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Thu Mar 24, 2022, 12:19 AM Mar 2022

(Jewish Group) Scheduled Duke speaker: Zionists have 'an unquenchable thirst' for Palestinian blood

Scheduled Duke speaker claims Zionists have ‘an unquenchable thirst’ for Palestinian blood

The long-simmering dispute between pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian activists on the Duke University campus has boiled over again, this time over paid lectures and expenses for Palestinian activists accused of antisemitism, according to the Duke Chronicle.

On March 16, the Duke student senate debated and then passed funding for the speakers at two separate events, a lecture by activist Dana Alhasan called “Palestine 101,” and another by author Mohammed El-Kurd and journalist Ahmed El-Din entitled, “Narrating Resistance and Agency: Shifting the Discourse on Palestine.”

The request for funding came from the Duke chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine, according to the campus daily.

Israel supporters have vigorously objected to the funding, asserting that published comments by all speakers fell under the definition of antisemitism, which the student senators had passed unanimously in February.

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