As anti-Israel protests on Columbia University’s campus devolved into anti-Jewish hate, President Biden’s Department of Education spoke out Tuesday after days of silence.
Since last week, protesters on the New York City campus have spent days protesting Israel’s war with Hamas terrorists, forcing authorities to arrest more than 100 of the agitators. Incidents included a young woman holding a sign with an arrow pointing to Jewish students that read 'Al-Qasam’s Next Targets,' and anti-Israel agitators shouting 'We are Hamas' and 'We don’t want no Zionists here.
made several arrests of anti-Israel agitators at New York University, where some protesters could be heard chanting, 'from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free' – a slogan that many regard as a call to genocide. Others were seen stepping on Israel's flag. President Biden said he would 'implement the first-ever National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism, putting the full force of the federal government behind protecting the Jewish community.
At Yale University, 60 people were arrested for refusing to voluntarily leave a portion of the Connecticut campus, the school president said Monday evening. Last year, the Department of Education opened investigations into at least six colleges and K-12 schools for antisemitism or Islamophobia. The list of schools included three Ivy League colleges – the University of Pennsylvania, Cornell University and Columbia.
The amount LU is ordered to pay is the largest fine ever imposed for violating the Clery Act. Liberty officials claimed the agency 'used a completely different standard' when investigating the school’s compliance with federal college campus safety standards. One official told Fox News Digital the review was 'unprecedented' and it lacked a basis for 'imposing such excessive fines given the Department’s long-standing precedent.
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