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Chaos Erupts at Brooklyn College Anti-Israel Protest Amid Growing National Tensions

By: Fern Sidman A pro-Hamas demonstration at Brooklyn College descended into chaos on Thursday evening, culminating in multiple arrests and physical altercations between demonstrators and police officers—including one incident in which an NYPD officer deployed a Taser to subdue a protester. As The New York Times reported, the disturbance reflects the heightened tension on college […]

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May 9, 2025
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Columbia Declined To Investigate Swastikas Scrawled Throughout Hamilton Hall Because They Were ‘Written in Chalk and Could Be Erased’: Complaint

Collin Anderson In December 2023, months before Columbia University student activists took over Hamilton Hall, a group of them “ran riot” through the campus building and “scrawled obscene graffiti, including swastikas,” a school janitor alleged in a federal discrimination complaint. Columbia did not investigate the ordeal because the swastikas were considered “free speech” and were […]

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March 18, 2025
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TJV Editorial: Columbia’s Reckoning Is Long Overdue — And a National Turning Point for Combating Campus Anti-Semitism

By Fern Sidman It should never have come to this — broken glass, violent takeovers of campus buildings, intimidation cloaked in slogans, and overt anti-Semitism parading as “progressive” resistance. But at long last, Columbia University has been forced to reckon with the rot that has festered on its campus for far too long. The recent […]

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March 17, 2025
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Manhattan Erupts as Hundreds Rally for Detained Columbia Protester at Heart of Anti-Israel Firestorm

Manhattan Erupts as Hundreds Rally for Detained Columbia Protester at Heart of Anti-Israel Firestorm By: Fern Sidman A wave of tension gripped Midtown Manhattan on Saturday as more than 700 anti-Israel demonstrators marched from Times Square to Columbus Circle in a charged rally supporting Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil — a controversial figure at […]

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March 16, 2025
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Columbia Encampment Leader Known for Owning ‘Emotional Support Rabbit’ Among Students Expelled for Storming Hamilton Hall

Jessica Costescu(Free Beacon) Aidan Parisi, the son of a longtime State Department official who emerged last spring as a Columbia University encampment leader and is best known for owning an “emotional support rabbit,” was among the students Columbia expelled for storming Hamilton Hall, he announced Thursday night. Parisi, a graduate student in Columbia’s School of […]

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March 16, 2025
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Hawley: Colleges Are Discriminating Against Jewish Students with Our Money

By Jeff Poor(Breitbart) During an appearance on Fox News Channel’s “The Ingraham Angle,” Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) condemned a string of anti-Jewish protests on college campuses that have taken place in recent years, particularly under the Biden administration. Watch the latest video at foxnews.com The Missouri Republican noted how Columbia University had moved to end […]

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March 15, 2025
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Homan on Mahmoud Khalil: ‘It’s a Privilege to Be Here and You Can’t Sympathize with Terrorists While Being on a Visa’

(Breitbart) Friday on FNC’s “Jesse Watters Primetime,” Trump border czar Tom Homan discussed the campus protests at Columbia University and law enforcement action centered on Mahmoud Khalil, a pro-Hamas activist and protest organizer in the United States on a student visa. Watch the latest video at foxnews.com “They may have gotten away with that in […]

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March 15, 2025
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ICE arrests Columbia pro-Hamas student, another self-deports

(JNS) Federal agents arrested a Columbia University student from Judea and Samaria, who the government said was previously arrested for taking part in “pro-Hamas protests” at the university, for overstaying her visa. Another Columbia student, an Indian national accused of “advocating for violence and terrorism,” self-deported, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said on Friday. […]

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March 15, 2025
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Columbia Professors Cancel Classes in Solidarity With Pro-Hamas Activist in ICE Custody

Jessica Costescu and Jessica Schwalb Some Columbia University professors canceled in-person classes on Monday in support of Mahmoud Khalil, the student activist and foreign national whom the Trump administration moved to deport over his pro-Hamas campus organizing. The cancellations—which came amid a pressure campaign from the school’s Students for Justice in Palestine chapter—put the professors […]

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March 11, 2025
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Columbia U Admits ‘Legitimate Concerns’ as Trump Admin Strips $400M in Funding Over Anti-Semitism

Columbia U Admits ‘Legitimate Concerns’ as Trump Admin Strips $400M in Funding Over Anti-Semitism Edited by: Fern Sidman Columbia University is facing a financial and reputational crisis after the federal government slashed $400 million in grants and contracts, citing the Ivy League institution’s failure to combat rampant anti-Semitism on its campus. The move, announced by […]

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March 9, 2025
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