{"id":2348337,"date":"2024-10-01T22:15:02","date_gmt":"2024-10-02T02:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wes-moore-against-court-decision-to-allow-pro-palestinian-umd-event-on-oct-7-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-10-01T22:16:30","modified_gmt":"2024-10-02T02:16:30","slug":"wes-moore-against-court-decision-to-allow-pro-palestinian-umd-event-on-oct-7-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wes-moore-against-court-decision-to-allow-pro-palestinian-umd-event-on-oct-7-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Wes Moore against court decision to allow pro-Palestinian UMD event on Oct. 7 &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwes-moore-against-court-decision-to-allow-pro-palestinian-umd-event-on-oct-7-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2348337&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Maryland Governor Wes \u200cMoore \u2063has publicly \u200bopposed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/boston-city-councilor-goes-on-anti-semitic-rant-after-bds-loses-in-court\/\" title=\"Boston City Councilor Goes On Anti-Semitic Rant After BDS Loses in Court\">federal court&#8217;<\/a>s decision that allows a pro-Palestinian event to be held at the University of Maryland \u200con October 7. The event, organized \u2064by \u2064the UMD branch of Students for Justice in Palestine, had previously been halted by the university but was reinstated based on First Amendment rights. In his statement, Moore emphasized the importance of student safety, acknowledging the significance of the date, which marks the anniversary \u200bof a terrorist attack by Hamas on Israel. While he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-gofundme-completely-shuts-down-massive-canadian-freedom-convoy-page-issues-statement\/\" title=\"BREAKING: GoFundMe Completely Shuts Down Massive Canadian \u2018Freedom Convoy\u2019 Page, Issues Statement\">supports <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dems-lost-all-credibility-on-social-distancing-after-biden-celebrations\/\" title=\"Dems Lost All Credibility On Social Distancing After Biden Celebrations\">peaceful protest<\/a><\/a>, he criticized any\u200b calls for violence associated with the upcoming event.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Wes Moore against court decision to allow pro-Palestinian UMD event on Oct. 7<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1757047\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/wes-moore\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Wes Moore\">Wes Moore<\/a> (D-MD) expressed his opposition to the decision of a federal court to allow a pro-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/palestinian\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Palestinian\">Palestinian<\/a> event at the University of Maryland on Oct. 7.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The UMD branch of Students for Justice in Palestine was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/education\/3172856\/court-reverses-umd-ban-students-for-justice-in-palestine-oct-7-event\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"granted\">granted<\/a> the right to demonstrate on First Amendment grounds after the university shut down the event. In a statement, Moore said that he disagreed with the decision, though he wouldn&rsquo;t take action against it.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I just learned of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mitch-mcconnell-defends-houses-proxy-voting-practice-in-lawsuit-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Mitch McConnell defends House\u2019s proxy voting practice in lawsuit - Washington Examiner\">federal court&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s decision allowing the protest to proceed,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;While I deeply respect the rule of law and due process, I think Oct. 7 is an inappropriate date for such an event. What I do know is that students at the University of Maryland have the right to feel safe, and we will work with local and University leaders to ensure their safety.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Moore then expressed his support for peaceful protest but not for the ability to call for violence.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Terrorists target civilians, and that&rsquo;s what Hamas did a year ago on Oct 7,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;And that&rsquo;s what that day should be remembered as &mdash; a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/41-killed-in-rebel-attack-on-ugandan-school\/\" title=\"41 people were killed in a rebel attack on a Ugandan school.\">heinous terrorist attack<\/a> on Israel that took innocent lives.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">My full statement on the federal court&rsquo;s decision allowing the protest at University of Maryland planned for October 7 to proceed: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3fgW4BssXS\">pic.twitter.com\/3fgW4BssXS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Governor Wes Moore (@GovWesMoore) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovWesMoore\/status\/1841262602715902399?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 1, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The event was described by the SJP as a peaceful interfaith vigil meant to mourn the lives lost in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. District Judge Peter J. Messitte granted the students&rsquo; request, saying the group &ldquo;has demonstrated a substantial likelihood that it will prevail on the merits of its freedom of speech claim.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Messitte noted that UMD will have the right to reinforce campus security for the event and can ask vigil participants to identify themselves, employ &ldquo;crowd-control&rdquo; tactics, and kick out those who don&rsquo;t follow directives.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly 1,200 Israelis were killed when Hamas terrorists launched an attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1757047\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1757047\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wes Moore opposes court ruling for pro-Palestinian event at UMD<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2348339,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Wes-moore-dnc.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[35509,42130,42131,32076,38909],"class_list":["post-2348337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-court-decision","tag-pro-palestinian-event","tag-umd","tag-washington-examiner","tag-wes-moore"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Wes-moore-dnc.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2348337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2348337"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2348337\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2348339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2348337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2348337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2348337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}