3.26.2002

Free speech on campus:

The Daily Texan - Israeli-Palestinian tensions run high at student meeting

Two students were asked to leave a Palestinian Solidarity Committee meeting last week after a speaker said she would not continue until they left.

The co-president of the UT student group Texans for Israel, Liat Avivi, and one of her friends, Yoni Pielet, a civil engineering freshman, left the meeting after Munah Hamzeh, a Palestinian journalist, said she would not speak to the audience with members of Texans for Israel present.
PSC co-chairman Saeed Moody said the meeting was intended to be restricted to Palestinian supporters, although it was not a members-only meeting.

"It was not advertised as a members-only meeting, it was only advertised on the listserv," Moody said. "This was for pro-Palestine members who want to actively promote our views."
At least the campus newspaper published the account. However, in light of comments about how Bush didn't want US delegates listening to Castro's rants (see link below for Castro's speech), here's a college group that actively kicks people out so they don't hear what's being said. And can't object, heaven forfend!

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