Steve Hilton, Golden Together founder and Fox News contributor, blasted the University of California, Irvine, for “caving to the mob” after anti-Israel agitators created chaos and stormed buildings on campus. Hilton told Fox News Digital the school failed to protect the rights of the hardworking majority of students. “Our focus has been to call on the leadership of the university, …
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University of California, Irvine chancellor responds after police take back campus from anti-Israel agitators
The chancellor of the University of California, Irvine said he is “brokenhearted” in an overnight statement on Thursday after the campus erupted into chaos during an anti-Israel protest hours earlier. On Wednesday, hundreds of anti-Israel agitators swarmed campus buildings and set up barricades, forcing school administrators to call law enforcement agencies to restore order. Several dozen people are believed to …
Read More »Columbia president 'sorry' for canceled commencement amid anti-Israel protests, now faces 'hard questions'
Columbia University President Minouche Shafik apologized to students on Wednesday after the university canceled the main university commencement in favor of smaller events over security concerns stemming from anti-Israel protests that overtook the campus in recent weeks. Shafik wrote that she was “deeply sorry” to those graduating from the Ivy League institution in an op-ed published in the Columbia Daily …
Read More »Justice Alito warns college students that ‘support for freedom of speech is declining’
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is warning students that “support for freedom of speech is declining” — especially on American college campuses. Alito made the remark over the weekend during a commencement speech at the Franciscan University of Steubenville in Ohio. Anti-Israel protests have been rocking college campuses nationwide. “Right now in the world outside this beautiful campus, troubled waters …
Read More »Comedian Jon Lovitz goes off on anti-Israel agitators, 'Queers for Palestine' protest: 'Most insane thing'
Legendary actor and comedian Jon Lovitz slammed a group of anti-Israel agitators from the “Queers for Palestine” group for their “insane” demonstrations after they were arrested for blocking traffic on a Florida freeway close to Walt Disney World over the weekend. Lovitz reacted to the pro-Palestinian protests blocking traffic on Interstate 4 on Saturday during “Jesse Watters Primetime,” noting the …
Read More »'An actual revolution': Communist Party organizer reveals true mission at UCLA anti-Israel rally
FIRST ON FOX: A watchdog organization with a focus on higher education released video this week showing an operative from an outside communist group taking part in an anti-Israel protest on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles. “I’m a revolutionary organizer,” a woman named “Annie” tells an undercover journalist with Accuracy in Media in a video released …
Read More »New School anti-Israel protesters, faculty occupy campus building in NYC: report
Anti-Israel protesters and faculty atThe New School in New York reportedly are occupying one of the institution’s buildings in an attempt to get its board of trustees to vote on divesting from companies supporting the Jewish State. The occupation of the Welcome Center in Manhattan comes as two anti-Israel encampments have been ongoing at The New School – one led …
Read More »NYU students walk out of commencement, demand university divest from Israel
A group of New York University student protesters walked out of their commencement on Wednesday and demanded that university leaders divest from Israel. As NYU held its commencement at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, a small group of students in their graduation gowns chanted, “We will free Palestine.” Some protesters had their hands painted red, while others held the Palestinian …
Read More »Chinese Communist Party-linked network behind 'well-funded' anti-Israel campus protests, group says
A new report from the Network Contagion Research Institute (NCRI) shows a political activist group linked to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has played a crucial role in funding and organizing anti-Israel protests that have disrupted college campuses across the U.S. in recent weeks. The report, published last week, highlights the activities of “seemingly grassroots activist movements,” like Shut It …
Read More »Harvard strikes deal with anti-Israel protesters to end encampment before commencement
Harvard University agreed to some concessions for anti-Israel agitators in return for them dismantling the protest encampment ahead of the upcoming commencement ceremony, both sides announced Tuesday. Harvard Interim President Alan Garber released a message on Tuesday morning announcing that “the protesters agreed to end the encampment in Harvard Yard.” “Now that the area is being cleared and in line …
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