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Cornell. The Cornell University professor who called the attacks of October 7 “exhilarating” and “energizing” just one week after those attacks is back supporting anti-Israel protests on the Ithaca, New York campus. The university recently refused to bar Professor Russell Rickford from teaching, saying he made those statements “as a private citizen in his free time.” On Wednesday, Rickford joined
dozens of protesters marching through the campus and chanting “Long live the intifada.” One Jewish Cornell student said “it’s insane to me” that Rickford is still teaching at Cornell, arguing “Cornell is spitting in my face and the face of the entire Jewish community [...] They’re allowing professors to call for ‘intifida,’ an end of the Jewish state.”
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(Source: New York Post | X/Twitter) |
👉 TAKE ACTION: As the October 7 anniversary approaches, anti-Israel protesters are planning protests, targeting memorial events. Urge campus leadership to take steps NOW to safeguard student safety and to stand against these antisemitic disruptions. Email your university’s president now!
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Rutgers. Dozens of anti-Israel protesters gathered outside the Rutgers University student center
last week chanting and holding signs calling for the school to divest from companies connected to Israel. Students for Justice in Palestine at Rutgers, a group the university recently banned from on-campus operations for one year, said the university’s decision to reject a divestment proposal represented “strike three” against school administrators. A social media post from the group then clarified, “We’re not done. The intifada has just begun.”
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UCLA. University of California police arrested three people on Friday morning for allegedly vandalizing UCLA’s Royce Hall and Parking Structure 8. Though police reportedly found spray cans and stencils that matched the vandalism in the suspects’ car, Students for Justice in Palestine at UCLA took to social media to claim
the arrest of “three of our comrades” was “clearly meant to target and intimidate pro-Palestinian voices calling for divestment.” The group then released a statement
demanding the release of the “UC Three” – a moniker typically reserved for civil rights figures like the Little Rock Nine – along with a laundry list of complaints against the university’s “authoritarian rules,” “tyrannical fear and surveillance” and support for the “zionist entity.”
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Emory. An anti-Israel protester at Emory University in Atlanta was recently condemned by the school’s student government after the protester, reportedly an Emory resident advisor, posted
an image of Emory counter-protesters holding Israeli flags with the caption “Started smelling like pennies on the quad.” A statement from the Emory Student Government Association said its members “were appalled and disheartened to see Antisemitic rhetoric perpetuated in our community,” emphasizing how Jews have faced vicious “penny-pitching” stereotypes “spanning back to the Middle Ages.”
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Georgia. Students from the University of Georgia who were arrested earlier this year for anti-Israel protesting are pushing for their charges to be dropped. The six students in question were reportedly arrested and suspended for willful violation of university policy when they set up an encampment on campus in the spring. During a press conference at the Georgia state capitol, protesters held signs with anti-Israel rhetoric such as “from the river to the sea Palestine will be free.”
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(Source: Atlanta News First) |
DEEPER: Read ADL’s resource on the chant “From the River to the Sea Palestine Will be Free”
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Tulane. 14 protesters arrested for their participation in anti-Israel encampments at Tulane University in the spring were acquitted of all charges on Friday. Two of the defendants are suspended Tulane students. The morning of the ruling, around 40 protesters stood outside the courthouse chanting “Tulane Tulane you can’t hide, you’re supporting genocide” and “Let’s go NOSHIP, Israel eat [expletive]” – chants they also used during the protests in May.
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California. Faculty from the University of California system filed a 581-page complaint
with the California Public Employment Relations Board on Thursday accusing the UC system of suppressing pro-Palestinian protests in violation of labor laws. The faculty claim the UC system has pursued a “relentless campaign” meant to “chill” academic freedom. Administrators responded that while the UC system supports free speech and lawful protests, “when protests violate University policy or threaten the safety and security of others, the University has taken lawful action to end impermissible and unlawful behavior."
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UW-Madison. The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s disciplinary committee recommended
placing the local chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine on a one-year probation for actions during anti-Israel protests in the spring including “harmful behavior,” “damage to property” and “disruptions to university functions,” according to local reporting. The Committee on Student Organizations will determine if probation is imposed and a decision is expected within the next two weeks. | 
