Updated October 20

One month after suspending, and then reinstating a student-led course on Palestine, the university has taken no action to repair the damages to the educational environment. Palestine Legal wrote to the university again on October 18, 2016 to demand the university apologize and remedy the rights violations. The letter explains,

"Mere reinstatement of the course is insufficient without further steps to remedy the harms done, and we request that the university take several immediate actions, including apologizing to Mr. Hadweh and issuing written clarifications to applicable university policies."

The full letter is available here.

University of California Berkeley (Cal) reinstated a student-led course on Palestine this morning following an outcry over its arbitrary suspension last week. The suspension, taken in apparent response to pressure from Israel advocacy groups, was widely condemned -- by students, professors, and observers -- as a violation of academic freedom, shocking, and unjustifiable.

Palestine Legal sent a letter to Cal Chancellor Dirks Friday, on behalf of Paul Hadweh, the student facilitator, warning that the suspension infringed on First Amendment rights and principles of academic freedom. The letter demanded immediate reinstatement and an apology to the students.

Executive Dean of the College of Letters and Science, Carla Hesse, announced in a statement that the course is reinstated.