A point of view from campus protests at UNC-Chapel Hill

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Wishing everyone nothing but peace. I'm trying to remember how much this forum once disliked black and white thinking.
Maybe I should have put some text here from the article. I don't post much.

https://www.wunc.org/education/2024-05-06/unc-faculty-lift-punishment-student-pro-palestinian-protests

(snip) Several dozen faculty and staff members at UNC-Chapel Hill gathered at the Peace and Justice Plaza this afternoon to call for amnesty for students who were suspended after last week’s pro-Palestinian protests.

The group represents more than 750 faculty and staff who signed a petition that also condemns Interim Chancellor Lee Roberts and his use of police on students.

“As a Jewish faculty-member, I am horrified by the weaponization of anti-semitism to shut down peaceful protests against the genocide in Gaza,” said professor Michal Osterweil, curriculum in Global Studies, in a press release. “These protests have been very inclusive and some of the most Jewish-friendly spaces I have experienced after 27 years of being at UNC.” (snip)