Trump-Harvard crossfire: University accused of censorship after scrapping Palestine-themed journal issue

Trump-Harvard crossfire: University accused of censorship after scrapping Palestine-themed journal issue

NEW YORK, Aug 1 — The issue of academic research on the Middle East has become a political flashpoint in the United States, where critics of Israel allege a “Palestine exception” exists when it comes to free speech rights.Case in point, recently a special edition of the prestigious Harvard Educational Review (HER) was in the works, entirely dedicated to the hot-button issue of the Palestinians—the articles had been painstakingly written, edited …