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Antisemitic messaging has now forced one prestigious Ivy League school to get federal authorities involved.
"Threats of violence are absolutely intolerable, and we will work to ensure that the person or people who posted them are punished to the full extent of the law," Cornell President Martha E. Pollack said in a statement. "Our immediate focus is on keeping the community safe; we will continue to prioritize that."
“No one should be afraid to walk from their dorm or their dining hall to a classroom,” she said. “When speech crosses over into hate speech and into hate crimes, that’s when we have to make sure that students know that we’ll step up and protect them.”As war between Israel and Hamas continues to rage on in the Middle East, colleges and universities across the United States have been thrust into the chaos.
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