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2024-12-02 Fifth Column
The Hamas-university nexus, doing Iran’s work for the vicious joy of it: 11/24-11/30
The following are from Legal Insurrection:
Openly Pro-Hamas Students Take Over Administrative Building at Sarah Lawrence College
[LegalInsurrection] Students and faculty are handing out fliers with Sinwar’s face, describing how successful Oct. 7th was.

Georgetown Student Claims School of Foreign Service ‘Coddles’ Violent Anti-Semites

Pro-Israel Group Compiles List of Foreign Pro-Hamas College Students, Hoping Trump Will Deport Them
“has about 30 names of students from nations such as Jordan, Syria, Egypt, Canada, and the United Kingdom currently enrolled in some of the nation’s top universities”

Zionist org preps list of foreign pro-Hamas students, hoping Trump will deport them

A Zionist organization is compiling names of foreign students on visas in the US who spewed anti-Israel bile at campus protests — and is hoping President-elect Trump will give the haters a one-way ticket back home.

So far, the group, Betar, has about 30 names of students from nations such as Jordan, Syria, Egypt, Canada, and the United Kingdom currently enrolled in some of the nation’s top universities, including Columbia, UPenn, Michigan, Syracuse, UCLA, The New School for Social Research, Carnegie Mellon, and George Washington University.

“We have started commencing lists of Jew-hating foreign nationals on visas who support Hamas,” said Ross Glick, director of the US chapter of Betar.

Betar has IDed the haters using a combination of facial recognition software and “relationship database technology” to weed out people who were busted at antisemitic campus protests over the last year.

“One of our issues is processing power, there is just so much video to work through,” Glick said.

Betar is already in contact with “prospective” Trump administration appointees in the Justice Department about how best to take action on those identified, Glick said.

Among those on the list is Momodou Taal, a British national and PhD candidate in Africana studies at Cornell University, who was suspended twice for participating in a pair of on-campus Palestinian protests, most recently in September. University officials initially told Taal that the latest incident would lead to his F-1 visa being revoked, Newsweek reported. The Ivy later backed down.

Rutgers Faculty Set to Vote on BDS Measure
The faculty of Rutgers University is set to vote in early December on a BDS (boycott, divestment and sanctions) referendum that aims to have the school pull out of its collaborations with Tel Aviv University, stop investing in companies that do business with Israel and in Israel Bonds.

Spearheading the vote is the American Association of University Professors-American Federation of Teachers (AAUP-AFT), the union that represents more than 5,000 employees at Rutgers. The union is led by Todd Wolfson, a Rutgers professor in the media department, who also serves as the president of the national AAUP.

The national AAJP in August reversed a longstanding policy that opposed academic boycotts, saying that such boycotts “can be considered legitimate tactical responses to conditions that are fundamentally incompatible with the mission of higher education.”

In its BDS resolution, the union claims that there is “scholasticide in occupied Palestine” and that Israeli universities “play a key role in supporting Israel’s system of apartheid rule.”

Two from the Daily Caller:
University Leaders Secretly Promised ‘Amazing Wins’ For Anti-Israel Protesters As They Stormed Campuses
University leaders secretly negotiated with anti-Israel protesters and hoped to give them “amazing wins” despite publicly condemning them, a report released Thursday found.

Uncovered emails reveal multiple university administrators at Columbia University and Northwestern University engaged in negotiation efforts with protesters while demonstrations continued to rage on campus, according to the report from the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. Northwestern President Michael Schill appointed two “radical anti-Israel” professors, Jessica Winegar and Nour Kteily, to oversee negotiations with protesters, the report found. Messages obtained by the committee expose that Kteily applauded Rutgers University and the University of Minnesota for following in Northwestern’s footsteps and conceding to protesters’ demands.

Columbia’s leaders meanwhile drafted a “menu” of options to concede to each of the protesters demands, including providing amnesty to many of the students involved in the encampment that overtook the campus for weeks, formally reviewing divestment demands from protesters, funding scholarships for students in Gaza and the West Bank, and creating a $10 million “resilience fund” for Gaza. Administrators also approved of a program in collaboration with a Palestinian university in which “Hamas is active on campus.”

America’s Largest And Most Expensive DEI Program - University of Michigan - Is About To Go Up In Flames
The University of Michigan’s (UM) multi-million dollar diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) program - $250 million since 2016 - may soon be dismantled. The university’s board of regents has reportedly asked UM president Santa Ono “to defund or restructure” the DEI office amid growing criticism and public pressure, according to emails shared on X. The board is expected to vote on the matter on Dec. 5.

The major catalyst of this change, Sailer explained, was the series of fiery protests that ravaged college campuses across the country after Hamas’ deadly Oct. 7, 2023 attack on Israel, which were “absolutely a big part of the story.”

A bunch from Campus Reform:
University of Rochester anti-Israel groups blast university's handling of anti-Semitic posters, say it's an example of 'Anti-Palestinian racism'
Four students involved in an incident where anti-Semitic “wanted” posters were put up around the University of Rochester campus have been arrested.
Multiple student-led pro-Palestinian groups took to Instagram following the arrests and response from the University to claim that they are being treated unfairly.
Students for Justice in Palestine at the University of Rochester and the Rochester Democratic Socialists of America were among the groups that made the post.

Some Jewish patients reportedly hide identities as UCSF faces accusations of bias and activism
Faculty at UCSF’s medical center have raised concerns about anti-Semitism, claiming it has created an environment where Jewish patients hide their identities.
They also criticize mandatory training sessions for promoting ideological activism and undermining professionalism.
Recently, Rupa Marya, a professor at UCSF, was suspended for statements she had made about an Israeli student who was taking one of her classes.

Anti-Israel group at Columbia calls for removal of Jewish organization Hillel
Columbia University’s “Palestine Working Group” (PWG) recently called for the elimination of the Hillel Jewish student organization, accusing it of supporting Israel’s “imperialist” agenda.
Critics, including the Anti-Defamation League and Jewish advocacy groups, condemned the statement as antisemitic and reflective of a broader trend of hostility toward Jewish campus organizations.

NYU activists protest 'pro-apartheid wall,' call for 'student intifada'
A group of nearly 4 dozen anti-Israel student activists recently protested against a 'pro-apartheid wall' outside of New York University's Gould Plaza.
Students were also said to protest the increased police presence as a result of the wall, as well as promote other pro-Palestine political causes.
The NYU activists were said to have left the demonstration to join other local, anti-Israel student activists at Columbus Circle in response to the National Students for Justice in Palestine’s “International Day of Action.”

Chapter of Faculty for Justice in Palestine, org accused of ‘influencing student-led antisemitic activism,’ formed at George Washington University
The professors said they ‘stand in solidarity with the students and grieve the continued atrocities against the people of Palestine.’
A study by a group opposed to anti-Semitism recently found that ‘the presence of FJP chapters correlates strongly with the rise of violent antisemitic behavior on campuses.’
The formation of the group was mentioned by professors Peter Calloway, helen [sic] DeVinney, Amr Madkour, Sara Matthiesen, and Dara Orenstein in an Oct. 28 op-ed published in The GW Hatchet.
FJP chapters have been spreading across American higher education, including to schools like the Universities of Pennsylvania, Princeton, and Harvard. FJP members routinely participate in anti-Israel protests similar to those engaged in by activist student groups.

Reps. Virginia Foxx, Josh Gottheimer introduce bill to cut off taxpayer funds from schools that boycott Israel
The “Protect Economic Freedom Act” would crack down on ‘nonexpressive commercial boycotts of Israel.’
‘Enough is enough. Appeasing the antisemitic mobs on college campuses threatens the safety of Jewish students and faculty and it undermines the relationship between the U.S. and one of our strongest allies,’ Foxx said.

Florida professors complain about threats to 'academic freedom' over course reviews of anti-Semitism
Some Florida public university professors have expressed reservations about being asked to review course materials for anti-Semitism.
In August, State University System of Florida Chancellor Ray Rodrigues tasked the system's university presidents with examining courses for 'antisemitism or anti-Israeli bias.'

CUNY announces free speech task force after controversy over anti-Israel protests
The City University of New York (CUNY) announced plans to create a free speech task force in response to tensions surrounding anti-Israel protests on its campuses.
Chancellor Félix Matos Rodríguez emphasized balancing free speech with campus safety and zero tolerance for hate.

University of Michigan appoints Title VI coordinator amid campus anti-Israel protests
The University of Michigan hired Anlyn Addis as its new Title VI coordinator to address discrimination and harassment issues on campus, following anti-Israel protests.
This role aligns with a U.S. Department of Education agreement aimed at ensuring compliance with federal anti-discrimination laws.
Campus Reform recently reported about two Jewish students at UMich being attacked, prompting a police investigation and an official condemnation from the university administration.

Mizzou president doubles down on barring SJP from homecoming parade, rejects latest demand letter
University of Missouri President Mun Choi has reaffirmed his decision to deny Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) from participating in the school's homecoming parade out of safety concerns.
On Friday, the Mizzou SJP chapter took to Instagram to share that President Choi had stood by his decision and rejected the groups latest list of 'demands.'
According to the SJP chapter, Choi’s response came after the group teamed up with other organizations to send him a letter concerning the school’s “pattern of mistreatment and exclusion.”

”After months of silence and discriminatory actions, the administration not only barred MSJP from participating in this year’s Homecoming parade but also publicly labeled us as a threat to public safety,” the letter read. “This dangerous lie has placed Palestinian and pro-Palestinian students at greater risk of harm and and has fueled slander from Zionist groups both on and off campus.”

Signatories of the letter also included Mizzou’s Young Democratic Socialists of America, the Legion of Black Collegians, the Muslim Student Organization, and Progressive Jews of Mizzou.
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