Nov. 5 is a day Jewish students at Toronto Metropolitan University will never forget. What should have been a peaceful evening of dialogue became a night of fear, violence, and betrayal. For many of us, it was the night our trust, in our peers, in our university, and in the idea of equal rights on campus, was shattered.

I had organized a private Students Supporting Israel (SSI) event featuring speakers from the Israel Defence Forces. We planned this as an opportunity for open conversation, a chance for students to ask questions and hear first-hand perspectives. It was not a rally or a protest. It was a dialogue, the very kind that universities claim to champion.

Yet TMU had denied our request to host the event on campus three times, citing vague safety concerns. This was in stark contras

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