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Lafayette College: Students for Justice in Palestine Chapter Denied Based on Viewpoint

FIRE wrote Lafayette College after it denied recognition to a prospective Students for Justice in Palestine chapter based on events organized by other SPJ chapters, the potential relationship the chapter could have with a recognized Jewish student group, and proposed ideas prospective members had for the group, which include walkouts from Zionist speakers’ events.

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