See, the problem is not the Jew hatred, it’s investigating the Jew hatred
Surge in antisemitism investigations at US universities after October 7 attacks, data shows
US government investigations into universities over antisemitism allegations surged following the 7 October 2023 attacks and Israel’s subsequent war in Gaza, with more investigations open in the last two months of that year than in the two decades prior, according to a report published on Monday that was shared exclusively with the Guardian.
The data, compiled by the Middle East Studies Association and the American Association of University Professors and relying on publicly available records, offers a detailed account of how landmark civil rights legislation – and particularly Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act – has become a primary tool to restrict speech on campus.
The provision, intended to prevent discrimination in educational institutions, was used by the Biden administration to target pro-Palestinian activism and later became the preferred weapon of the Trump administration to threaten universities with billions in funding cuts and impose its ideological priorities on issues that go well beyond antisemitism.
“In effect, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is no longer being used to address racial discrimination in higher education,” said Asl? Bâli, president of the Middle East Studies Association. “Instead, Title VI has been repurposed as part of the administration’s broader effort to remake higher education in line with its rightwing political and cultural agenda.”
So, you have an Islamist group, MESA, compiling data about their people being investigated for Jew hatred, and let’s not forget that it isn’t just mean words, which colleges usually crack down on. It was harassment and threats. And they are trying to use the CRA to protect that Jew hatred, while also being the first to scream “Islamaphobia” the other way. Let’s find out more about them
While MESA promotes itself as a “non-political organization,” its membership is dominated by anti-America, anti-Israel leftists who are apologists for Islamic terrorism. For example, on February 22, 2002, MESA issued a statement on behalf of its Board of Directors in support of Sami Al-Arian, the University of South Florida professor who was once the North American leader of Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ).
There are lots of links to Islamic radicals.
The complaints paint a picture of the deep rifts on US campuses over the war in Gaza, and capture the inflammatory language and accusations that have dominated university life for the past two years. They also point to a divide over the definition of antisemitism, with the number of critiques of Israel and Zionism dwarfing derogatory speech or discriminatory actions targeting Jews broadly.
In one anonymous complaint, filed days after 7 October 2023, an account was submitted through an education department online form, accusing a professor at Cornell University of spreading “hate and lies” and “pushing people towards violence”.
There wouldn’t be a need for complaints if college students weren’t being Jew haters, calling for the destruction of Israel, and supporting Hamas, right?
“Some complaints are just rants with almost no evidence or detail,” noted Darryl Li, a professor at the University of Chicago and co-author of the report. “Government civil rights enforcement is now being driven by the equivalent of a YouTube comment section.”
And how many times have there been complaints where the student actually manufactured the hate crime and the college went crazy on investigating, not too mention the news media, and sometimes the FBI? Here we could actually see and hear the hatred, because it was on “film”.
In another case, the parent of a student at Eastern Washington University filed a one-paragraph complaint with the department, claiming their daughter felt “unsafe” on campus because of frequent pro-Palestinian protests that the parent said were “hateful”, claiming without evidence that students chanted “Jews are committing genocide” during protests. “The Political Science Department has scheduled public talks that quickly get out of hand and are taken over by radicals who endorse Hamas and accuse Jews – not Israelis – of being baby killers and murderers,” the parent elaborated, attaching a photo of a poster for a campus event titled The Massacre in Gaza: Security or Genocide? “Please investigate the university,” the complaint concluded.
Yeah, we saw that stuff on video, as well. The gaslighting from the groups and the UK Guardian is amazing.
Read: Media Seems Upset Over Anti-Semitism Investigations At Colleges »