Former President Donald Trump says he thinks “paid agitators” are operating among pro-Palestinian protesters at Columbia University. “I really think you have a lot of paid agitators, professional agitators in here too, and I see it all over,” Mr. Trump told Fox News’ Sean Hannity on Tuesday. “You know, when you see signs and they’re […]
JERUSALEM — Iranian prosecutors filed criminal charges on Wednesday targeting activists and journalists following a BBC report that alleged security forces had “sexually assaulted and killed” a 16-year-old girl during protests over the death of Mahsa Amini in 2022. Nika Shakarami’s death also sparked widespread outrage at the time. Amini died after being detained by […]
Illegal campus occupations have entered their second week while hapless administrators at supposedly elite universities squirm like 4-year-olds trying to gain control of a runaway tractor. The protests “don’t appear to be dying down at all,” Family Research Council Senior Vice President Jody Hice said on “Washington Watch” on Friday. As finals and then elections […]
Yes, you read the headline correctly. Students at the University of Wisconsin are the latest bunch of college kids camping on school grounds to declare support for Hamas as they fight Israel, and apparently, they really did start saying “Heil Hitler” at a group of Jewish students passing by. […]
House Republicans on Tuesday called for the immediate resignation of Columbia University President Dr. Minouche Shafik, saying she has “lost complete control” of her campus amid growing pro-Palestinian protests. “The university leadership has lost complete control. It is a disgrace and it is untenable. And we as House Republicans will hold them to account,” said […]
Student protests over the Israel–Hamas war have popped up at many college campuses after the arrest of demonstrators at Columbia University earlier this month. The students are calling for universities to separate themselves from companies advancing Israel’s military efforts in Gaza and in some cases from Israel itself. Police have arrested hundreds nationwide since detainments […]
The American media has been brimming over with hot takes regarding the anti-Israel protests erupting at college campuses all over the country. With reactions ranging from bemusement to incredulity to full-throated support, suffice to say these protests have sparked a passionate, national conversation, if they’ve done nothing else. And, obviously, the ladies of “The View” […]
The White House on Tuesday denounced the anti-Israel protests that have erupted on college campuses, saying the occupation of university buildings is “wrong” and not peaceful. The statement comes just hours after protesters at Columbia University took over a hall on campus Tuesday, just hours after school officials ordered the dispersal of an encampment. Videos […]
Education Secretary Miguel Cardona on Tuesday said his department has opened an investigation into Columbia University for potential violations of civil rights laws amid pro-Palestinian protests and danger to Jewish students. Mr. Cardona said that’s one of 137 open investigations his department has into violations of Title 6 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, […]
SHANGHAI (AP) — The first scientist to publish a sequence of the COVID-19 virus in China was staging a sit-in protest after authorities locked him out of his lab. Virologist Zhang Yongzhen wrote in an online post Monday that he and his team had been suddenly notified they were being evicted from their lab, the […]
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