After police were called to restore order and clear out anti-Israel agitators at the University of California, Los Angeles, many have been left to wonder: How will they be held accountable? These protesters formed an illegal encampment on the campus and remained there for several days, subsequently forcing the school to cancel classes on Wednesday for all students amid safety …
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Newsom's 'failure' to 'do anything' to stop university violence slammed by lawmakers
Hours after officers in riot gear cleared an increasingly dangerous anti-Israel encampment at UCLA, top California Republicans on Thursday excoriated Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom for a lack of urgency and a failure to act decisively to end the continued campus unrest. GOP lawmakers also placed university leaders on notice, warning that legislators are already discussing pulling state grants from schools …
Read More »NYPD officer accidentally fired gun while removing anti-Israel agitators from Columbia University building
A single gunshot was accidentally fired by an NYPD officer inside Hamilton Hall on the campus of Columbia University while police worked to remove anti-Israel agitators from the building on Tuesday night, the department confirmed Thursday. In a statement to Fox News on Thursday, the NYPD said the single shot was accidentally fired when an Emergency Service Unit officer attempted …
Read More »Anti-Israel agitator calls Byron Donalds an 'Uncle Tom,' 'race traitor' at GWU encampment
An anti-Israel activist shouted multiple epithets at Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., as he made an appearance at a Washington, D.C. college disrupted by protests. On Wednesday, Donalds was one of the Republicans on the House Oversight Committee who visited an anti-Israel protester encampment at George Washington University amid a nationwide series of protests about the war in Gaza. The Daily …
Read More »Northwestern University hit with federal complaint after caving to anti-Israel mob’s demands
EXCLUSIVE: A nonprofit legal organization filed a civil rights complaint against Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, Tuesday, after it announced plans to offer five scholarships exclusively to “Palestinian” students, allegedly discriminating against the rest of the student body. The Equal Protection Project of the Legal Insurrection Foundation, based in Rhode Island, is an organization that fights for equal protection under …
Read More »As a House Republican leader, here's our message on chaos, antisemitism for university presidents
Americans are watching in disgust as chaos spreads at college campuses across our country. Jewish students and faculty fear for their safety as antisemitism goes unchecked, and the rule of law is abandoned by morally bankrupt university leaders taking their lead from President Joe Biden. Enough is enough. It is time to restore law, order, and moral decency to Columbia …
Read More »Biden condemns violent anti-Israel protests, won't call up National Guard
President Biden broke his silence on Thursday regarding the anti-Israel demonstrations that are roiling colleges and universities around the nation, condemning the violence that has broken out and saying that “order must prevail.” “We are not an authoritarian nation where we silence people or squash dissent. The American people are heard. In fact, peaceful protest is in the best tradition …
Read More »Israel's president releases blistering statement on US university encampments: 'Resurgence of antisemitism'
Israel’s president weighed in on the massive antisemitic encampments that have sprouted up at elite colleges and universities across the United States, condemning the “masked cowards” who “smash windows and barricade doors.” Israeli President Isaac Herzog addressed those in the Jewish community on these campuses and around the world that feel victimized by the demonstrations. “In the face of violence, …
Read More »Matt Gaetz blasts House antisemitism legislation as 'ridiculous hate speech bill'
Rep.Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., railed against the House’s antisemitism legislation on Wednesday, blasting it as a “ridiculous hate speech bill” before the legislation was ultimately passed. The Antisemitism Awareness Act aims to crack down on antisemitism on college campuses and would expand the legal definition of antisemitism used to enforce anti-discrimination laws. The bill comes at a time when anti-Israel protests …
Read More »Guns confiscated from anti-Israel protesters at UT Austin, University of South Florida
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 …
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