The leader of an anti-Israel activist group on Wednesday called to expel supporters of the Jewish state from the city, while criticizing the New York Police Department’s efforts to track down a man who threatened and tried to identify “Zionists” on a subway car. “We don’t want zionists in Palestine, NYC, our schools, on the
Are there no adults in the Columbia administration? That’s a rhetorical question that answered itself last week when the dean of Columbia College, Josef Sorett, put out a statement on Friday addressing a series of disparaging text messages he and several other top university administrators exchanged during a panel last month about Jewish life on
The Muslim Association of Puget Sound hosted speakers who praised Palestinian ‘martyrs,’ referred to Jews as ‘filth’ Sen. Patty Murray (Getty Images) Democrats’ top Senate appropriator is seeking millions of dollars in taxpayer funds for an Islamic organization in Washington state that has preached anti-Semitism, cheered Hamas’s “victory” over Israel, and hosted Palestinian activists who
Maha Hussaini posted anti-Semitic cartoons and defended Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack L: Maha Hussaini R: IWMF logo (Twitter) A group of prominent female broadcast journalists rescinded its “courage in journalism” award on Wednesday to Gaza-based freelance writer Maha Hussaini, following the Washington Free Beacon’s reporting on Hussaini’s support for Hamas and anti-Semitic statements. The International
Jewish students transferring from Columbia, Northwestern, Occidental College Anti-Israel protesters at Columbia (Spencer Platt/Getty Images) After months of surging anti-Semitism at elite universities, some of these schools are facing a disturbing trend for next fall: an exodus of Jewish students from campus. Jewish undergrads are reportedly leaving schools with significant anti-Semitism problems, such as Columbia
Progressive “Squad” member Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.) said Wednesday that support in Congress for Israel in its war against Hamas does not come from “actual agreement” but from “fear” of the pro-Israel lobbying group AIPAC. “An unspoken secret in Congress is that much of the reflexive, blind, unconditional vote support for nearly any Israeli gov
‘[Biden’s] administration is engaged in bureaucratic sleight-of-hand to withhold this crucial aid to Israel,’ Cotton says President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu The Biden administration stopped fast tracking weapons to Israel in early January after a pressure campaign from Democratic lawmakers who oppose American support for Israel’s war to eradicate Hamas, a GOP