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“When the moment comes to choose between comfort and conscience, choose conscience.” Pro-Palestine activist Mahmoud Khalil delivered a speech to Stanford graduates at a "People's Commencement" Sunday after their mass walkout during graduation. The graduates' walkout occurred during Google CEO Sundar Pichai's commencement speech, as a protest against the...

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This is Columbia’s Mahmoud Khalil speaking at the “Welcome Home Mahmoud” rally. This is likely the most complete version of his speech that’s publicly available—for now. The footage comes from BreakThrough News (funded by Neville Roy Singham), and even this version appears to be selectively edited. He began by expressing appreciation for his freedom and his wife’s support: “I’m grateful to be standing freely next to all of you today” and “I’m grateful to my wife, whose support, love, and care has kept me upright.” Khalil praised student activists at Columbia and nationwide, stating: “I would like to salute the courage of all students at Columbia and across the nation.” He sharply criticized Columbia’s leadership, calling them “the shameful board of trustees,” and alleged they are “currently attempting to expel 15 more students” for pro-Palestinian advocacy. He accused the university of suppressing speech, saying: “Columbia University will do everything and anything it can to ensure that the words ‘Free Palestine’ are not uttered anywhere near it.” According to Khalil, the university also denied organizers the ability to hold the rally at the campus gates. Addressing how he’s been portrayed, Khalil said: “The administration has tried its best to portray me as someone who's violent,” but insisted: “Mahmoud is a human rights defender… a father and husband… a Palestinian who refuses to remain silent.” He described the war in Gaza as a genocide “committed by the genocidal state of Israel, funded by the U.S. government, and invested in by Columbia University.” Recalling his time in ICE detention, he said: “The center is crowded with hundreds of people who are told that their existence is illegal, and not one of us knows when we can go free.” He ended with a chant that helped sustain him: “I believe that we will win.”

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