The Trump administration's multi-agency plan to “harvest” anti-Semitism across U.S. university campuses has received praise from students and professors as fear persists among the Jewish community.
“In schools like Berkeley, Portland, California, and Harvard University, Jewish students are locked out of libraries and are harassed by other students,” said high school junior Gregory Leahoff, “Fox & Friends First.” He spoke on Wednesday. “That's not the way I want my college experience. It's definitely not how it should be.”
Trump supporter Leahoff terrified campus during his former presidential term, accusing the Biden administration of taking “no lawsuit” to deal with anti-Semitism and Hamas sympathizers.
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Columbia University professor ran Kibetz (left), high school student Gregory Leahoff (center), and University of Pennsylvania student Noah Rubin (right). (Fox News)
University of Pennsylvania student Noah Rubin said he was witnessing “real violence” similar to what Lyahoff described.
“Jewish students are being threatened. They are being physically harassed. There are people who have broken the law. And we are holding them accountable in the way we should be. Not,” he told the “American Newsroom.”
“So I think this executive order says that we don't intend to tolerate this anymore, and that's a very wonderful first step.”
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President Donald Trump I signed an executive order Last week, on “additional measures to combat anti-Semitism.” The directive will give all federal agencies a 60-day window, identifying civil and criminal authorities available to combat anti-Semitism, and sending anti-Semitic activists who have broken the law.
Monday, the Ministry of Justice Press release issued Following the order, we announce the formation of a multi-agency task force to combat anti-Semitism.
Ran Kivetz, a professor at Columbia Business School, called the probe “a must” while heavily focused on Wednesday's announcement.
“It's a great step. Things have gotten better on the ground, so the types of riots that have happened consistently at Columbia University, those kinds of riots and violence, and [the] The building's acquisition has descended under the ground…
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“…This task force is multi-time, it's the Department of Justice, the Department of Education, other agencies. It's a great start and a big move,” he said.
Trump's education department investigates five universities for suspected anti-Semitism – Columbia University, Northwestern University, Portland State University, Berkeley, California, and the University of Minnesota Twin Cities.
“Too many universities have paralyzed their campus life last year and accept the harassment of a widespread anti -Jewish who driven the Jewish life and religious expressions underground. Biden administration's teeth. The resolution agreements without which were rarely held accountable to those institutions,” the civil rights secretary of the education sector said in a statement.
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