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U.C. Berkeley bows to pressure, reinstates Palestinian course

Following outcry from students, faculty members and free speech and academic freedom advocates, U.C. Berkeley has reinstated a student-led course on Palestinian history. The administration had suspended the course, part of the DeCal Program of student-facilitated classes, on Sept. 13, due to pressure from Israel advocacy groups. The pro-Israel groups claimed that the course, “Palestine: […]