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College Presidents Tell Congress They’ve Done Nothing About Antisemitism

Pro-Israel faculty members have been more likely to be barred from campuses than pro-Hamas ones.

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The House held its latest batch of hearings on antisemitism to the frustration of the Democrats because the folks being dragged in front of the cameras, university presidents, shine a light on their party’s hate.

This time around, the focus was on the pro-Hamas encampments and university presidents dodged the issues (this time around they also avoided saying that they weren’t sure if calls to kill all the Jews were wrong) by refusing to discuss actions by faculty and students, and pledging only to have commissions on antisemitism.

Since these commissions will be selected by university leaders and made up of their political allies, but the outcome is already pre-determined.

The bottom line is that if the KKK had set up encampments on college campuses, they would have been booted not in days or weeks, but hours at the longest. Any students and faculty involved with them would have also been suspended and barred from campuses.

Instead, pro-Israel faculty members have been more likely to be barred from campuses than pro-Hamas ones.

University presidents admitted that virtually no students have been disciplined. They tried to put off members of Congress by promising that there was a process underway, The process involves giving terror supporters a pass while dragging things out for as long as possible.

Administrators claimed that they didn’t want to call the police because it would undermine “student safety”, while allowing harassment and attacks on Jewish students did not threaten anyone’s safety. Or anyone who mattered.

And Rep. Ilhan Omar jumped in to claim that the Hamas supporters were the real victims.

The media is covering the hearings in predictable fashion and while they are important, the really important question is whether they will lead to action. Civil rights laws are in place that prevent exactly this kind of behavior. They won’t be enforced at the local level where, for example, the majority of the LA Board of Supervisors voted to help the supporters of killing Jews, but they can be enforced at the local level. Biden won’t do it, but Congress has levers for making it happen, including tying funding to enforcement mechanisms.

 

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