As anti-Israel agitators continue to take over college campuses across the nation, a professor at Cornell University told Fox News Digital that what is happening — at Cornell University in particular — is no surprise and something he says has been building for a long time now. “This is not a peace movement. This is not ‘let everybody live,’ you …
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Anti-Israel activists constructed encampments on College Green on the University of Pennsylvania’s campus on Thursday. The Ivy League institution released a statement explaining that a “group of individuals led a series of protests that began at Temple University and traveled to Philadelphia City Hall and to Drexel University. At approximately 4:00 p.m., these protestors arrived on Locust Walk, joining with …
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Days after drawing a red line for anti-Israel students who pitched tents in the heart of campus, Columbia University says talks to dismantle an anti-Israel encampment remain ongoing. Columbia University President Nemat “Minouche” Shafik said no deal had been reached between school officials and protesting students. She also lamented that non-protesting students were forced to leave campus amid safety concerns. …
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A Jewish student at Columbia University in New York City filed a class action lawsuit against the learning institution on Monday, alleging the university failed to provide a safe environment for its students. Along with filing the lawsuit, the student is also seeking an emergency injunction, requiring the university to enforce its Statement of Ethical Conduct and Administrative Code of …
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White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre dodged several questions during a press briefing on Monday, regarding the responses of many universities in the U.S. as anti-Israel protests, which sometimes turn violent, continue to flare up. Colleges from coast to coast, including many Ivy League schools like Columbia, Yale, Harvard and Penn, have seen dayslong protests on campuses, with students demanding …
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Colleges across the U.S. are reporting that some of the anti-Israel protesters participating in and getting arrested at demonstrations are not part of the school community and instead are outsiders. Emory University in Atlanta released a statement Thursday that 28 people were arrested during a demonstration at the Emory quad, 20 of whom were members of the school community. In …
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“Real Time” host Bill Maher closed his show Friday night by taking aim at the “privilege-y” anti-Israel protesters who recently blocked traffic in cities across the country. He insisted that this is what happens when “activism merges with narcissism.” “Someone needs to tell the people who block traffic in the name of a cause, no one likes you. And you’re …
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An anti-Israel student protest group at the University of Washington in Seattle revealed online that it would delay a planned protest for not being diverse enough, per a recent report. “The encampment was scheduled for Thursday morning at the University of Washington (UW) in Seattle,” 770KTTH reported in a story flagged by radio host Jason Rantz. “UW administration privately told …
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The White House criticized a Columbia University student’s remarks about “murdering Zionists,” with the student later being banned from the university campus. Columbia junior Khymani James expressed “regret” early Friday after a video of him previously suggesting people should be “grateful” he wasn’t “murdering Zionists” went viral online. Without explicitly mentioning what they were, James made the inflammatory comments that …
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A Pro-Palestinian student group at the University of Texas at Austin shared on Friday that it was placed on interim suspension following the arrest of several students earlier this week. The Palestine Solidarity Committee (PSC) shared on their Instagram Friday that the university had suspended the organization, alleging the school “has repeatedly changed protest policies and been deliberately vague about …
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