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Princeton Hillel Cancels Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister’s Speech After Progressives Complain

Emily Zanotti

Princeton University’s Hillel House was forced to cancel a planned speech from Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely, after a progressive Jewish group on campus complained Hotovely was “pro-Israel,” and accused the government official of “racism.”

The event was moved to a Chabad, located on campus, but that only barely satiated the angry progressives who campaigned forcefully ahead of Hotovely’s appearance, accusing the foreign minister of all manner of sins, stemming from the bare fact that Hotovely is a member of the Israeli government.

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