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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 531

free speech

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks to the media during a refueling stop at Shannon Airport in Shannon, Ireland, on March 12, 2025. (Saul Loeb/Pool Photo via AP)
March 12, 2025, 6:23 pm
Arrest of Columbia anti-Israel activist ‘not about free speech,’ says Marco Rubio
Secretary of state says Mahmoud Khalil, a US permanent resident who distributed Hamas pamphlets on campus, is a ‘visitor’ to the US and has no ‘right’ to stay in the country
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Police stand near houses vandalized with anti-Israel slogans in the Sydney suburb of Woollahra, Australia, December 11, 2024. (AP/Mark Baker)
February 26, 2025, 12:37 pm
Australian police charge seven for making Nazi salutes
Group makes gesture at club for Croatian expats, sparking condemnation from president of institution in Victoria’s Geelong
By AFP and ToI Staff
Salwan Najem (Youtube screenshot)
February 3, 2025, 7:03 pm
Swedish court convicts Quran burner of hate crimes, days after his ally was killed
Salwan Najem ‘expressed contempt for the Muslim ethnic group,’ court says, adding he and partner Salwan Momika — shot Thursday — exceeded free speech protections ‘by a wide margin’
By Reuters
Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, left, and Joel Kaplan, named in January 2025 as Meta's president of global affairs, after leaving a meeting with a Republican senator in Washington, D.C., September 19, 2019. (Samuel Corum/Getty Images/AFP )
January 19, 2025, 12:52 am
US Jewish groups pushed Meta to crack down on hate speech. Now, it’s reversing course
The company will loosen restrictions and halt automation to detect most violations as it adapts to a political era increasingly shaped by Trump and the Republican Party
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
People talk near a Meta sign outside of the company's headquarters in Menlo Park, California, March 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
January 7, 2025, 8:03 pm
Meta announces replacement of fact-checking program with X-style community notes
Company says change comes in part due to shift in focus to free speech after election of Trump; ADL slams company for backtracking on addressing hate, antisemitism
By AP
A special edition of the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo marking one year after the attacks on it, on a newsstand in Paris, January 6, 2016. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File)
January 4, 2025, 2:43 pm
Charlie Hebdo to mark 10 years since terror attack with special God-mocking edition
Magazine to feature ‘funniest and meanest’ depictions of God; Macron, Hidalgo to attend memorials at satirical weekly’s then-office, kosher supermarket attacked in related assault
By Adam PLOWRIGHT and Anne Pascale Reboul
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sits on one side of a desk, as his chief of staff Tzachi Braverman takes notes at the head of the desk, in a meeting with top security officials: (L-R) Maj. Gen. Ronen Gofman, the premier's military aide; IDF Chief of Staff, Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi; then-defense minister Yoav Gallant; Mossad chief David Barnea; and Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar, at the IDF's Kirya headquarters in Tel Aviv, October 2, 2024. (Maayan Toaf/GPO)
November 17, 2024, 10:51 pm
Ministers back bills creating new intelligence oversight body, banning ‘enemy’ flags
Despite PMO classified documents scandal, legislation establishes a ‘devil’s advocate’ unit, reporting directly to Netanyahu, that would challenge other intel bodies’ findings
By Sam Sokol
Screenshot of a video on X of anti-Israel protesters outside The University of Minnesota's Morrill Hall, October 22, 2024 (used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law).
October 22, 2024, 2:27 pm
Anti-Israel protesters arrested after occupying University of Minnesota building
Demonstrators demanding the school divest from Israel barricade doors, damage property, and block staff from exiting during brief takeover, school says; at least 11 arrested
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Professor Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, an Arab citizen of Israel who was arrested on suspicion of incitement amid the war in Gaza, arrives for a court hearing at the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court, April 19, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
August 28, 2024, 12:09 pm
Anti-Israel Hebrew University professor Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian retires
Arab Israeli senior lecturer was briefly arrested in April on suspicion of incitement, has called for the end of the Jewish state
By Gavriel Fiske
University of Austin (UATX) hosts 'Admitted Students Week' for the first 100 students in its upcoming undergraduate program for the 2024-2025 school year, April 2024. (Courtesy)
August 24, 2024, 10:25 am
Built to battle ‘woke’ academia, a new Texas school takes on fresh relevance after Oct. 7
With a notable contingent of Jewish students and faculty, the University of Austin private liberal arts college is about to launch its inaugural undergraduate class
By Ricky Ben-David
Police secure the area in front of the Turkish embassy in Copenhagen, where Danish far-right politician Rasmus Paludan announced he would burn a copy of the Quran on January 27, 2023. (Sergei GAPON / AFP)
August 7, 2024, 7:53 pm
Sweden charges activist with hate crime over 2022 Quran burning
Rasmus Paludan, head of far-right Hard Line party in Denmark, is charged with ‘agitation against an ethnic group’; Sweden says Quran burnings can be protected, depending on context
By AFP and ToI Staff
Lebanese comedian Shaden Fakih delivers her Stand-Up Baladi set during an episode of her 'Shaden' show uploaded to Youtube on May 18, 2022. (Screen capture: Youtube/Cinemoz and awk.word, used in accordance with clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
May 11, 2024, 4:48 pm
Lebanese Islamic authorities file ‘blasphemy’ charges against comedian for prayers skit
LGBTQ rights activist Shaden Fakih accused of insulting Prophet Muhammad’s ‘divine glory’ in sketch; rights groups blast move against comic previously probed over jokes about military
By AFP
University of Southern Californian students carry signs protesting the cancelation of a commencement speech by the institution's 2024 valedictorian who has publicly supported Palestinians during Israel's war in Gaza, been accused of antisemitism and shared virulently anti-Israel content, on the USC campus in Los Angeles, California, April 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
April 20, 2024, 4:08 pm
USC cancels filmmaker’s keynote after dropping pro-Palestinian valedictorian speech
California university says it’s reworking event; free speech debate boils after decision to scrap speech by student accused of espousing antisemitic views due to ‘safety concerns’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Professor Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, an Arab citizen of Israel who was arrested on suspicion of incitement amid the war in Gaza, arrives for a court hearing at the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court, April 19, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
April 19, 2024, 4:51 pm
Court releases Hebrew U. professor held for incitement, calls her arrest unjustified
University slams arrest of Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian for month-old comments questioning Hamas atrocities on Oct. 7; judge ‘unconvinced’ she’s dangerous
By ToI Staff
Demonstrators call for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza on the University of Michigan campus in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on February 20, 2024. (Jeff Kowalsky/AFP)
April 13, 2024, 9:50 pm
Protesters say new University of Michigan policy against disruptions curbs free speech
Still unimplemented code enables expulsion of unruly individuals, after campus BDS activists interrupted honors event over school’s Israel ties; ACLU: ‘Policy vague and overbroad’
By AP and ToI Staff
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