For those who have been following the issue, the Columbia Law Review website is now back online again—and it includes the controversial article by Eghbariah along with the following statement from the non-student Board of Directors after their attempts to get the student editors of the student-run law review to change their minds apparently failed:

https://www.columbialawreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/STATEMENT-FROM-THE-CLR-BOARD-OF-DIRECTORS.pdf

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For context and background, we first heard about the issue regarding Columbia Law Review and Eghbariah's controversial article a few days ago primarily from this Intercept article:

https://theintercept.com/2024/06/03/columbia-law-review-palestine-board-website/

Columbia Law Review Refused to Take Down Article on Palestine, So Its Board of Directors Nuked the Whole Website

The students who run the Columbia Law Review sought out the Palestinian scholar Rabea Eghbariah, who was censored by Harvard Law Review last year.

The Intercept
And here's a followup article from the Intercept on the back & forth, the student editors' vote to reject the non-student Board of Directors' demands, and the reinstatement of the website with a statement from the Board of Directors: https://theintercept.com/2024/06/06/columbia-law-review-palestine-gaza-rejects/
Columbia Law Review Remains Offline After Students Reject Disclaimer Undermining Palestine Article

Columbia Law Review's board nuked its website after the Palestine article was published. Wednesday evening, the site remained offline.

The Intercept