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Portland State University has announced its campus will be closed Wednesday as images are emerging of the graffiti and destruction that anti-Israel protesters have caused insideits main library. Photos show messages including “We’ll stop occupying this building when Israel stops occupying Palestine” and “no more business as usual” spray-painted on the walls of the Millar Library on the downtown Portland, …

Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., slammed President Biden for his response to the violent anti-Israel protests, warning the “jackwagons” partaking in the demonstrations will continue to wreak havoc until they are stopped. Kennedy joined “Fox & Friends” Wednesday to discuss how Biden’s response to the pro-Palestinian protests has garnered criticism from both sides of the political aisle. ANTISEMITIC RIOT AT COLUMBIA …

As anti-Israel protests continue to plague college campuses across the country, Northwestern University has reached a deal with the protesters, sparking concern from many about the conditions. On Monday, the Chicago school announced an agreement to curb protest activity in return for the reestablishment of an advisory committee on university investments and other commitments. Some who are protesting the war …

UCLA has announced that classes have been canceled Wednesday “due to the distress caused by the violence” that erupted between opposing groups at an anti-Israel demonstration overnight. The Los Angeles school is now recommending that the community stay away from the Royce Quad area after police wearing face shields and riot gear had to be called to the scene to …

A university in California was forced to change its commencement later this month in the wake of anti-Israel protests and unrest on campus that resulted in agitators occupying two academic buildings. California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt, or simply Cal Poly Humboldt, announced Wednesday that it will hold a modified in-person commencement ceremony with additional ceremonies. The university said additional details …

Police at Emory University in Georgia have announced the arrest of a “convicted felon who crossed state lines to come to campus” to participate in anti-Israel demonstrations. Derek Zika, of Statesville, North Carolina, a city outside of Charlotte, was carrying knives and pepper spray when he was taken into custody at the Emory Quad on Sunday afternoon, the University’s police …

A Columbia University professor tells Fox News Digital that the anti-Israel demonstrations unfolding on the Ivy League campus at the end of the day are no longer about the Jewish State or Palestinians, but about “whether mob violence can bring our great university to a halt.” Law professor Joshua Mitts spoke Tuesday after a group of agitators invaded Columbia University’s …

Firearms were confiscated at student protests at both the University of South Florida(USF) and the University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) over the last two days, authorities say. Anti-Israel protester Atah Othman, 39, was one of 10 demonstrators arrested on the USF campus on Tuesday — and he was busted carrying a gun in his waistband, Fox 13 Tampa …

FIRST ON FOX: Anti-Israel radicals have protested outside of Republican Sen. Ted Cruz’s Texas home more than a dozen times in recent weeks, with the agitators reportedly tied to the Students for Justice in Palestine group occupying college campuses nationwide, Fox News Digital exclusively learned. Cruz’s home in Houston has been the target of 14 protests since February, including a …

New York City Mayor Eric Adams and New York Police Department (NYPD) leadership cited a “global” movement to “radicalize young people” in announcing approximately 300 arrests at Columbia University and City College that took place overnight. “I know that there are those who are attempting to say, well, the majority of people may have been students. You don’t have to …