{"id":2177773,"date":"2024-02-16T05:19:01","date_gmt":"2024-02-16T10:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/run-by-the-mob-how-anti-semites-took-over-stanfords-campus\/"},"modified":"2024-02-16T05:27:48","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T10:27:48","slug":"run-by-the-mob-how-anti-semites-took-over-stanfords-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/run-by-the-mob-how-anti-semites-took-over-stanfords-campus\/","title":{"rendered":"Controlled by Hate&#8217;: Anti-Semites Seize Stanford&#8217;s Campus"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frun-by-the-mob-how-anti-semites-took-over-stanfords-campus%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2177773&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Stanford University Forum \u2064on Combating Anti-Semitism Marred by Violence \u2062and Intimidation<\/h2>\n<p>On January 24, \u200bStanford University held a forum on combating anti-Semitism, featuring Stanford president Richard Saller \u2064and provost \u200dJenny Martinez. The purpose of the event was to reassure Jewish students that the university supported them in the face of rising anti-Semitism on college campuses.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;We really do want to make sure\u200d that\u200b all of\u2064 the communities on campus get the respect\u2063 that they deserve,&#8221; Saller told the forum. &#8220;We\u2019re committed to \u200bequal treatment and equal\u200b protection.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>However, the events that unfolded that night contradicted this message. Protesters physically threatened Jewish students, harassed a rabbi, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-what-happens-pssy-ohio-gop-senate-candidate-gets-in-his-opponents-face-with-threats-at-debate\/\" title=\"\u2018Watch What Happens, P*ssy\u2019: Ohio GOP Senate Candidate Gets In His Opponent\u2019s Face With Threats At Debate\">made threatening remarks<\/a> \u2062to university employees. One graduate\u2062 student, David Schuller, wearing a yarmulke, found himself surrounded by hecklers\u200c when he approached the protest outside the forum.<\/p>\n<p><video id=\"video-1861113-23\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.freebeacon.com\/up\/2024\/02\/the-IDF-killed-your-hostages.mp4?_=23\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jim-jordan-subpoenas-embattled-georgia-da-fani-willis-following-free-beacon-report\/\" title=\"Jim Jordan issues subpoena to Georgia DA Fani Willis after Free Beacon report\">\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/<\/a>the-IDF-killed-your-hostages.mp4&#8243;>https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/the-IDF-killed-your-hostages.mp4<\/a><\/source><\/video><\/p>\n<p>The mob chanted at Schuller, &#8220;The IDF \u200bkilled your hostages,&#8221; as captured\u2064 in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-raises-reward-for-pipe-bomb-suspect-info-to-six-figures\/\" title=\"FBI Raises Reward For Pipe Bomb Suspect Info To Six Figures\">videos obtained<\/a> by the <i>Washington Free \u2062Beacon<\/i>. One protester even whispered a threat in Schuller&#8217;s\u200b ear. Schuller had to inform \u2062the police about the threat of physical violence.<\/p>\n<p><video id=\"video-1861113-24\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/s1.freebeacon.com\/up\/2024\/02\/Threatening-whisper.mp4?_=24\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Threatening-whisper.mp4\">https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Threatening-whisper.mp4<\/a><\/source><\/video><\/p>\n<p>Another confrontation occurred on a nearby \u2063quad, where protesters made derogatory \u200bremarks to Jewish students,\u2062 telling them to &#8220;go back to \u200cBrooklyn&#8221; and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/walsh-nick-cannon-gets-his-job-back-after-calling-white-people-savages-this-is-how-real-privilege-works\/\" title=\"WALSH: Nick Cannon Gets His Job Back After Calling White People \u2018Savages.\u2019 This Is How Real Privilege Works.\">calling white people<\/a> &#8220;terrorists.&#8221; They also expressed their intent to destroy \u200cIsrael and America.<\/p>\n<p>As \u2063administrators tried to maintain order, some protesters issued threats.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Stanford \u200demployees, we know your\u200b names and we know where \u2063you work,&#8221; one\u2063 protester said, according to a video obtained\u2063 by the <i>Free Beacon<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And we will soon find out where you live,&#8221; another chimed in.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><video id=\"video-1861113-25\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/s4.freebeacon.com\/up\/2024\/02\/well-find-out-where-you-live-240-ytshorts.savetube.me_.mp4?_=25\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/well-find-out-where-you-live-240-ytshorts.savetube.me_.mp4\">https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/well-find-out-where-you-live-240-ytshorts.savetube.me_.mp4<\/a><\/source><\/video><\/p>\n<p>The situation escalated further\u2064 as\u200b protesters followed people \u200dleaving the forum, chanting &#8220;shame&#8221; and confronting them with signs.<\/p>\n<p><video id=\"video-1861113-26\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/s2.freebeacon.com\/up\/2024\/02\/Shame.mp4?_=26\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Shame.mp4\">https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Shame.mp4<\/a><\/source><\/video><\/p>\n<p>Rabbi Dov Greenberg, from Stanford Chabad, was also targeted by the protesters, who chanted offensive slogans at \u2063him.<\/p>\n<p><video id=\"video-1861113-27\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.freebeacon.com\/up\/2024\/02\/follow-us-around-the-building-and-down-the-stairs.mp4?_=27\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/follow-us-around-the-building-and-down-the-stairs.mp4\">https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/follow-us-around-the-building-and-down-the-stairs.mp4<\/a><\/source><\/video><\/p>\n<p>The <i>Washington Free Beacon<\/i> \u200b obtained videos showing these incidents, which\u2063 involved both Stanford \u2063students and members of\u2062 the\u2062 surrounding community. Stanford spokeswoman Dee\u200b Mostofi stated \u200dthat the university was unable to positively identify the protesters\u2062 and believed they were from outside the campus community.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/justice-department-to-change-body-camera-policy\/\" title=\"Justice Department To Change Body Camera Policy\">videos reveal<\/a> a chaotic campus environment where Jewish students face physical intimidation, and administrators seem to have relinquished control to \u2064agitators. Witnesses claim that the protest on \u200bJanuary 24 was just the beginning of ongoing mayhem.<\/p>\n<p>Students have called on their peers to &#8220;take up arms&#8221; and have\u200c vandalized pro-Israel signs. Classes have been disrupted, buildings defaced, and \u200dcampus quads taken over.<\/p>\n<p>Incidents of harassment have also occurred within \u200dacademic settings. For example, posters promoting the boycott, divestment, and sanctions movement were found in \u200ba classroom where a professor taught a course called &#8220;Understanding Jews.&#8221; \u2063Pro-Palestinian students have\u200c camped out overnight on campus, defying administrative orders to leave. Jewish students have even faced harassment from their own instructors.<\/p>\n<p>In one shocking \u2063incident, a teaching assistant\u200d for a computer science class approached\u200d a pro-Israel display with a sign \u2062that read\u200d &#8220;Ask Me\u200b About Jihad.&#8221; When confronted by Jewish students,\u2062 the teaching assistant expressed support\u2062 for the assassination of \u200bPresident Joe Biden and stated that Hamas would be preferable to the current U.S. government.<\/p>\n<p><video id=\"video-1861113-28\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/s4.freebeacon.com\/up\/2024\/02\/Ask-Me-About-Jihad.mp4?_=28\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Ask-Me-About-Jihad.mp4\">https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Ask-Me-About-Jihad.mp4<\/a><\/source><\/video><\/p>\n<p>The university was informed\u200d of this encounter but did not remove the teaching assistant from grading duties, citing a policy\u200c that allows students to request their work to be\u200b regraded by a different instructor. The student who reported the incident expressed concern about biased\u2062 grading.<\/p>\n<p>While Stanford claims to\u2063 take accusations of discriminatory behavior seriously, the incidents\u2063 captured\u2062 in videos and other evidence could\u2062 potentially lead to a\u200d discrimination lawsuit\u2063 and warrant an investigation. Legal experts\u2062 argue that threats and intimidation are not \u2062protected by the First Amendment, \u200ceven at private universities.<\/p>\n<p>According\u200b to Nadine Strossen, former president of the\u200b American Civil Liberties Union, the protesters at the forum clearly\u200d crossed the\u200c line into harassment and threats. She emphasizes that the context of the speech matters, and statements that may be allowed in public spaces can become unlawful when targeted at individuals or accompanied by threatening behavior.<\/p>\n<p>Stanford&#8217;s failure to enforce its own policies regarding student protests has contributed to a climate of disruption and disorder on campus. Students have marched through academic buildings, taken over lecture podiums, and even\u2062 performed a pro-Gaza rap in\u200d a classroom.<\/p>\n<p><video id=\"video-1861113-29\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/s4.freebeacon.com\/up\/2024\/02\/Gaza-rap.mp4?_=29\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Gaza-rap.mp4\">https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Gaza-rap.mp4<\/a><\/source><\/video><\/p>\n<p>Stanford has not taken disciplinary action against these disruptive students, leading to accusations of \u2063selective \u2062enforcement.\u2062 The university&#8217;s handling of the recent conflict between the Blue\u2063 and White Tent, a \u200dpro-Israel display, and the Sit-In to Stop Genocide, a pro-Palestinian group, has raised concerns about\u200d discriminatory treatment \u200band \u2064inconsistent application of campus rules.<\/p>\n<p>The university initially ordered both groups to leave White Plaza, but\u200d while the Blue and White Tent complied, the Sit-In to Stop Genocide refused to disperse. Stanford engaged\u2062 in negotiations with the pro-Palestinian students instead of enforcing its own\u200b directives. This differential treatment has been criticized as discriminatory and potentially legally\u2064 problematic.<\/p>\n<p>After extended negotiations,\u2063 the \u200bsit-in agreed \u2062to vacate White Plaza in exchange for meetings\u200c with the administration to discuss their demands, which include \u200ddivestment from Israel\u200d and a university-funded trip to Gaza.\u2063 However, \u2062if the meetings do not yield satisfactory \u200bprogress, the sit-in has vowed to resume their occupation of White\u2064 Plaza.<\/p>\n<p>As tensions continue to\u200c escalate, Stanford University finds itself grappling \u2063with a campus environment marred by \u200cviolence, intimidation, and a \u200black \u200dof control over student protests.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What actions can universities take\u2062 to ensure the safety and well-being of all students, \u2064specifically addressing the rise in anti-Semitism?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Panied by acts of intimidation.<\/p>\n<p>The incidents \u2062at Stanford University raise\u2064 concerns about the safety and well-being of Jewish students on college campuses. The rise in anti-Semitism \u200cacross the country has created an \u2062environment\u2064 where Jewish individuals are consistently targeted and\u200d threatened. It \u2064is essential \u200cfor universities \u200cto address these\u200b issues and provide a safe and inclusive environment for all students.<\/p>\n<p>The events\u200b that unfolded at the Stanford University forum on combating anti-Semitism serve as a stark reminder of the challenges Jewish students face on campus. The fact that protesters physically threatened Jewish students, harassed a rabbi, and made threatening remarks to university employees is \u200ddeeply troubling.<\/p>\n<p>Videos obtained\u200c by the Washington Free Beacon reveal the extent of the harassment and intimidation that Jewish students experienced. It is clear that the protesters crossed the line into harassment and threats, creating a hostile \u2062environment for those who attended \u2063the forum.<\/p>\n<p>The \u200buniversity&#8217;s response to these incidents\u200c is also concerning. While they claim to take accusations of discriminatory behavior seriously, the\u2064 videos and evidence suggest a lack of action on their \u200cpart.\u2063 The fact\u2063 that the university was unable to positively identify the protesters and believed they were from outside the \u2062campus community raises questions about their \u2062ability to ensure the safety \u200dof their students.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, incidents of harassment and intimidation extend beyond the forum itself. Students \u2064have reported\u2063 disruptions in classes, defaced buildings, and a campus environment filled with\u2063 tension. It is distressing to see\u200b students \u2062calling on their peers to &#8220;take \u200cup arms&#8221; and vandalize pro-Israel signs. Academic settings have\u200b also become hotbeds for harassment, with posters\u200c promoting\u2062 the boycott, divestment, and sanctions\u2062 movement being found in classrooms and\u2063 students defying \u2064administrative orders to leave.<\/p>\n<p>The teaching assistant incident, where support\u200d for the assassination of President Joe Biden was expressed, showcases the perils of biased grading and a lack of accountability within the university \u200dsystem. The fact that the teaching assistant\u2063 was not removed from grading duties raises concerns about the fairness and objectivity of academic evaluations. It is crucial for universities to address these issues promptly and take appropriate action against individuals who engage in discriminatory behavior.<\/p>\n<p>Legal experts argue that threats and intimidation are not protected by the \u200dFirst Amendment, even at private universities. It is important\u2062 for Stanford University to recognize the severity of the incidents that occurred and conduct a thorough\u200d investigation. Any acts of harassment or threats should be met with disciplinary action\u2064 and should not be tolerated within the university community.<\/p>\n<p>Universities have a responsibility to create an environment that is safe and\u200c respectful for all students. They must take proactive measures to combat anti-Semitism \u200band ensure that Jewish students\u200b feel supported\u200d and protected on campus. This includes implementing educational initiatives, promoting dialogue and understanding, and addressing incidents of harassment and intimidation swiftly.<\/p>\n<p>The events \u200bat Stanford University serve as a call to action for universities across the country to prioritize the safety and well-being of their students. Anti-Semitism should have no place on college campuses, and it is incumbent upon institutions of higher education to address these issues decisively. By doing \u200cso, universities can \u200dcreate an inclusive and tolerant environment that fosters learning and growth for all students.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On January 24, Stanford University hosted a forum addressing anti-Semitism. President Richard Saller and Provost Jenny Martinez aimed to support Jewish students amidst rising anti-Semitism on campuses. 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