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New York Post
5 days ago
- Politics
- New York Post
Princeton smiles on antisemites, big savings for New York and other commentary
Campus watch: Princeton Smiles on Antisemites Protesters at 'an event at Princeton featuring former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett' called Jewish students ' 'inbred swine,' among other slurs' as they disrupted the guest's address, but the school says no student will 'be disciplined for their premeditated disruption and blatant antisemitism,' laments Danielle Shapiro at Real Clear Politics. Princeton pretends it can't ID those 'who were shouting antisemitic slurs' since 'it was dark and they were wearing masks.' Bull. The message is clear: 'Wear a mask and you can abuse Jews on campus.' Advertisement 'Princeton's president constantly talks about Princeton's free speech rules, and yet when tested, the university will not enforce them.' Indeed, 'If Princeton won't take basic steps to protect its students,' then the 'Department of Education must.' Eye on Congress: Big Savings for New York 'Look alert, New Yorkers: Congress has a chance to cut the cost of living,' cheers The Wall Street Journal editorial board. Advertisement Rep. Nick Langworthy's House bill 'would reduce the cost of federally funded construction projects' in New York, which unlike the other 49 states places 'absolute liability on property owners and contractors for construction workers' gravity-related injuries.' 'High liability means expensive insurance,' so 'many construction companies refuse to work in New York.' The House bill would 'determine liability based on which parties are to blame for the accident' for 'any project that receives federal money or tax incentives, or 'is subject to Federal permitting requirements.' ' With the feds running the Penn Station revamp and the Gateway NY-NJ rail project, Langworthy savings of 'at least $2 billion in federal tax dollars over the next 10 years.' Advertisement Speech beat: Tyranny Rules Britannia 'Lucy Connolly is Britain's foremost political prisoner,' rails Dominic Green at The Free Press. The mother and nanny is 'serving a 31-month sentence for 'stirring up racial hatred' in a single tweet that she deleted less than four hours after posting.' Her 2024 post 'called for the mass deportation of foreign-born criminals' after Axel Rudakubana 'went on a stabbing rampage at a Taylor Swift-themed children's party' in England's north. Advertisement 'Plenty of more serious offenders escape prison terms.' Britain's government is simply 'intimidating the law-abiding majority into silence.' 'Lucy Connolly is in prison' purely 'to 'deter' other British people from venting their dissatisfaction about immigration and its discontents on social media outlets that, being American companies, the government cannot control.' Censorship desk: Rubio Takes on EU Bullies Secretary of State Marco Rubio last week 'shocked many of our allies by issuing a new visa restriction policy that bars foreign nationals deemed 'responsible for censorship of protected expression' in the U.S.,' hails Jonathan Turley at The Hill. Until now, 'Europe has faced no consequences for its aggressive efforts at transnational censorship,' particularly its 'draconian' Digital Services Law, which 'allows for sweeping censorship and speech prosecutions' — leading the EU 'to threaten' US corporations for refusing to censor Americans and others on social media. It's 'time for the U.S. to treat this as an attack on our citizens from abroad' and 'get serious about the European threat to free speech. And Rubio is doing just that — finally imposing real consequences for censorship.' Conservative: Greta's Narcissistic Gaza Mission Greta Thunberg heading to Gaza on a sailboat seems far more like 'Western narcissism . . . than an actual attempt to effect change,' snarks Ian Haworth at the Washington Examiner. 'What is a small boat of a dozen professional agitators going to achieve by trying, and inevitably failing, to reach an active war zone?' Advertisement Plus, 'Thunberg is actively supporting' Hamas, 'the brutal terrorist group that carried out the Oct. 7, 2023, attack.' She may not 'care about Hamas's Israeli victims,' but should about its 'Palestinian victims.' 'Thunberg is a participant, willing or unwilling, in the latest pseudo-religious cult that provides members with the same frenzied levels of purist adulation as the climate change cult.' — Compiled by The Post Editorial Board
Yahoo
24-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Columbia U threatens to arrest anti-Israel protesters, remove encampments as new demonstrations loom
Columbia University has warned anti-Israel protesting students that the college will tear down any encampments – and potentially arrest agitators – should they try and set up encampments on campus again this year. The stern warning comes after the university said it became aware of secretive plans to repeat last year's protest at the university, which culminated in students taking control of Hamilton Hall and clashing with police in riot gear. The ugly scenes saw more than 200 people arrested as students protested Israel's war in Gaza in response to the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks by Hamas that left more than 1,200 people dead. "We have been made aware of possible plans to establish encampments on Columbia's campuses," a public safety alert put out by the university reads. "We want to clearly communicate that camping and encampments on Columbia's campuses are prohibited by university policy." Columbia University Yields To Trump Admin Demands Over Revoked $400M In Federal Funding The university said authorities would immediately take steps to remove tents or other structures and tell demonstrators to disperse. "Individuals who refuse to disperse will be identified and sanctions, including potential removal from campus and possible arrest, may be applied." Read On The Fox News App Columbia said it values free expression and the right to protest, but such activities must be conducted in accordance with university rules and policies to ensure safety and allow academic and other campus activities to continue unimpeded. Pro-israel Influencer Says Bibas Memorial In Nyc 'Brought Out The Worst' In Antisemites Last year's on-campus protest started just over 12 months ago and university leaders aim to stamp out any recurrence of the chaos and disorder that unfolded. The Ivy League college was forced to cancel its main graduation ceremony, citing safety concerns amid ongoing protests and a wave of antisemitism gripping the grounds. Columbia University President Minouche Shafik stepped down after months of criticism of her handling of the protests, many of which devolved into clashes between anti-Israel demonstrators and police, and antisemitism on campus. The announcement by Columbia comes after NBC News reported that more than 100 people gathered in Brooklyn on Tuesday to discuss ways to re-ignite on-campus protests later this week. A form being dispersed by organizers and obtained by NBC tells participants to prepare for "prolonged jail time" and how emergency contacts can access their apartments or homes. Organizers cited, in part, the Trump administration's efforts to pull federal funds from the university as a reason for this year's protest as well as what they said was the "abduction of our comrade Mahmoud Khalil." Khalil, a Palestinian green card holder, has been arrested by federal immigration authorities who say he was one of last year's ringleaders and promoted Hamas. Columbia has come under intense scrutiny over the rise in antisemitism on campus with Trump canceling $400 million in grants to the university in March. That led to Columbia caving to certain demands in an attempt to restore funding. The move enraged organizers in Brooklyn. The Ivy League school agreed to ban masks for the purpose of concealing identity, empower 36 campus police officers with new powers to arrest students, and appoint a senior vice provost with broad authority to oversee the department of the Middle East, South Asian and African Studies, as well as the Center for Palestine Studies. Sources familiar with the negotiations told Fox News that meeting the demands doesn't mean that Columbia will get its $400 million in funding back, but that it's just a precondition to opening talks. The reforms were acknowledged positively by Education Secretary Linda McMahon, but the funds have not yet been reinstated. Fox News' Louis Casiano and Alexis McAdams contributed to this report Original article source: Columbia U threatens to arrest anti-Israel protesters, remove encampments as new demonstrations loom
Yahoo
25-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Teachers union sues Trump administration over $400M cuts to Columbia University
President Donald Trump's administration is facing a new lawsuit that argues that the administration's threat to withhold hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding from Columbia University is illegal. The American Federation of Teachers filed the lawsuit alongside the American Association of University Professors on Tuesday, arguing that the Trump administration is seeking to "consolidate power over higher education." "This action challenges the Trump administration's unlawful and unprecedented effort to overpower a university's academic autonomy and control the thought, association, scholarship, and expression of its faculty and students," the lawsuit reads. "The Trump administration is coercing Columbia University to do its bidding and regulate speech and expression on campus by holding hostage billions of dollars in congressionally authorized federal funding—funding that is responsible for positioning the American university system as a global leader in scientific, medical, and technological research and is crucial to ensuring it remains so," it continues. Video Shows Arrest Of Columbia Anti-israel Ringleader Mahmoud Khalil The lawsuit comes after Columbia's administrators agreed to enact sweeping changes to its policies regarding student protests and conduct a review of its Middle Eastern studies department. Read On The Fox News App The Trump administration threatened to withhold some $400 million if changes were not made. Pro-israel Influencer Says Bibas Memorial In Nyc 'Brought Out The Worst' In Antisemites The Ivy League school agreed to ban masks for the purpose of concealing identity, empower 36 campus police officers with new powers to arrest students and appoint a senior vice provost with broad authority to oversee the department of Middle East, South Asian and African Studies, as well as the Center for Palestine Studies. Sources familiar with the negotiations told Fox News that meeting the demands doesn't mean that Columbia will get their $400 million in funding back, but that it's just a precondition to opening talks. Tuesday's lawsuit, filed in the Southern District of New York, calls on the court to require the Trump administration to reinstate "all grants and contracts to Columbia University." It also urges the court to prohibit the Trump administration from making further funding cuts, as well as award damages to the plaintiffs. Fox News' Louis Casiano contributed to this article source: Teachers union sues Trump administration over $400M cuts to Columbia University
USA Today
24-02-2025
- Politics
- USA Today
Antisemitic protesters target Jewish neighborhoods. We won't be intimidated.
Sacha Roytman Opinion contributor Hear this story Antisemites are trying to make Jews go away by any means necessary. Violence, threats, intimidation, name-calling, dehumanization – it's all designed to make Jews afraid to live their identity publicly and proudly. Just as significantly, it's designed to make Jews socially toxic enough that others are scared to come to our defense. We saw this clearly Tuesday night in New York, where "anti-Israel" protesters chose to demonstrate not in front of the Israeli Consulate or the United Nations headquarters but in a heavily Jewish neighborhood in Brooklyn. Cancel culture and antisemitism have similarities Modern antisemitism looks a lot like cancel culture. Once you take that approach, you start seeing the similarities immediately. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. Antisemitism and cancel culture are both built on narratives, not facts, and are therefore impervious to contradictory information. Antisemites across the political spectrum see Jews, who make up just 2.4% of American adults, as having unearned, outsized influence. This makes them oppressors to left-wing social justice activists and an insidious cabal to right-wing conspiracy theorists. Opinion:As a mom, video of the Bibas boys broke me. Where is the left's outrage at Hamas? The fact that Israel in my view isn't committing anything close to a genocide in Gaza hasn't stopped progressives from making accusations about Israeli (Jewish) bloodlust. The existence of Jewish conservatives who support restrictive immigration policies haven't stopped neo-Nazis from chanting 'Jews will not replace us.' That's not to say antisemitic claims aren't worth refuting – they are, but that won't solve the problem. Antisemites dehumanize first and rationalize later. Antisemitism and cancel culture both target their victims everywhere they live and work. The Brooklyn Museum has been subjected to frequent protests – but vandals targeted the houses of its Jewish director and Jewish board members with antisemitic graffiti. The dean of the University of California Berkeley's Law School saw rampant antisemitism on campus, which quickly extended to his own home. Regardless of context, the message from cancel culture's self-appointed foot soldiers is clear: 'Watch out, Jews; we know where you live.' It's important to note that antisemitism and cancel culture both have a public component. Sure of their moral superiority, antisemitic cancel vultures proudly splash evidence of their activity across social media, often to acclaim. Criticize them or dispute their claims and you invite a wave of online backlash that usually includes violent threats. Public attacks require a public response. Our community needs to realize that our antisemitism crisis is also a communications problem. Opinion:Auschwitz was built on lies. They still haunt Israel and our world today. The best – and I believe only – path forward for the Jewish community is one that has repeatedly proved effective against cancel culture: Stand tall, be proud, don't apologize. Cancel culture depends on its victims being cowed by the mob. Both individually and collectively, Jews should reject the premises of antisemitism and refuse to capitulate. Sen. John Fetterman and former Sen. Ben Sasse speak up Public figures who have embraced this approach, including Pennsylvania Democratic Sen. John Fetterman and former Nebraska Republican Sen. Ben Sasse, have seen considerable success. After Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attack on Israel, the senator of Pennsylvania avoided the equivocations and 'both-sides' arguments that characterized many of his colleagues' responses. 'The United States has a moral obligation to be in lockstep with our ally as they confront this threat,' Fetterman wrote. 'I also fully support Israel neutralizing the terrorists responsible for this barbarism.' His support has not wavered, and his approval rating rose after that statement. As universities across the country failed to condemn antisemitism and keep their Jewish students safe amid antisemitic anti-Israel protests, then-University of Florida President Sasse was unequivocal: "A lot of the protesters say ridiculously, historically and geographically ignorant things.' Fetterman and Sasse – neither of whom is Jewish – made their values and commitments clear and unwavering, and they were rewarded for it. They weren't uncontroversial, but they were respected. And beyond the immediate impact of their words and actions, they helped create an environment that helped others support Jews without fear of reprisals. Regardless of how we respond, however, silence isn't an option. Turning the tide of antisemitism will require the Jewish community and our allies – individually and collectively, publicly and privately – to fight back. Sacha Roytman is CEO of the Combat Antisemitism Movement.
