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In coming days, “expect more visas will be revoked as we identify people who we should never have allowed in,” the U.S. secretary of state said.
“I have patients that are saying that they don’t want to be Jewish anymore, because everybody hates them,” Miri Bar-Halpern, a psychologist, told JNS.
“This ruling is an important first step in righting the wrongs of the past year and a half,” stated Brian Cohen, executive director of Columbia Barnard Hillel.
“This U.N. report reflects the rampant anti-Israel disease that has infected U.N. agencies,” wrote the American Israel Public Affairs Committee.
A senior U.S. official said Adam Boehler will still work on other Mideast-related matters with Steve Witkoff, U.S. special envoy to the Middle East.
A record number of groups are running, including some with “a professional-style campaign with influencers, campaign managers, coordinators and organizers,” said Herbert Block, of the American Zionist Movement.
Mahmoud Khalil, the recent Columbia graduate whose release from federal custody the protesters seek, filed a lawsuit with seven students against Columbia, Barnard and a House committee.
“Actions have consequences—inaction does, too,” stated the U.S. attorney general.
“Israelis and Texans share profound appreciation for the values of faith, freedom and resilience,” stated Religious Zionism’s Ohad Tal.
One of Mahmoud Khalil’s lawyers said outside of the courthouse that his detention “should outrage anybody who believes that speech should be free in the United States of America.”
Talking to reporters as he met with the Irish prime minister, the U.S. president said that Oct. 7 was “a terrible day for the world.”
“It’s day schools, it’s camps, it’s early childhood, JCC memberships,” said Gil Preuss, CEO of the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington.
