House Speaker Johnson calls on Columbia University President Minouche Shafik to resign
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson Columbia University President Minoush Shafik is calling for her resignation, calling her “very weak” and “incompetent” over her handling of anti-Israel protests on campus. Johnson said during the press conference. Hugh Hewitt radio interview He will hold a press conference later today at Columbia University “along with several of […]
Columbia extends negotiations to clear pro-Palestinian encampment
Columbia University announced Wednesday that it has extended negotiations with pro-Palestinian demonstrators to clear their encampment on the school’s lawn before further action is taken against them. . The original deadline for protesters to leave was midnight Tuesday, otherwise police could have intervened to clear the camp. However, the university announced it was extending the […]
Palestinian radical at Columbia: ‘Nothing wrong with Hamas’
Weeks before pro-Palestinian protests erupted on campus, radical anti-Israel activists told Columbia University students there was “no problem with being Hamas fighters.” Charlotte Cates, international coordinator of Samidoun: Palestine POW Solidarity Network, said during a fierce two-hour attack on some of the most core anti-Israel activists at Columbia University and its sister school, Barnard College. […]
Blaze News original: Jewish student wearing yarmulke at Columbia faces down anti-Semitism — and rises above it
When Passover began at Columbia University on Monday night, Jewish student Parker de Dekel, like many others, had already left the New York City campus for his own safety. Ta. De Dekel, an Ivy League freshman from Wisconsin, chose Columbia University primarily because of the opportunity to live and study among a far larger number […]
Anti-Israel campus protests are spreading: California, Texas brace after activists overrun Columbia, Yale
Since anti-Israel protests were formed at Columbia University, the University of California, Berkeley, and Yale University, more activist groups have been inspired to lead their own resistance movements, and schools in California, Texas, and Maryland have become potential Fox News has learned that the United States is being forced to prepare for unrest. Activist groups […]
Elise Stefanik demands federal funds for Columbia University be revoked
House Republican Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) on Tuesday accused Columbia University leadership of civil rights violations over its handling of destructive anti-Israel protests on campus. did. In a letter to Biden administration officials, Stefanik called for federal funding to be stripped from Ivy League schools, citing alleged violations of civil rights laws. “The ongoing […]
Columbia sets deadline for agreement with protesters, threatens ‘alternative options’ for clearing protesters
Columbia University in New York has set a deadline for administrators and anti-Israel protesters to reach an agreement to end encampments on campus, as police remain on campus. University President Minoush Shafiq initially set a midnight deadline for an agreement with student organizers that included clearing the camp, dispersing it, and following university policies going […]
Columbia President Minouche Shafik sets deadline for anti-Israel protesters to reach agreement to dismantle encampment
Embattled Columbia University President Minoush Shafiq told anti-Israel student demonstrators on Tuesday that they had until midnight to reach an agreement on a plan to clear the camp or the university would issue an “alternative” plan to clear the tent city. He warned that the proposal would be considered. Shafiq said the protesters are in […]
Mike Johnson to visit Columbia on Wednesday amid ‘troubling rise of antisemitism’ at colleges
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) will visit Columbia University on Wednesday as pro-Palestinian protests continue at the college and on campuses across the country. Columbia is experiencing the most visible in a wave of student protests taking hold over several major universities, most of which are focused on support for the Palestinian cause and condemnation […]
Israeli consulate in New York ‘deeply troubled’ by ‘rise in anti-Semitic incidents’ at Columbia, NYU
The Israeli Consulate General in New York City told Fox News Digital on Tuesday that it is “deeply troubled” by the “recent increase in anti-Semitic incidents” at schools such as Columbia University and New York University. “Such behavior violates the principles of free speech and has no place in academia,” the Israeli consulate in New […]