The Palestine Exception

Doxxing, blacklists, firings, investigations, death threats and accusations of antisemitism or “material support for terrorism”: for years, pro-Israel groups in the United States have used these tactics against people who speak up for Palestine.

The Palestine Exception, a Fault Lines investigation, shows how these attacks intensified after October 2023, with university campuses such as Columbia on the front line. Students, academics and constitutional rights lawyers describe what they call a McCarthy-era moment for free speech and academic freedom.