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Harvard NewstalkHarvard IOP Student Leader Resigns, Citing ‘Palestinian Exception to Free Speech’As we neared the one-year anniversary of October 7 earlier this month, the Harvard Institute of Politics — the largest student organization on Harvard’s campus and its flagship platform for political discourse — saw a high-profile shakeup in its student leadership. Citing the Palestinian exception to free speech, a vocal pro-Palestine activist resigned as the chair of one of the IOP’s popular programs on campaigns and advocacy. The reason? Closed-door infighting over how to handle the 2024 elections and Israel-Palestine conflict in its programming. As concerns about free speech and censors...2024-10-1250 min