UC Berkeley reinstates Palestine course, but tried to change content

‘UC Berkeley has reinstated a student-led class on the history of Palestine suspended on 13 September, following sustained outcry by students, members of faculty, lawyers and supporters of campus free speech and academic freedom.
More than 40 off-campus Israel-aligned groups – along with the campus’ Hillel chapter – had pressured the university and its outgoing chancellor, Nicholas Dirks, to censor the class.
The groups claimed it was a venue for “political indoctrination.”
There are indications that an Israeli government official and the heads of Israeli universities also acted to pressure the Berkeley administration.’
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