University of Texas students protest against journalist over Rafat Al-Areer’s death

Journalist Bari Weiss’s speech at the University of Texas led to a heated protest by students. The controversy stemmed from Weiss’s previous comments, which students interpreted as incitement of violence against the late Palestinian Professor Refaat Al-Areer, who was killed in an Israeli air strike in Gaza.

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