A pro-Palestinian graduate student group has sued Northwestern University, claiming the school’s mandatory antisemitism training is discriminatory and violates the free speech rights of Arabs, new court papers show.

The university began cracking down on campus anti-Israel demonstrations and requiring the training modules, “ironically-named ‘Building a Community of Respect and Breaking Down Bias,'” in February, months after heated protests , according to the lawsuit. 4

But the training uses such a broad definition of antisemitism that it limits political discourse and free speech, labeling them instead anti-Jewish, the Northwestern Graduate Workers for Palestine alleges in the complaint.

“Northwestern equates criticism of political practices and ideologies with discrimination agai

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