Campus Antisemitism
The action is in part due to the Ivy League school’s inaction to crack down on campus antisemitism and “race discrimination” in its admissions process, the U.S. General Services Administration wrote.
‘False’ fears, Leo Terrell tells JNS of view Trump is too aggressive against schools over Jew-hatred
The chair of the federal task force against Jew-hatred said that “the previous four years, they did nothing to stop the harassment on these college campuses.”
The group called the omission “fake history” and compared it to ignoring 9/11 or Pearl Harbor in accounts of those attacks.
“The Trump administration is committed to restoring common sense to our student visa system,” the U.S. Department of Homeland Security told JNS. “No lawsuit, this or any other, is going to change that.”
“This whole boycotting of political figures, which is clearly one-sided, speaks to a larger problem we are seeing in our country,” a graduate told JNS. “People are too invested in politics and in which ‘side’ they are on.”
“Columbia University cannot continue to act with deliberate indifference to the hostile environment created by its own students and faculty,” Anthony Archeval, of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, told JNS.
“This action should not surprise you and is the unfortunate result of Harvard’s failure to comply with simple reporting requirements,” Kristi Noem stated.
“Sadly, someone here listened to the chants of ‘intifada, intifada,’” said the Israeli consul general in New York.
The NYPD told JNS that two people were arrested and issued desk appearances after altercations with police.
“No one should be unsafe in the classroom or on campus or feel targeted because of their religion or heritage,” said Glenn Youngkin.
Jason Kao was charged with criminal trespassing in the third degree during an anti-Israel protest at the school on May 7, the NYPD told JNS.
“Grant dollars should only support institutions that comply with principles and laws of nondiscrimination,” Jamie Legier, of the CDC, wrote to Harvard.