The article is being disingenuous about the reasons for the opposition. Two of the other panelists are:

 * Marc Lamonte Hill, who called for the total destruction of israel (“free Palestine from the river to the sea”)

 * Linda Sarsour, who has stated that Muslims who humanize Israelis are complicit in the murder of Palestinians, and who has on multiple occasions tweeted approvingly of louis farrakhan and the Muslim Brotherhood. For the unaware, Farrakhan &amp; the Nation teach that jews are sub-human agents of Satan who control much the world and cause much of its suffering.

I never do and never will agree with trying to shut down speech, but AP buried the lede pretty hard here, to point of deliberately slanting the coverage. Mentioning the [clearly acceptable] topic and Waters, but not the most controversial invitees, deliberately makes it look like the reason for the lawsuit is just "they are saying we are against free speech waaaa" as opposed to "people who [we believe] support actual anti-Semitism &amp; genocide should not be allowed to speak on campus." That sort of selective coverage is what I'd expect to see from a BDS press release, not an unbiased article.

https://www2.bostonglobe.com/metro/2019/04/29/umass-palestinian-panel-draws-lawsuit/W4Q3zxw54N6Zt5MgCWFQ8L/story.html