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The unfastened antisemitism moving rampant connected Columbia University's field successful New York City has drawn condemnation from some sides of nan aisle, but 1 salient Democrat and alumnus of nan schoolhouse is remaining silent, choosing not to speak retired against nan anti-Israel demonstrations taking spot there.
In a lengthy Monday station connected X commemorating nan ceremony of Passover, erstwhile President Obama, who graduated from Columbia successful 1983, made nary mention of protestors' convulsive rhetoric aimed astatine nan university's Jewish students and staff, and neither he nor his representatives responded to Fox News Digital's petition for remark astir nan antisemitic demonstrations that person engulfed nan field since past week.
A number of different Democrats have, however, joined their Republican colleagues in denouncing favoritism against Jews astatine Columbia, which was forced to move each classes to virtual connected Tuesday because of information concerns.
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"Every American has a correct to protest," Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said successful a statement. "But erstwhile protests displacement to antisemitism, verbal abuse, intimidation, aliases glorification of Oct. 7 unit against Jewish people, that crosses nan line."
New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, different Democrat, besides denounced nan show of antisemitism astatine nan university, saying she was "appalled."
"Threats of unit against Jewish students and nan Jewish organization are horrible, bad and wholly unacceptable," she said. "Using nan rhetoric of terrorists has nary spot successful New York, wherever we pridefulness ourselves connected tolerance and nan correct of each group to believe their belief successful peace."
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Protests by anti-Israel agitators astatine Columbia University, wherever erstwhile President Obama graduated. (Getty Images)
Others who joined their statement members successful addressing nan encampment were Sens. Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., and John Fetterman, D-Penn.
The anti-Israel agitators initially formed nan encampment past Wednesday — mounting up tents and refusing to leave. They person proceeded to march successful and astir nan field demanding nan schoolhouse extremity affiliations pinch groups that support Israel amid its warfare pinch Hamas successful Gaza, which has resulted successful tens of thousands of civilian deaths.
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The assemblage announced early Tuesday that classes connected nan main field would stay virtual aliases hybrid "until nan extremity of each school's Spring 2024 semester" owed to information concerns complete nan demonstrations. Classes initially went virtual connected Monday.
Fox News' Julia Johnson contributed to this report.
Brandon Gillespie is an subordinate editor astatine Fox News. Follow him connected X astatine @BGillespieAL.
