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December 13, 2018

Temple University: Prof. Lamont Hill's Palestine Talk Protected by Free Speech
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Temple University has said it will not take action against media studies
professor Marc Lamont Hill, who was recently fired from CNN after he
gave a speech in support of Palestinian rights at the U.N. In his
speech, Lamont Hill used the phrase "free Palestine from the river to
the sea," which conservatives and pro-Israel groups say is used by Hamas
and other anti-Israeli government groups. Temple University said that
Lamont Hill's speech was protected by the First Amendment.


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