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Published 02 Dec, 2023 04:15pm

READ: Is Israel criminalising Palestinian thoughts too amid Gaza conflict?

There had been reports of people being arrested — and mistreated while detained — for their online activity, including posting on Instagram and liking Facebook content, soon after the Israel-Hamas fighting.

But Israel’s crackdown on pro-Palestinian sentiment has gone much further.

There have been reports of dozens of cases of Palestinian students enrolled in Israeli universities and colleges facing disciplinary action — and sometimes expulsion — over any expression of support for Gaza or raising awareness about Palestinian children being killed by Israeli operations.

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