The fact that German universities had purged their Jewish faculty members and hosted book-burnings did not deter friendly overtures from schools such as Harvard, Columbia, and MIT.
The GW chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine has become the third to be suspended in US universities amid a rise in antisemitic incidents.
The protest was loud, disruptive, and in defiance of university guidelines, wrote MIT President Sally Kornbluth.
“When you say from the river to the sea... that means that you want to get rid of Israel," Enes Kanter Freedom said.
The goal of high schools’ policy change is to increase pressure on the universities to act.
Their collective statement not only articulated support for Israel but also underscored their concerns for Palestinians who endured hardships under Hamas governance in Gaza.
Rickford made his initial comments during an Oct. 15 pro-Palestinian rally on the Ithaca, New York, campus.
Numerous X users shared the video and their concern that the protest could endanger anyone Jewish at the school.
My own Columbia classmates have responded to the horror by posting comments supporting Hamas and trying to silence others.
Campus Chabads have quickly become places of shelter amid the wave of antisemitic pro-Palestinian and pro-Hamas activity.
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