MIT Suspends Pro-Palestinian Group for Failing to Get Permission to Protest

University President Sally Kornbluth said the group had the right to support Palestine, just not protest on campus without the university’s permission.

MIT Main Campus Building across the street a kidnapped poster hangs of one of the Israelis missing following the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack. Alice Giordano/The Epoch Times

In a video statement announcing the suspension of the  pro-Palestine student Coalition Against Apartheid (CAA)  group this week, MIT President Sally Kornbluth said the group has  every right to criticize the policies of the Israeli government, but not the right to stage a protest without the university’s permission.

“I want to be clear: suspending the CAA is not related to the content of their speech,” Ms. Kornbluth said in the video statement. “I fully support the right of everyone on our campus to express their views. However, we have clear, reasonable time, place, and manner policies for good reason.”