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Anti-Israel protests sweep across elite universities just before Passover

Anti-Israel encampments swept across elite universities on Monday, as antisemitic and pro-terror demonstrations at Columbia University reached a fever pitch at the start of Passover. As Columbia held classes remotely following a weekend of hateful rhetoric surrounding it pro-Gaza encampment on the South Lawn, where incidents have included a young woman holding a sign with an arrow pointing to Jewish …

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Anti-Israel Columbia protester who ‘killed’ VT couple in crash belongs in prison, not college: victims' family

A wealthy young woman who avoided prison time for a deadly 2020 crash that killed a Vermont couple was among 114 anti-Israel agitators arrested at Columbia University last week – enraging the victims’ family. Protests have been rocking the campus in recent days as anti-Israel sympathizers demand the Israeli military stop fighting back after Hamas terrorists launched an attack on …

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Columbia rabbi tells Jewish students to leave campus, warns that school, NYPD 'cannot guarantee your safety'

The Orthodox rabbi at Columbia University and Barnard College sent a message recommending Jewish students leave campus and go home as anti-Israel agitators have continued an “encampment” on campus and participants were caught on camera espousing full-on support for terrorism and supporting violence toward Jewish students. In a WhatsApp message sent to hundreds before the start of Passover, Rabbi Elie …

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Ivy League anti-Israel agitators' protests spiral into 'actual terror organization,' professor warns

Anti-Israel agitators on Columbia University’s campus have “crossed the line” and become a terrorist organization amid ongoing protests at the Ivy League school, a professor told Fox News Digital. “Yesterday, what we saw is that the pro-terrorist student organizations have crossed the line to being an actual terror organization,” business professor Shai Davidai told Fox Digital. Davidai cited video footage …

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White House condemns ‘blatantly antisemitic’ protests as agitators engulf Columbia University

The White House condemned “in the strongest terms” the ongoing anti-Israel protests at colleges across the U.S., including at Columbia University in New York City, on Sunday, saying they have no place anywhere in the U.S. “While every American has the right to peaceful protest, calls for violence and physical intimidation targeting Jewish students and the Jewish community are blatantly …

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Anti-Israel Yale protesters joining Columbia students in 'tear down our society' Ivy League movement: Law prof

Anti-Israel activists at Yale University in Connecticut set up a “liberation zone” in solidarity with Columbia University in New York City on Saturday. This comes after protesters at Columbia University were heard shouting pro-Hamas slogans, resulting in more than a hundred arrests as they set up an encampment on campus Thursday that continued into Friday. Protesters at Yale were also …

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In New York City, chess champion sets new world record for 'longest chess marathon'

A Nigerian man has set the Guinness World Record for “longest chess marathon” after playing for nearly five straight days. Tunde Onakoya, 29, began his 60-hour chess game in Times Square in New York City on Wednesday, April 17, before calling it quits at 12:40 a.m. on Saturday, April 20, said The Associated Press. The previous record was 56 hours, …

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At least 2 injured in party boat stabbing near New York City pier

At least two people were stabbed Saturday during a dispute on a party boat in New York City, authorities said. Police responded to Pier 4 at the Brooklyn Army Terminal in Sunset Park just after 5:05 p.m. after authorities received a 911 call about an assault with a knife, the New York Police Department told Fox News Digital. MAN WHO …

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Man who set himself on fire near NYC courthouse holding Trump trial pronounced dead

The man who set himself on fire outside the New York City courthouse where former President Trump’s hush money trial was being held has been pronounced dead, according to officials. Maxwell Azzarello, 37, of St. Augustine, Florida, died Friday night from his severe burns after lighting himself on fire earlier in the day inside Collect Pond Park near the Manhattan …

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Deceased protester who lit himself on fire outside Trump hush money trial once worked for Democrat congressman

Maxwell Azzarello, the man who died after setting himself on fire while former President Trump’s hush money trial was taking place, once worked for the Democrat congressman who flipped Rep. George Santos’s seat blue, according to online records. Rep. Tom Suozzi currently represents Nassau County and parts of Queens, having taken office earlier this February. He also served as a …

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