Campus Antisemitism
“At commencement this year, we want to support and uplift Palestinian students, faculty and the broader community,” per the order form. “Students nationwide have been suspended, expelled, arrested and now deported for their support of Palestinians’ human rights.”
StandWithUs stated that “some Jewish students at UC Law San Francisco already feel compelled to conceal their Jewish identity out of concern for their safety.”
Video from the rally at Columbia University shows violent activists pushing barriers and confronting law enforcement personnel.
“While our ability to provide additional information at this time is limited, we will continue to keep the community informed,” the private D.C. university stated.
Kimberly Richey, assistant U.S. secretary of education for civil rights, stated that “such institutional neglect will not be tolerated.”
Prof. Bassam Hussein referred to the Hamas massacres as “the most beautiful thing that has happened in our century.”
“At least one student was injured by this incident, which is now under an investigation that will examine among other things whether individuals were targeted based on their Jewish faith,” the private D.C. school said.
The threats targeted a student over his visit to Israel, prompting a college response that critics said was lacking.
The private university stated that the student senate “is using its platform to target fellow students in a misguided attempt to hold those students responsible for the acts of governments.”
“I was accosted by a group of several individuals in the hall, among them students and non-students,” Michael Kotlikoff stated.
The Birmingham Public Schools superintendent condemned the “inappropriate and offensive” stickers, stating that the district does “not tolerate intimidation, bullying, threats, discrimination or antisemitism in our schools.”
The director of issues management told JNS that students found to have violated the law or university policy during a protest on campus will be held accountable.
