"After repeatedly informing students that they could leave the lecture hall at any time, Kao projected six photographs depicting scenes of protests for Palestine, and began to describe the Israeli assault on Gaza as it had transpired in recent weeks, from his own perspective. He told students that he had been spending his weekends learning about Gaza and the Israeli assault."
"Kao's approach was casual and emotional, not based on his professional expertise. Rather, he spoke to students from the standpoint of an ordinary person in the U.S. trying to understand the depth of injustice and violence Palestinians in Gaza face, from the notion of the "open-air prison" that names the entrapment of the people of Gaza, to the Israeli obstruction of food, fuel, and resources such as electricity and internet connectivity that had already increased the lethality of Israel's assault."
Peyrin Kao taught a large computer science course of up to 800 students. After finishing formal lectures, he projected an announcement and warned that anything he said was personal and not on behalf of staff. He displayed six photographs of Palestine protests and described the Israeli assault on Gaza, saying scenes broke his heart, reporting bombed hospitals, schools, journalists, children, and women. He framed Gaza as an "open-air prison" and described Israeli obstruction of food, fuel, electricity, and internet increasing lethality, and noted he was taking a risk by speaking.
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