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New York University: Graduate Student Investigated for Writing ā€œFuckā€ and ā€œFree Palestineā€ on Israeli Mailbag Found in Garbage

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In June 2022, New York University graduate student Naye Idriss found a mailbag printed with the words ā€œIsrael Post Co. Ltd.ā€ discarded in a trash can. She used a red marker to write ā€œfuckā€ above the word ā€œIsraelā€ and ā€œfree Palestineā€ on another part of the discarded mailbag. NYU fired Idriss from her job at the university library and launched an investigation into her ā€œvandalism.ā€ On February 2, 2023, FIREwrote NYU urging it to end the investigation, as Idrissā€™ message constitutes core political expression and was written on an object in a trash can, not owned by any individual, and thus not capable of being ā€œvandalized.ā€

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