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Penn. BREAKING:
University of Pennsylvania and Philadelphia Police cleared the encampment at the center of campus this morning, and made several arrests. After the area was cleared, other protesters — including some Penn faculty members — tried to obstruct the street around Locust Walk (the pedestrian center of the Ivy League school). The area where the encampment had been is being fenced off as Penn facilities employees clean up the mess.
As they were being arrested, protesters chanted: “PPD, KKK, IOF they’re all the same.” (PPD is the Penn Police, IOF is a slur for the IDF, and the KKK needs no explanation). This move comes after an expansion of the encampment Wednesday evening to the east side of College Green. And on Thursday, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro,
a non-voting member of Penn’s Board of Trustees, said that it was “past time” for Penn to clear the encampment.
MIT. BREAKING:
At 4 AM this morning, police ordered anti-Israel protesters at an encampment at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to leave. Over the next hour, they entered the encampment, dismantling it and arresting 10 protesters. The encampment is now cleared. "The individuals present in the encampment at the time were given four separate warnings, in person, that they should depart or face arrest," MIT President Sally Kornbluth said.
Occidental and Pomona. Yesterday, ADL and the Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law filed
Title VI complaints against California’s Occidental College and Pomona College. Since 10/7, Jewish and Israeli students on both campuses have been verbally harassed and physically surrounded, followed, threatened and intimidated by protestors. They have been shouted at, told to “go back to the gas chambers,” and called “kike,” “f**king Jew,” “f**king Zionist” and “murderer.”
Many Jewish students confine themselves to their dorm rooms, stay away from certain campus activities and classes, and have to avoid certain dining halls or cafés, common areas on campus, and campus events to avoid antisemitic harassment. Several have transferred to other schools due to persistent antisemitism.
READ the full complaint. The details on intimidation, physical violence, and harassment are horrifying — and, unfortunately, not news to these colleges’ administrations who know what is going on, but are not taking action.
Need legal help? Use the Campus Antisemitism Legal Line (CALL), run by ADL, Hillel, the Brandeis Center, and Gibson Dunn.
Columbia. Yesterday, we told you about the brave Columbia students who wrote an open letter
to their peers outlining their experiences on campus and what they believe their fellow students need to know. Thankfully, it has received wide attention in the media and throughout the community. Let’s show these students that they are not alone!
TAKE ACTION: Tell Columbia’s Jewish students that they are not alone, you support them and are proud.
The New School. In what may be a first, the faculty of Manhattan’s New School set up an anti-Israel encampment inside a campus building. The protesters are calling on the school to divest from arms manufacturers and boycott Israel.
Towson. The student government at Towson University in Maryland passed
a BDS resolution on Tuesday that was introduced by the Towson chapter of the Young Democratic Socialists of America. Towson Hillel responded by calling the move deeply biased and antisemitic, noting that these resolutions are “about normalizing antisemitism and introducing hate and division on campus.”
Denver. Students at the University of Denver set up an encampment outside the university’s administrative building on Carnegie Green. Their demands are nearly identical to those made by other anti-Israel protesters at other universities.
Big 10. ADL’s Midwest Director David Goldenberg toured campuses throughout the region this past week. Watch his video recap of what he saw in: Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Nebraska and Wisconsin.
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