Columbia Law Review website shut down over ‘censored’ article critical of Israel
The editorial board of the Columbia Law Review journal — made up of faculty and alumni from the university’s law school — shut down the review’s website on Monday after editors refused to halt publication of an academic article by a Palestinian human rights lawyer that was critical of Israel. | Al Jazeera reports that the student editors of the journal said they were pressured by the board to not publish the article which accused Israel of carrying out genocide in Gaza and implementing an apartheid regime against Palestinians. The review’s website was taken down after the article was published on Monday morning and remained offline last night, reports AP news agency. A static homepage informed visitors the domain was “under maintenance”.