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11. One of the four defendant in the lawsuit is ....
Fri May 30, 2025, 04:23 PM
May 2025

.... Mahmoud Khalil, who has been detained and is undergoing deportation proceeding. Now, if there was anything like credible evidence that he has been providing "material support" to Hamas, one would expect that, rather than just being deported, the DOJ would have charged him with that. Since he, and the other three defendants, have not been so charged, I presume that there is no such credible evidence.

Here is a pretty comprehensive article about the case which includes, contrary to others I found, responses and commentary by the defendants, not just the plaintiffs.

https://www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2025/04/01/families-of-october-7-victims-claim-columbia-student-organizations-are-hamas-propaganda-arm-in-lawsuit/

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Hamas has an 'army' operating out of Gaza that focuses specifically on media and sending Hamas propaganda and messaging Richard D May 2025 #1
Criminalizing any criticism of Israel in the US is not far away. Bok_Tukalo May 2025 #2
What are you referring to? Beastly Boy May 2025 #3
No. . .remember Hamas good. Israel bad. No matter what happens, it's always Israel. AZLD4Candidate May 2025 #5
With us or against us, eh? Bok_Tukalo May 2025 #19
Cancelled? Interesting choice of words. . .this is the same thing MAGAts claim when they get challenged. AZLD4Candidate May 2025 #6
And, there it is. the Deflecting isn't working. Cha May 2025 #15
That's been obvious from day one. yardwork May 2025 #4
Here is an article about the lawsuit itself. The premise seems... reACTIONary May 2025 #7
Yet, the lawsuit is proceeding and the witnesses are being deposed. Beastly Boy May 2025 #8
Keep us up to date .... reACTIONary May 2025 #9
As of now, I can only keep you inforrmed that this is not a criminal case. Beastly Boy May 2025 #10
One of the four defendant in the lawsuit is .... reACTIONary May 2025 #11
None of the defendant's statemens were accepted as evidence in the case. Ziv's statement was. Beastly Boy May 2025 #12
Will it make it to a jury? Maybe you know if... reACTIONary May 2025 #13
Yes I do know. The motion to dismiss was filed and dismissed Beastly Boy May 2025 #16
Thanks for the update! I'll ... reACTIONary May 2025 #17
Many of us Knew That. Of course there's always Cha May 2025 #14
Post removed Post removed May 2025 #18
I have no idea what to do with this unsolicited link Beastly Boy May 2025 #20
AFTER a review by forum hosts LOCKING Omaha Steve May 2025 #21
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