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Ali Harb

‘Bullying’ campaign after US graduate speech criticises Israel

Fatima Mohammed gives the commencement speech at the City University of New York (CUNY) law school May 12, 2023 [Screengrab]

Washington, DC – It is not often that Republicans and Democrats in the United States find common ground, but this week, officials from both major parties pursued a shared cause – bashing a New York law school graduate for a speech criticising Israel.

Democratic Congressman Ritchie Torres called The City University of New York (CUNY) School of Law graduate “crazed”; former Republican candidate for governor Lee Zeldin described the speech as “raging antisemitism”; Mayor Eric Adams characterised it as “words of negativity and divisiveness”.

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