas? Counting on a house/senate flip in ‘26?
Long overdue!
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