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The House Education Committee, which is investigating anti-Semitism on college campuses, is scheduled to hear testimony from the presidents of Northwestern University and Rutgers University on May 23, with the committee chair saying he enabled anti-Israel demonstrators. It cited “behavior that raises serious concerns.”
The House Education and Labor Committee said Northwestern University President Michael Schill, Rutgers President Jonathan Holloway, and University of California, Los Angeles President Gene Block would discuss “stopping anti-Semitic campus disruptions” during the hearing. Announced.
Block was previously invited as a panel witness along with Yale University President Peter Salovey and University of Michigan President Santa Ono.
“In recent days, the presidents of Northwestern University and Rutgers University have issued shocking responses to illegal anti-Semitic encampments on their campuses,” committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) said in a statement. “We made concessions,” he said. “They capitulated to anti-Semitic radicals in a despicable and despicable manner.”
“Yale and the University of Michigan are far from unrelated,” she added. “President Salovey and President Ono will be required to appear before the committee for transcription of their interviews at a later date or risk depositions and subpoenas.”
A Northwestern University spokesperson told the Post in a statement that the school's “first responsibility is to ensure the safety of our students.”
“We are confident in the actions we have taken to address anti-Semitism on campus, and Chancellor Schill looks forward to discussing them with the House Education and Labor Committee.” the person in charge said.
A university north of Chicago last week bowed to demands from anti-Israel protesters who built a tent city on campus. The university is one of dozens across the country calling on schools to divest from Israel.
Mr. Sill confirmed that Northwestern University will now award full scholarships to five Palestinian students a year and give faculty positions to Palestinian scholars.
Protesters have been seen wearing the following clothing: Hamas terrorist image — and held up a sign saying the president is Jewish. Represented by devil horns and blood And he said: [love] Genocide. ”
On Friday, three Northwestern students filed a lawsuit alleging the school failed to protect Jewish students, National Review reported.
An Orthodox Jewish music professor at Rutgers University also accused Holloway and President Francine Conway in a letter Saturday of allowing anti-Semitism to flourish “from the classroom…all the way to the university's highest leadership.” He said he was retiring because of the situation.
“Throughout this year, I found it difficult to breathe. I lost my taste for my job. The joy I used to feel in working at Rutgers University disappeared,” said Yeshiva University Dean. wrote Rebecca Cypes, who accepted the position.
As protesters were observed shouting “Hitler would have loved you” at Jewish students and calling for an intifada, she told administrators, “What I'm doing is anti-Semitic. All you have to do is stand up for your principles.”
Jewish freshman Rybka Schaefer's face was also featured on a poster urging students to vote “yes” on the school's divestment from Israel, but Schaefer said in an exclusive interview with the Post that He called it an act of “unabated anti-Semitism.”
California Highway Patrol troopers raided an anti-Israel tent encampment at UCLA last Thursday, firing smoke bombs and rubber balls as they clashed with protesters.
At least 132 of them were arrested.
A Morning Consult poll last week found that 76% of Americans support law enforcement crackdowns on encampments, and nearly half want to completely ban “pro-Palestinian demonstrations” on campuses. It became clear.
Hamas has backed the protests, saying they can “refute the Zionist cause” more than six months after terrorists invaded Israel and killed 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and 33 Americans. ing.
The House Education Committee previously questioned Columbia University President Minoush Shafik, who shrank when asked about anti-Semitic slogans used by protesters and accused faculty members who support Hamas He acknowledged that he had shown a lenient attitude toward
The testimony led to a House-wide crackdown on anti-Semitism in higher education, spearheaded by Speaker Mike Johnson.
Johnson (R-Louisiana) said in an interview with The Post over the weekend that the Republican Party will not stand by and allow “evil” to continue.
“I think we need to take responsibility from top to bottom,” he said. “The idea that some of these professors were involved in this is outrageous, and I think they, as well as the students, need to be held accountable.”
Representatives for UCLA and Rutgers did not immediately respond to requests for comment.