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| America’s universities, still fighting against Jews and Israel: week of 5/4-5/10 | |
| 2025-05-11 | |
[TaxProfBlog] New York University School of Law barred 31 pro-Palestine law school students from campus facilities and demanded that they sign away their right to protest in exchange for being allowed to return. If the students — deemed “personae non grata,” or PNG — don’t renounce their right to protest on campus, they will be unable to sit for final exams. Trump administration revokes visas from 37 Johns Hopkins students for pro-Hamas activism [CampusReform] 37 international students who attend Johns Hopkins University have had their visas revoked amid the Trump administration’s removal of allegedly pro-Hamas protesters. 15 percent of Johns Hopkins first-years are international students, according to the university website. 37 is the first specific number that the university administration has disclosed to the press. Earlier this month, Johns Hopkins said that “approximately a dozen” student visas had been revoked, signalling a significant recent increase, as noted by The Baltimore Banner. As of publication, the administration has revoked over 1,800 visas for allegedly pro-Hamas activists, according to Inside Higher Ed. On March 27, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that the State Department had revoked more than 300 visas, tying the revocations to anti-Israel student protests. Trump administration informs Harvard of freeze on billions in grant funding [IsraelTimes] The US Department of Education has informed Harvard University that it’s freezing billions of dollars in research grants and other aid until the elite university concedes to a number of demands from the Trump administration, a senior department official says. Michigan prosecutors drop felony charges against anti-Israel campus protesters [IsraelTimes] State prosecutors dropped felony charges against seven people accused of trespassing and resisting police a year ago during the break-up of a pro-Palestinian camp at the University of Michigan. Attorney General Dana Nessel says she believes the cases are strong but suggests her office was worn down by criticism and other factors. She notes that a judge in Washtenaw County still hasn’t decided whether to send the cases to a trial court despite multiple hearings. The camp on the Diag, a traditional site for campus protests, was cleared by police in May 2024 after a month. The university said the camp had become a threat to safety, with overloaded power sources and open flames. Protesters had demanded that the school’s endowment stop investing in companies with ties to Israel. The university insisted it has no direct investments and less than $15 million placed with funds that might include companies in Israel. Courtesy of Skidmark: Anti-Israel protesters occupy University of Washington building, 30 arrested [FoxNews] A group of anti-Israel protesters occupied a building at the University of Washington (UW) in Seattle on Monday before police in riot gear intervened and arrested at least 30 of them, according to officials. The protesters occupied an engineering building on campus for hours and demanded that the school divest from Boeing, the large aerospace and defense manufacturer which has a long history with the university. Video from the scene shows several dumpsters on fire as police moved in to regain control of the building after the demonstrators had locked themselves inside. One protester outside could be heard shouting: "Abolish the police. Every cop dead is a victory for the resistance." Standard Black Bloc/anarchist stuff — in case anyone wondered who has been protesting. US reviews occupation of University of Washington building by pro-Palestinian protesters The US government says it will review an incident at the University of Washington in which pro-Palestinian protesters occupied a university building Dwhile demanding the school cut ties with Boeing BA.N over its contracts with the Israeli military.The Trump administration labeled the incident as antisemitic activity. While it praised the university and law enforcement officials for their response, it urged the school to take enforcement actions and make policy changes. Boeing gave the school a $10 million donation for an engineering building in 2022. “The Task Force’s review is in response to the eruption of antisemitic harassment and violence that occurred Monday, May 5 at UW’s campus in Seattle,” the US Education Department, Health Department and General Services Administration says in a statement. The protest group, called Super UW, said police had removed the students who occupied the building. It also said 30 people were taken into custody but some were released. The Trump administration has threatened universities with federal funding cuts over pro-Palestinian campus protests against Israel’s military assault on Gaza following Palestinian Hamas militants’ October 2023 attack in Israel. Trump administration condemns destructive pro-Palestinian protest at Seattle’s UW campus [IsraelTimes] US secretary of education decries ‘horrifying display of the antisemitic harassment and lawlessness’ as school says group that praised Oct. 7 atrocities caused $1 million in damages US says it is probing foreign donations at University of Pennsylvania [IsraelTimes] Education Department says university has 30 days to provide information on tax records dating back to 2017, details on agreements with foreign governments, and more, alleging the Ivy League school made inaccurate and untimely foreign financial disclosures in the past. US law requires universities to report donations from foreign sources exceeding $250,000 in a year. GOP lawmakers berate Haverford College chief for silence on antisemitism discipline [IsraelTimes] At congressional hearing, school president Wendy Raymond declines to detail punishments for students and faculty accused of anti-Jewish bias; some lawmakers threaten funding cuts. Also appearing before the House Committee on Education and the Workforce were Jeffrey Armstrong of California Polytechnic State University and Robert Manuel of DePaul University. It was the latest in a series of hearings scrutinizing university presidents over their responses to allegations of anti-Jewish bias in the wake of Palestinian terror group Hamas’s October 7, 2023, attacks on Israel and a wave of protests that swept the nation’s campuses against Israel’s military response to the assault.
Columbia suspends more than 65 students for library protest [IsraelTimes] Columbia University in New York has suspended more than 65 students for their role in an anti-Israel protest at a campus library on Wednesday, a Columbia official says. The students are on interim suspension pending further investigation. The official says 33 individuals, including some from affiliated institutions, have been barred from Columbia’s campus. | |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #8 Good thing they don't have freedom of speech in Canada. We sure do in America, though. Foreign countries don't get control what we can and can't say. God bless the United States of America! Fight, fight, fight! |
| Posted by: Jairong+Scourge+of+the+Gepids2435 2025-05-11 12:12 |
| #7 Supporting terrorism IS terrorism, treat them like terrorists. |
| Posted by: Silentbrick 2025-05-11 11:29 |
| #6 #4 ^ If a person here on a Student Visa is suspended or kicked out. Doesn't automatically VOID the Visa? |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2025-05-11 10:17 |
| #5 Useless Government [DoE opinion piece] |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2025-05-11 07:57 |
| #4 suspended for 1 year. Plus a Permanent re-Enrollment Ban Yank their visas and send them home, on their dime. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2025-05-11 06:44 |
| #3 Until, the racist anti-Semitism issues are officially addressed and those students doing so are suspended for 1 year. Plus a Permanent re-Enrollment Ban for those students and persons caught destroying college property or harming others. Gov/Commercial Recommendation: * Halting all taxpayer $$$$. * Not hiring any students from these colleges. * Outing and addressing those that continue to donate $$$$$ to these colleges that refuse to respect the rights of ALL STUDENTS. * Also, Domestic Terrorist criminal charges brought against Students, NON-students and funders of these radicals inciting these protests, class disruptions, and personal physical violence. Teaching staff included. Simply Put RACISM OF ANY Color, or Bloodline, is illegal and morally wrong. Those doing so, should NEVER be allowed the IVY Sheep Skin that opens doors to greater leadership/authority roles where they could do greater harm. eg. Biden/Obama/Clinton/etc.. hired LSD flunkies. |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2025-05-11 04:45 |
| #2 Columbia students describe ‘shocking’ library takeover after masked protesters chanted pro-Hamas slogans |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2025-05-11 04:38 |
| #1 College Palestinian Group Admits Their Job is to ‘Destroy the United States’ |
| Posted by: Grom the Affective 2025-05-11 01:12 |