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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 …

The U.S. Department of Education’s (DOE) Office for Civil Rights is investigating Atlanta’s Emory University for alleged anti-Muslim discrimination on campus. The investigation comes as college campuses across America are being engulfed by disruptive, chaotic and often violent anti-Israel protests — leaving many Jewish students with no choice but to flee campus or fear for their safety. The DOE’s investigation …

FIRST ON FOX – John Rich is praising a group of students at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill for stopping an American flag on the school’s quad from hitting the ground on Tuesday. A photo capturing the moment students stopped protesters from removing the flag — for the second time — during anti-Israeli demonstrations on campus went viral on …

What is going on at today’s universities in terms of the campus protests tells you that we have abandoned the single most important function of higher education. And that is higher education. People have forgotten that civilization is not self-executing. It has to be nurtured, protected and taught. VIRTUES OF COURAGE, COMPASSION, WORK, FRIENDSHIP — THESE MUST BE TAUGHT, SAY …