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Several Columbia University students spoke out to Fox News Digital on Monday after administrators announced they would be canceling the school’s main commencement ceremony. Security concerns in the wake of raucous anti-Israel protests were top of mind in making the decision, a university official told Fox News. One graduating senior, who also testified before the House Education & Workforce Committee …

A display of over one thousand Israeli and American flags was destroyed over the weekend at Harvard University. The flags were planted by the local chapter of the Young America’s Foundation to honor the victims of the Oct. 7 terrorist attack that sparked the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas. Shabbos Kestenbaum, a Jewish student who helped plant the flags …

The United Nations General Assembly could vote on Friday on a draft resolution that would recognize the Palestinians as qualified to become a full U.N. member and recommend that the U.N. Security Council “reconsider the matter favorably.” It would effectively act as a global survey of how much support the Palestinians have for their bid, which was vetoed in the …

College encampments spreading across the country in recent weeks share a common theme with Black Lives Matter and Mao’s Cultural Revolution in China. “These protesters have been indoctrinated by these culturally Marxist professors,” Heritage Foundation senior fellow Mike Gonzalez told Fox News Digital. The comments come as anti-Israel demonstrations have taken over several of America’s most prominent college campuses, resulting …

Anti-Israel protests linger across college campuses nationwide nearly three weeks after they first appeared at Columbia University. In the chaotic weeks since April 18, more than 2,600 people have been arrested on 50 campuses. The protesters have said they want their schools to cut all ties with Israel over its war in Gaza. Administrators have shown mixed reactions with some …

FIRST ON FOX: House Republicans led by Reps. Chip Roy, R-Texas, and Brian Mast, R-Fla., are pressuring the Biden administration to threaten sanctions against International Criminal Court (ICC) officials if the body goes after the U.S. or U.S. allies that do not fall under its jurisdiction. It comes amid reports that the ICC is preparing warrants against top Israeli officials, …

Fox News contributor and former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo gave his perspective on Hamas’ acceptance of an Egyptian-Qatari proposal for a cease-fire to halt the seven-month-long war with Israel, telling “The Story” Monday that Hamas broke the last cease-fire agreement with Israel on Oct. 7. He warns that if Israel has to fight a “half loaf” war against Hamas, …

One Columbia student is taking matters into her own hands, petitioning the university to hold commencement on campus after it canceled its main ceremony over security concerns. Columbia University senior Dana Krantz, who started the petition, joined “Fox & Friends First” alongside fellow senior Ally Woodward to discuss the importance of holding a university-wide commencement ceremony on campus despite weeks …

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Chancellor Gene Block says the college has contacted the FBI and the LA District Attorney’s Office about investigating a group of pro-Israel counter-protesters who allegedly attacked an anti-Israel campus encampment, sparking hours of violent clashes. Hundreds of anti-Israel agitators set up an encampment on UCLA’s campus in Royce Quad last month to demand that …

FIRST ON FOX: Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., is demanding answers from Attorney General Merrick Garland about which left-wing groups are funding anti-Israel demonstrations causing “chaos” across campuses nationwide. “Across the country, campuses are in chaos. It is time for you to open an investigation into the reason why, and who’s funding it,” Hawley wrote in a letter to Garland on …