Jewish student slams Princeton for permitting terror group flags, antisemitism on campus: 'Must be stopped'

A Jewish Princeton University freshman recounted nan virulent antisemitism he witnessed connected nan Ivy League field astatine an anti-Israel protestation encampment this week.

Maximillian Meyer of New York told Fox News Digital that protesters flew Hezbollah flags and chanted successful support of Hamas arsenic nan activity of anti-Israel activism that continues to lavation complete immoderate of America's apical institutions came to Princeton — placing Jewish students successful fearfulness of attending classes and engaging successful regular student life. 

"The craziest point to maine is nan truth that I saw nan Hezbollah emblem aggregate times, and I wasn't moreover shocked," Meyer said successful an interview. "And I thought that that is much emblematic of nan civilized rot that has taken clasp connected our assemblage campuses — of our alleged elite assemblage campuses — than thing else. The truth that not only do we person Hezbollah flags, not only are location chants supporting nan Houthis, chants supporting Hamas, but that we're not moreover surprised. It has go ubiquitous. And that is devastating."

The U.S. State Department officially designates Hezbollah a overseas violent organization.

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The Hezbollah emblem was spotted astatine nan Princeton encampment astatine astir 5:16 p.m. Thursday, according to The Daily Princetonian. Organizers past promptly asked it beryllium put away.

The photograph of nan emblem was initially shared by an X relationship belonging to Myles McKnight, an 2023 alum who besides served arsenic president of an undergraduate student statement dedicated to promoting free speech, per nan publication. It was re-posted by Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas. 

Meyer, who is presently studying authorities astatine Princeton, said he has been opinionated up against anti-Israel organizations since nan warfare successful Gaza collapsed retired aft nan Oct. 7 onslaught connected Israel. He said nan number of counter-protesters who person joined him varies, sometimes reaching a full of astir six aliases 7 students, successful comparison to nan 100 to 150 students and module demanding that Princeton divest from Israel and condemn nan Jewish state's run to eliminate Hamas, a violent group. 

Maximillian Meyer, a freshman student astatine Princeton studying politics, has counter-protested nan anti-Israel encampment connected field since its constitution connected Thursday. Meyer told Fox News Digital he saw Hezbollah flags astatine nan encampment and knows Jewish students who are acrophobic to transverse field to be people because of antisemitism connected show by their classmates and faculty. (Maximillian Meyer)

However, Meyer said many Jewish students don't want to enactment and speak retired owed to their fearfulness and intimidation by nan pro-Hamas groups. 

"They are intimidated by nan truth that their professors are participating successful calls for their ain for their ain genocide," Meyer told Fox News Digital. 

Meyer said that erstwhile he does protest, he ever holds an American emblem alongside nan Israeli emblem successful an effort to awesome his support for Israel arsenic a Jewish American. 

"So, erstwhile I transportation my American emblem and my Israeli flag, I understand that I'm not conscionable protesting for my ain group arsenic a Jew, but I'm protesting for my ain group arsenic an American," he explained. "And that is simply a basal constituent that group request to understand. People request to understand that opinionated against nan pro-Hamas mob is nan nonstop aforesaid point arsenic opinionated pinch nan United States of America."

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An aerial changeable of protesters astatine Princeton University connected Thursday successful New Jersey. (WTXF)

Meyer stated his chap Jewish students tin nary longer be schoolhouse normally, pinch students now distracted during people "because they perceive nan chants."

"They're calling for their genocide while they're trying to salary attraction and get their education," he said. "These are not only distracting and hateful, but they are expressly antisemitic. I'd for illustration to spot nan management condemn immoderate of these calls."

Meyer called retired module members who had supported nan protestation and specifically mentioned professor Max Weiss, who precocious made a reside astatine nan shelter encampment connected Princeton University's field wherein he publication a poem written by a Palestinian writer. The poem says that Jews "evolved backward" from "victims to victimizes," according to a New York Post reporter, who witnessed nan speech. Weiss is presently an subordinate professor of history astatine Princeton. 

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Hezbollah members salute and raise nan group's yellowish flags during nan ceremonial of fallen fighters who were killed successful an Israeli onslaught connected their vehicles, successful Shehabiya, Lebanon, connected April 17. (AFP via Getty Images)

"In that poem [he] said, nan Jews person ‘evolved backwards.’ Evolved backwards. And if that's not antisemitic, if that isn't successful usurpation of policies regarding discrimination, I don't cognize what is," Meyer said. 

Princeton University did not instantly respond to a petition for comment.

Just this past week, assemblage constabulary moved successful connected nan shelter encampment connected Princeton's campus, yet starring to 2 arrests. Princeton University Public Safety, nan Ivy League school’s constabulary force, gave demonstrators respective warnings earlier acting, nan assemblage said. 

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Meyer said he thought nan assemblage made a move successful nan correct guidance pinch nan arrests of nan protesters, but "that's not enough." 

"Espousing overt antisemitism is abhorrent. It is abhorrent, and nan assemblage doesn't do thing isolated from for talk astir free reside and not let tents to beryllium built. But tents are not nan grade of nan problem," Meyer told Fox News Digital. "Tents are not nan extremity all, beryllium each of what must beryllium stopped. They surely must beryllium stopped. But Hezbollah flags must beryllium stopped."

Fox News Digital's Lawrence Richard contributed to this report.