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The heads of Tel Aviv University have been nailing lying to the public. They were trying to defuse the worldwide wave of rage at them over the decision to hold "Nakba Day" events on the TAU campus, mourning the creation and existence of Israel. Hey, we have no say over this, the PR Spin doctors for TAU are now saying, because the Nakba Day "protest" is to be held outside the campus, where we have no control.

Except that the Nakba Day event is to be held ON THE CAMPUS, in Antin Square, which is campus property, right next to the main entry gate. It lies outside the main TAU campus fence on Haim Levanon Street but it is unambiguously campus property, where no one can even hand out leaflets or sell Pepsi without campus permission. That is why the Dean of Students was asked and had to approve this Nakba atrocity, which he did approve, and that is why the university asked the organizers of it to pony up cash to pay for the presence of campus security personnel there. If it were really in a public space, none of that would be required.

So in short the PR people and officials of Tel Aviv University have been caught with their pants on fire!

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