College Freshmen: If You Care About Justice, Beware the ‘Free Palestine’ Movement

The on-campus narrative will trick you into confusing truth and fiction, victim and aggressor, right and wrong.

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Pro-Palestinian protestors demonstrate in Brooklyn, N.Y., May 18, 2024.

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Members of the Class of 2030: Congratulations on starting a wonderful new chapter. College will inspire you to make the world a better place and give you the skills to do it.

But danger lurks on campus. You will be tempted by misguided ideologies that prey on that very yearning to make the world a better place. Indeed, you likely encountered one such narrative even before your first class. Nowadays many college freshmen get exposed to “Free Palestine” slogans from the moment they move into their dorms.

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Marc Sarnoff

Marc Sarnoff, a partner at Shutts & Bowen LLP, is a former vice chairman of the Florida International University Board of Trustees.

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