President Biden on Thursday forcefully condemned the violence and antisemitism emanating from the wave of anti-Israel protests on American college campuses. ADL joined the Brandeis Center for Human Rights in filing a Title VI Complaint against the University of Massachusetts-Amherst for failing to address a hostile antisemitic environment on campus. ADL condemned comments by Rep. Ilhan Omar after she implied Jewish students who support Israel amid its war against Hamas are “pro-genocide;” meanwhile, two far-right members of the GOP engaged in antisemitic tropes as the Antisemitism Awareness Act was approved in Congress.

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Biden condemns campus protest violence: No ‘right to cause chaos’

“President Joe Biden on Thursday condemned pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses that have turned violent or resulted in property destruction, emphasizing that Americans only have the right to protest as long as it remains peaceful. ‘There is a right to protest,” Biden said, in his most extensive remarks since the campus protest movement began. “But there is not a right to cause chaos’.” POLITICO:  FULL STORY

+Watch: Jonathan Greenblatt on CNN News   

+ADL Tweet: Thank you, @POTUS, for your moral clarity and unequivocal condemnation of the antisemitism on our college campuses. As you said, "There's a right to protest, but not a right to cause chaos."

‘Pervasive antisemitic climate for Jewish students’: ADL files complaint against UMass-Amherst

“The University of Massachusetts-Amherst has failed to address a “hostile antisemitic environment” against Jewish students on its campus, according to a federal complaint filed this week by the Anti-Defamation League. The complaint, filed by the ADL and the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law on Tuesday with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, comes amid ongoing protests over the Israel-Hamas war seen at colleges and universities nationwide and concerning reports of antisemitic activity on college campuses across America.” Fox 25 Boston: FULL STORY

+READ: ADL and Brandeis Center File Title VI Complaint Against UMass-Amherst, Alleging Pervasive Antisemitic Climate for Jewish Students

+ADL RESOURCE: Campus Antisemitism Report Card

ADL chief slams Ilhan Omar for remarks on ‘pro-genocide’ Jewish students: ‘Blood libel

“The head of the Anti-Defamation League accuses Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar of spreading a blood libel after she implied Jewish students who support Israel amid its war against Hamas are “pro-genocide.” Omar made the remarks Friday while at Columbia while visiting her daughter Isra Hirsi at the anti-Israel tent encampment set up by pro-Palestinian students. Hirsi was one of several students suspended by Columbia after being arrested for setting up an initial encampment.” THE TIMES OF ISRAEL: FULL STORY

+READ: MTG and Gaetz Manage to Smear Both Jews and Fellow Christians (New York Magazine)

+ADL Resource: Blood Libel: A False, Incendiary Claim Against Jews

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