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MIT suspends student group that protested against Israel's military campaign in Gaza

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The president of MIT has suspended a student group that has held demonstrations against Israel’s military campaign in Gaza as protests over the war continue to rattle universities around the country.

In a video statement Tuesday, Sally Kornbluth said the group, Coalition Against Apartheid or , held a demonstration Monday night without going through the university's permission process required of all groups. The protest military's possible ground invasion of Rafah, the city on the southern Gaza border where 1.4 million have fled to escape fighting elsewhere in the monthslong war.

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