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After impassioned anti-Israel speech, CUNY Law School reportedly bars student speakers from next commencement  

JL;DR SUMMARY CUNY Law School has decided to eliminate student speakers from the 2024 commencement amid backlash from the previous year's anti-Israel speech by a student, Fatima Mohammed. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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CunyFree SpeechIsrael CriticismPro Israel ActivismPalestinian ActivismSecurity ThreatsFatima MohammedCommencementSpeech Rights

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New York City, New York, United States
"Months after a student at CUNY Law Schools commencement made a fiery speech criticizing Israel and the New York City police, the school is reportedly planning to exclude student speakers from its 2024 graduation."
Israel
"A critical New York Post story published two weeks after the May 12 speech prompted politicians and pro-Israel activists to condemn the speakers words as hateful and antisemitic."
Yemen
"Mohammed, a first-generation immigrant from Yemen, was chosen by her law school classmates to deliver the speech, which was approved by the deans office."

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