Palestinians aren’t ‘neutral enough’ to do their job

Last month, to mark Israeli Apartheid Week, Students at the Leiden University, in the Netherlands, organised an event on racism, apartheid and intersectionality. However, the university decided not to allow them to book a room for the event. The main excuse they used was that the chair of the event, me, did not possess a ‘neutral’ profile. The event therefore did not adhere to the household rules and could not take place at the university. While the institution insists that the decision was made by the university board, the rejection first came from the security officer. I emailed the security…

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