President Donald Trump's January 30 executive order has come across resistance to cancel student visas for Hamas sympathizers on university campuses.
The Student Newspaper at Purdue University, the editorial board of indexes, said it “refuses to become a party to a blatant violation of the potential right to amendments for hundreds of students.”
“It has removed all student names, images and likenesses from our website, which has been published since October 7, 2023, to protect the identity of our pro-Palestinian students,” said the editorial committee member. The meeting was written on February 3rd. , in future reports, such information and images will not be published online or printed by indexes – there are no exceptions – until this dictatorial attack on freedom of speech is overturned. ”
Executive Order 13899 has been the subject of “deprecating anti-Semitism against our citizens at our schools and at our campuses, since October 7, 2023, when Hamas first attacked Israel on October 7, 2023. It aims to combat an unprecedented wave of discrimination, vandalism and violence. Of the 15-month war that killed tens of thousands of people.
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The Student Newspaper at Purdue University, the editorial board of indexes, said it “refuses to become a party to a blatant violation of the potential right to amendments for hundreds of students.” (Michael Hickey)
“All resident aliens who participated in the pro-jihadist protests, we have notified you: Come in 2025, we will find you, and we will expel you.” . “I will also quickly cancel all Hamas sympathizer student visas on university campus.
“We will also quickly cancel all Hamas sympathizer student visas on the university campus.”
Hamas is a designated terrorist organization described by the National Intelligence Agency (DNI) as “one of the two major political parties, the largest and most capable extremist group and the territorial region.”
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US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will answer questions at a joint press conference at the East Room in Washington's White House on February 4, 2025. (Reuters/Riamiris)
“Hamas is working on armed resistance against Israel and the creation of a Palestinian state, and the group has engaged in several rounds of violent conflict with Israel,” the DNI said. “The latest one started when Hamas launched a massive surprise attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, killing nearly 1,200 people.”
The Index editorial board said it expects there will be no distinction between “pro-jihadists” and pro-Palestinians when it comes to canceling student visas.
“Anti-war now only means “Pro-Hama,” the student committee wrote.
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An anti-Israel agitator on Stanford University's campus on Friday, April 26th, 2024. (Retrieved by Fox News Digital)
“The twist in language used as a weapon is against the First Amendment. This gives the index the right to grant the right to protest as it appears appropriate. It is the index's opinion. “To stand up while our website is potentially used to identify state enemies would be directly opposed to those principles,” the board continued.
The board added that the pro-Palestin protest in Purdue will continue until 2025, but that students interviewing the protest “will no longer disclose their identities.”
Palestinian demonstrators raised the flag on the rooftop of Columbia University's Hamilton Hall in New York on Tuesday, April 30, 2024. (Iwamura/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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Hamas and Israel's recent ceasefire agreement, which suspended the fatal war, led Hamas to Gaza on October 7, 2023, to which Israeli hostages and five Thai citizens were sent to Gaza in exchange for Palestinian prisoners. led to an increase in humanitarian aid. Six Americans remain In Gaza.
According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, more than 46,000 Palestinians have died in the war, half of which are believed to be women and children, but the number could be high. Over 90% of the roughly 2 million Palestinians living in Gaza were evacuated during the war.
Fox News Digital's Efrat Lachter and the Associated Press contributed to this report.
