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#1 Submitted by m.... on May 2, 2024 - 5:33pm

Perhaps it is time to LISTEN to what the students have to say, rather than pandering to politicians and others who apparently think the State of Israel can do no wrong. Listen to the students, discuss options with them, find a path you all can agree with. What did Edmund Burke say? "All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter."

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