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MIT linguistics professor sues university and Congress over Palestine teaching
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Michiel DeGraaf, a linguistics professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, filed a lawsuit against MIT and the U.S. Congress, Shehab Wire reported. DeGraaf challenged what he characterized as violations of his academic freedom and right to free expression following the rejection of material related to Palestine in his classroom.
The legal action represents a clash between institutional pressure and faculty protections in American higher education. DeGraaf's case centers on constraints placed on academic discourse about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
