A retired professor with connections to former President Barack Obama and a history of involvement in far-left militant activism spoke at an anti-Israel encampment at the University of Chicago. An anti-Israel encampment formed on the Main Quadrangle or “Quad” of the University of Chicago Monday was visited by Bill Ayers roughly seven hours into the demonstration, according to reporting from …
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Jewish parents grapple with college choices in antisemitic climate: 'This is absolutely absurd'
Anti-Israel and antisemitic demonstrations at top universities across America have forced Jewish parents to grapple with whether they can send their children to institutions where safety is no longer a given. Anya Farber, whose only son is currently looking at colleges, told Fox News Digital that facets historically used to select a school such as location, size, available courses, and …
Read More »Johnson to kick off wide-ranging House probe on college campus antisemitism
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is preparing to announce a wide-ranging investigation into antisemitism on college campuses that spans multiple House committees. Multiple sources told Fox News Digital that at least six committees would be involved in the probe: the committees on Education & the Workforce, Energy & Commerce, Oversight, the Judiciary, Ways & Means and the committee on Science, …
Read More »JESSE WATTERS: Columbia has Bud-lighted their brand
Fox News host Jesse Watters shreds the anti-Israel protests on college campuses across the country on “Jesse Watters Primetime.” JESSE WATTERS: Columbia has Bud-lighted their brand. I didn’t think you could make Brown look normal, but you did. Who would have thought scrapping the SATs, injecting DEI, CRT, affirmative action and thousands of foreign exchange students would have created America’s …
Read More »Biden Education secretary pressed on pulling federal dollars from universities over antisemitic protests
President Biden’s Education Secretary Miguel Cardona was grilled on Capitol Hill Tuesday on whether he would expedite Title VI investigations to possibly pull federal funding from universities riled with antisemitic protests. During a Senate appropriations subcommittee hearing dedicated to discussing the president’s fiscal year 2025 budget request for the U.S. Department of Education, Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W. Va., hammered …
Read More »Boston city councilor exposed for including ‘antisemitic message’ in ceasefire resolution draft
Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson was exposed for accusing Israel of committing “genocide” and “apartheid” in Gaza in a draft of a resolution calling for a ceasefire in the Jewish state’s war against Hamas, according to a recent report. “The ongoing bombardment of the Gaza Strip comes in the context of the 75-year displacement of Palestinians,” the draft resolution …
Read More »Columbia faculty attempt to block certain students, press from entering encampment until police called
Faculty members at Columbia University were seen blocking certain students and press from entering the school’s anti-Israel encampment until police were called on Monday as thousands descended on the New York City campus. Fox News Digital witnessed Avi Weinberg, an economics student at Columbia, leading a small group of his Jewish classmates all trying to enter the encampment on the …
Read More »Portland State University president calls for police help after anti-Israel protesters cause 'property damage'
The president of Portland State University in Oregon says she is calling on the city’s police to remove anti-Israel “trespassers” who have caused “property damage” to the campus’ main library. PSU President Ann Cudd said the anti-Israel demonstrations on campus escalated Monday when a “group of individuals broke into Millar Library, the main PSU library, and entered the building” while …
Read More »Two Columbia students who faced off with mob speak out, claim a car full of 'masked people' surveilled them
Two Columbia University students attempted to blunt the break-in of Hamilton Hall on campus at the hands of anti-Israel throngs, telling Fox News they wanted to make a quiet statement by standing up to unruliness. Charles Beck and Rory Wilson spoke to “The Ingraham Angle” on Tuesday after Beck was filmed being assailed by masked demonstrators. Wilson joined his classmate …
Read More »Police at Yale University clear anti-Israel encampment, threatening arrest and suspension
Police moved to clear an encampment at Yale University in Connecticut on Tuesday morning, but there were no immediate reports of arrests. In a statement obtained by Fox News, the university said, “Yale personnel issued final warnings that protesters in an encampment set up Sunday afternoon on Yale’s Cross Campus must end the encampment or face discipline, including suspension for …
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