Columbia protests are 'writing on the wall,' about antisemitism on campuses: campus organization founder says

The laminitis of a pro-Israel world field activity is informing against history repeating itself arsenic antisemitism continues to rage connected assemblage and assemblage campuses crossed nan country. 

Ilan Sinelnikov, nan President and Founder of Students Supporting Israel (SSI), a pro-Israel student movement, told Fox News Digital that history is repeating itself — pointing to nan caller anti-Israel protests connected Columbia University's field successful New York City.

History astatine nan extremity of nan time repeats itself.

"History astatine nan extremity of nan time repeats itself," he said. "What we person seen backmost successful nan 30s pinch nan harassment and intimidation of Jewish group crossed Europe, backmost when Jewish students were not allowed to universities and group were creating quality chains successful bid to artifact Jewish students from entry."

"Jewish students are being intimidated and harassed connected assemblage campuses. I was connected a telephone pinch a Jewish student and that goes to Columbia University, and she said, 'I can't hold to battalion my bags and get connected nan first formation home. I don't want to beryllium connected this field anymore.'"

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Anti-Israel agitators conception an encampment connected Columbia University’s field successful New York City connected Monday. The assemblage announced that each classes would beryllium held virtually coming successful consequence to nan ongoing demonstrations connected campus. (Peter Gerber)

Sinelnikov said that Jewish students nary longer consciousness safe astatine 1 of nan nation's "most prestigious universities."

"When you get to nan point, erstwhile successful our astir prestigious universities, Jewish students don't consciousness safe to locomotion connected those campuses because they're acrophobic of being harassed aliases acrophobic of being physically assaulted," he said. "When you spot each of that, nan similarities are frightening."

Sinelnikov reminded group that nan Holocaust "didn't hap overnight," but slow seeped into society.

"People request to beryllium alert that this is what's happening successful nan highest acquisition institutions," he said.

What happened successful nan Holocaust, it didn't hap overnight

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"What happened successful nan Holocaust, it didn't hap overnight," he added. "There were years and years of indoctrination and nan hatred that was spread, particularly towards youth, particularly successful nan acquisition systems against nan Jewish people."

New York City constabulary officers drawback an American emblem from Elisha "Lishi" Baker, 21, center, aft it was lit connected occurrence by personification during an anti-Israel objection extracurricular The New York Stock Exchange, April 15. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)

The SSI Movement laminitis said that Jewish group are portrayed arsenic "subhuman" connected assemblage campuses.

"And this is what you spot coming connected our campuses, you know, truthful they effort to represent Jewish group arsenic subhuman," he said. "People chant, ‘kick retired each nan Zionists.’"

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Sinelnikov said that while watching nan footage of antisemitism connected campus, it's difficult not to observe nan striking similarities betwixt nan Holocaust and modern-day antisemitism. 

"You cannot conscionable disregard nan similarities betwixt that and what has happened now," he said. "Some group mightiness deliberation that we are overexaggerating, but nan truth is, erstwhile a bad point happens successful our history and erstwhile group besides deliberation that it will ne'er happen, it will happen."

"This is nan penning connected nan wall that we person connected our assemblage campuses and our higher acquisition system," Sinelnikov said.

Anti-Israel agitators stitchery connected Columbia University’s field successful New York City. (Peter Gerber)

Sinelnikov said that nan worst point that could hap is for Jewish students to time off universities.

"At nan extremity of nan day, group mightiness consciousness intimidated aliases unsafe aliases afraid. But, nan worst point we tin do is to time off those spaces," he said. "The worst point that could perchance hap is for Columbia University to go a Jew-free university,"

"They want to harass, intimidate, terrorize students until those students are not going to show their look anymore. And we conscionable cannot fto it happen," he said.

Columbia University President Nemat Shafik testifies earlier nan House Committee connected Education and nan Workforce proceeding connected "Columbia successful Crisis: Columbia University's Response to Antisemitism" connected Capitol Hill successful Washington, D.C., April 17.  (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

He said that nan biggest problem universities are facing is deficiency of field leadership.

"I deliberation nan biggest situation that we're facing correct now and crossed nan country, it's deficiency of activity by nan world institutions and by nan universities, because astatine nan extremity of nan day, if you really deliberation astir it, a batch of these problems tin beryllium solved quickly," he said.

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"A batch of group mightiness reason present for nan liking of state of reside aliases state of assembly, but astatine nan aforesaid time, we request to retrieve that we're not talking astir student's freedom, we're talking astir harassment, intimidation," Sinelnikov said. "We're talking astir unfastened calls for violence against Jewish students."

Anti-Israel protesters show successful beforehand of constabulary extracurricular Columbia University successful New York City connected Thursday.  (Peter Gerber)

Sinelnikov said that Columbia University's president "lacks nan will to return nan correct actions."

"At Columbia University, nan president called successful nan constabulary to region nan protesters, but each nan students were released from nan constabulary position astatine 10 p.m. and nan protesters were backmost retired connected a different broadside of nan section a fewer hours later, and it's still location today," he said.

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"And what happens now is that students who salary $60,000 a twelvemonth for tuition person their full semester to beryllium moved online, because nan assemblage cannot return power of 300-400 students connected their campus," Sinelnikov said.