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We must take a stand for free speech on campus

JL;DR SUMMARY The article expresses alarm over a recent Oxford Union debate on Israel that descended into chaos and hostility, exemplifying a troubling trend in campus discourse. 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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ProtestsFree SpeechMiddle East ConflictPro Israel AdvocacyCampus DiscourseOxford UnionIntellectual EngagementPinsker Centre

Places mentioned

Oxford, England, United Kingdom
"The recent Oxford Union debate on the motion."
Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
"Two years ago, former Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Dan Meridor addressed the Cambridge Union."
Israel
"We write as non-Jewish Cambridge students who recently visited Israel with the Pinsker Centre."

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