A US university has cancelled its Valedictorian's graduation speech after backlash from Pro-Israel groups. The student, who has a minor in Genocide resistance, has called this move unfair and cowardly.
The university has defended itself saying it has not in fact chosen a stance one way or another, but fears for the safety of those involved given there will be over 60,000 people in attendance, and the issue is contentious.
The student in question apparently has linked to material previously on social media calling for a one state solution, and that called Zionism a neo colonial racist movement bent on creating a Jewish ethnostate.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68828082
The university has defended itself saying it has not in fact chosen a stance one way or another, but fears for the safety of those involved given there will be over 60,000 people in attendance, and the issue is contentious.
The student in question apparently has linked to material previously on social media calling for a one state solution, and that called Zionism a neo colonial racist movement bent on creating a Jewish ethnostate.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68828082