This exchange shows how poorly this piece was reported. One protester, a Palestinian American grad student, told Powell her family was bombed in Gaza. But instead of quoting her at all, Powell just writes blithely that she “lost family in the fighting in Gaza.”

why publish any quotes from a Palestinian Columbia student whose family has died in Gaza when you can simply say she spoke “at length and with nuance.”

Somehow I don't think Department of State would defer to Russia as a credible source to investigate itself if a mass grave were discovered in Ukrainian territory it had occupied.

The Biden admin offered no less than three different statements on the Columbia student protests in less than 24 hours, but can't even bring itself to acknowledge this war crime they paid for.

I had to scroll past *four* college campus stories, including two protest-critical opeds (John McWhorter & Bret Stephens) before I got to the much delayed coverage of hundreds of Palestinians found in mass graves.

This is absolutely the correct take. The right wing spent a decade promoting free speech, but it was simply a way to platform Ben Shapiro, Milo, etc.

Now that free speech is pro-Palestinian, suddenly free speech doesn't matter

Both issues are examples of the US policy makers' grave moral failure.
Don't understand what's your point here.

…or it could be the widely documented reality that institutions both public and private have shown a years-long, now-amplified tendency to punish expressions of this viewpoint. Who can say?

Mass graves in Gaza.

That should be the headline.

Anything else is an obfuscation.

Is there a single instance in history where we can look back and be like, yeah those anti war student protestors were sure on the wrong side of THAT.

every right wing guy donor that made sure college campuses had to host ben shapiro and milo yianapolis 'for free speech' is currently calling for the national guard to come take care of 18 year olds who dare speak out against israels unconscionable actions.

If you are an American, you paid for this.

HAPPENING NOW: OVER 3,000 JEWS AND ALLIES ARE AT GRAND ARMY PLAZA ON THE SECOND NIGHT OF PASSOVER TO DEMAND THE US GOVERNMENT TO STOP ARMING ISRAEL AND PUT AN END TO GENOCIDE. NO ONE IS FREE UNTIL EVERYONE IS FREE.

For decades our governments have given Israel absolute impunity - this is the result:

“Among the deceased were allegedly older people, women and wounded, while others were found tied with their hands tied and stripped of their clothes” - UN rights office news.un.org/en/story/2024/…

Remember: while the Iraq War may officially have ended over a decade ago, thousands of people are still dying to this day because of its consequences.

Can you imagine the uproar if Trump were president while this was happening. Unfortunately, because it's Biden in there, we have to pretend it's either not happening or it's actually Charlottesville but worse in there.twitter.com/probablyreadit…

Ya’ll thought I was being paranoid when I said Homeland Security was monitoring students and facultys’ personal communications. Biden literally put out a memo telling Homeland Security to do this & it was mentioned in his directive on anti-semitism. Anyone on a university campus

'Disturbing reports continue to emerge about mass graves in Gaza in which Palestinian victims were reportedly stripped naked with their hands tied, prompting renewed concerns about possible war crimes.' --A new UN statement news.un.org/en/story/2024/…