"The university told computer science lecturer Peyrin Kao earlier this month it was placing him on six months of unpaid leave, citing an optional post-class session in which he talked about the relationship between tech companies and the Israeli military ending with Free Palestine and a separate incident in which he said during class that he was on hunger strike for a cause he believed in."
"Kao became a prominent campus critic of Israel's campaign in Gaza during his 38-day hunger strike earlier this year. He was among the 160 people named in documents related to antisemitism investigations that the university shared with the Trump administration. In recommending that he be disciplined, Provost Benjamin Hermalin cited a University of California policy that bars misuse of the classroom and political indoctrination of students."
UC Berkeley placed computer science lecturer Peyrin Kao on six months of unpaid leave after an optional post-class session where he discussed tech companies' ties to the Israeli military and said 'Free Palestine', and for telling a class he was on a hunger strike for a cause he believed in. Students, faculty and alumni launched protests, hunger strikes, a teach-in, and a petition with about 1,200 signatures demanding reinstatement. The campus newspaper criticized the suspension. Provost Benjamin Hermalin cited Regents Policy 2301, which bars misuse of the classroom and political indoctrination. Critics say the policy is being unfairly applied to target pro-Palestinian speech.
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