Student editors at the Columbia Law Review found themselves at the center of a heated debate after refusing to comply with a request to halt the publication of an academic article written by a Palestinian human rights lawyer. The article accuses Israel of committing genocide in Gaza and maintaining an apartheid regime.
Despite the board of directors' pressure to stop the publication, the editors decided to release the piece on Monday morning. In response, the board, comprised of faculty and alumni from Columbia University's law school, took the drastic step of shutting down the law review's website, leaving visitors with a message that the domain was under maintenance.
