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Three Law Students Who Backed Israel Letters Lose Job Offers
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-67152271
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An elite law firm has rescinded job offers for three Ivy League students associated with letters expressing support for Palestinians that blamed Israel for the Hamas attacks.
However, an email sent by the managing partner, Neil Barr and seen by the BBC, indicates that a door has potentially been left open for a reversal of the decision.
The decision on Tuesday by the firm - which employs around 1,000 attorneys and has annual revenues of $1.7bn (£1.4bn) - comes as the views taken by US university students about the conflict in the Middle East continue to cause controversy on and off college campuses.
The backlash was immediate, with some university donors threatening to stop giving money and a Harvard Jewish centre calling the statement antisemitic.
Both letters were published as a picture of the full scale of the attacks was still developing and before the start of the current Israeli strikes in Gaza, which have reportedly killed more than 3,000 people.
The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (Fire) said the current conflict in the Middle East had led to one of the most fraught moments for student free speech in a decade.
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