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Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., defended student protests on college campuses across the U.S. against the Israel-Hamas war, arguing that President Biden is putting himself in a weak position politically and morally by his support of Israel. “This may be Biden’s Vietnam,” Sanders said of the mass student protests against President Biden during an interview with CNN on Thursday. “Lyndon Johnson …

Columbia University’s embattled president, Nemat Minouche Shafik, has been a target of critics who accused her of going too soft on anti-Israel radicals who ran amok on her campus until she caved and called police for help after the agitators escalated the chaos by taking over an academic building on Tuesday. Now she’s also facing a potential mutiny from a …

Nearly 2,200 anti-Israel agitators have been arrested at college campuses across the United States in recent weeks, as police were forced to use riot gear, tactical vehicles and flash-bang devices to clear tent encampments and occupied buildings to restore order. These protesters are voicing their criticism of the Israel-Hamas war and the mounting Palestinian civilian death toll. The monumental tally …

Several Jewish organizations pulled out of a high-level meeting with the Department of Education about antisemitism on campuses on Friday morning after finding out far-left groups were added at the last minute, Fox News Digital has confirmed. The groups, which “either did not participate in or dropped off the call,” the Jewish Insider reported, included the Anti-Defamation League, the Jewish …

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office announced last night an investigation into a tactical NYPD officer as prosecutors move forward with charges against dozens of anti-Israel agitators who police arrested in the barricaded building Tuesday. At a news briefing on the matter Friday morning, NYPD brass stood by their initial finding that the discharge was accidental. The unnamed NYPD sergeant …

Anti-Israel protesters on campus at Rutgers University were countered by a large group of patriotic students waving an American flag and chanting “USA!” on Thursday. Video from Thursday afternoon showed a large gathering between the two chanting groups on Voorhees Mall at the New Brunswick, New Jersey, university. As the anti-Israel group yelled “Free, Free Palestine!” and “From the river …

Biden condemning both antisemitism and Islamophobia while anti-Israel demonstrations rage across the country caused an uproar once again on Thursday. After intense media and political pressure, the president finally gave remarks on the nationwide anti-Israel encampments forming on college campuses. Biden specifically condemned the violence that has broken out but also warned about “hate speech” of any kind, whether it’s …

A Black California student demanded “White men” get out of his way after some protesters from the anti-Israel encampment tried to block his passage through the area on campus. Milagro Jones, a student at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), accused anti-Israel activists of racism after they told him to leave the area. It was the second time this …

Editors at the Columbia Law Review, one of the most prestigious law journals in the country, are urging Columbia Law School to cancel final exams for students. A statement from the Columbia Law Review’s Administrative Board Student Editors issued Wednesday also argued that students should receive “passing grades for their work throughout the semester.” The statement, posted on the Law …

Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi militia, which has disrupted global shipping to display its support for Palestinians in the Gaza conflict, is now offering a place for students suspended from U.S. universities after staging anti-Israeli protests. Students have rallied or set up tents at dozens of campuses in the United States in recent days to protest against Israel’s war in Gaza, now …