Victor Davis Hanson: Yes, Mr. Khalil, Your Actions Have Consequences

The Daily Signal    "In this edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words”, Hanson discusses the contentious detention and deportation of Mahmoud Khalil, a former Columbia University student with close ties to Columbia University Apartheid Divest, an anti-Israel student group that was thrust into the national spotlight when pro-Hamas student protesters occupied several academic buildings on Columbia’s campus last spring.

"Hanson explores the balance between free speech rights and national security concerns, examining Khalil's support for vandalism, harassment, and groups labeled as terrorist organizations by the U.S. State Department. "It wasn't what he said, but it was what he did. And he now gets his wish. He can go back to the Middle East and be a strong advocate for Hamas, in closer proximity to it."

"Freedom of expression does not mean supporting a terrorist organization and promoting its ideas and ideology.

"Freedom of expression does not mean supporting the genocide of Jews, the destruction of a country, and the extermination of its people.

"Freedom of expression does not mean organizing protests, spreading hatred toward Jews, intimidating Jewish students, and threatening their lives.

"Freedom of expression does not mean rioting and vandalizing public and private property.

"Freedom of expression does not mean turning universities upside down, halting education, and causing widespread chaos."