{"id":2201868,"date":"2024-03-19T13:11:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-19T17:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/congress-opens-anti-semitism-investigation-into-uc-berkeley\/"},"modified":"2024-03-19T13:15:24","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T17:15:24","slug":"congress-opens-anti-semitism-investigation-into-uc-berkeley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/congress-opens-anti-semitism-investigation-into-uc-berkeley\/","title":{"rendered":"Congress Initiates Inquiry into Anti-Semitism Claims at UC Berkeley"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/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%2Fcongress-opens-anti-semitism-investigation-into-uc-berkeley%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=2201868&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--><div>\n<h2>University Under Fire for Alleged Anti-Semitic Atmosphere<\/h2>\n<figure><figcaption>\n<p>      \u200c  \u200d A\u2063 pro-Palestinian protest at UC Berkeley, \u2062Oct. 25, 2023 (Kevin Fagan\/Twitter)<br \/>\n    <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>UC \u200bBerkeley faces an intensified congressional investigation into claims of anti-Semitic\u2063 acts and negligence in protecting its Jewish community.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>House Committee on Education and the Workforce<\/strong> is pressing for details \u200bfrom Berkeley regarding past <strong>anti-Semitic incidents<\/strong>, signaling deep concern over the \u200buniversity&#8217;s handling of such matters. This follows a <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/3-19-24-Foxx-Letter-to-UC-Berkeley.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">letter<\/a> spotlighted by the <em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em>, calling out the university&#8217;s inadequate response to incidences of anti-Semitism on campus.<\/p>\n<p>Hot on the heels of\u2064 a <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/campus\/wfb-editor-in-chief-previews-israeli-lawyer-ran-bar-yoshafats-return-to-berkeley\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/georgia-school-board-passes-plan-to-arm-more-personnel\/\" title=\"Georgia School Board Passes Plan to Arm More Personnel\">violent disruption<\/a><\/a> at an event featuring Israeli lawyer Ran Bar-Yoshafat, which escalated to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/asians-are-victims-of-white-supremacy-narrative-comes-from-activists-pushing-policies-rejected-by-many-asians\/\" title=\"\u2018Asians Are Victims Of White Supremacy\u2019 Narrative Comes From Activists Pushing Policies Rejected By Many Asians\">physical assaults<\/a> against\u2064 Jewish students, the House committee, \u200cchaired by <strong>Rep. \u200cVirginia Foxx<\/strong>, is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/free-beacon-staff-to-editors-arm-the-nathan-robinson-regime-to-prevent-communist-takeover-of-current-affairs\/\" title=\"Free Beacon Staff to Editors: Arm the Nathan Robinson Regime To Prevent Communist Takeover of \u2018Current Affairs\u2019\">taking decisive action<\/a> with its investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Further incidents, including the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-confirms-new-army-chief-bypassing-tuberville-blockade\/\" title=\"Senate confirms new Army chief, sidestepping Tuberville's obstruction.\">recent blockade<\/a> of the iconic <strong>Sather Gate<\/strong> by anti-Israel protesters and subsequent harassment of Jewish students, have put the campus on the legislative radar as part of a broader scrutiny involving prestigious institutions like Harvard and MIT.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;UC Berkeley\u2019s failure to address this activity breaches a specific and longstanding university \u200bcommitment&#8230;and constitutes\u200d a selective dereliction of\u200c duty\u200d to enforce university\u2064 rules against harassment,&#8221; \u200cthe committee emphatically stated in its missive to the institution.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A spike in anti-Semitic and anti-Israel \u200dsentiment is taking root nationwide, mirrored by the uptick at Berkeley following the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas \u200battack\u2062 on Israel.<\/p>\n<p>An explosive <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/campus\/uc-berkeley-faces-lawsuit-for-longstanding-unchecked-spread-of-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/things-that-donald-trump-did-not-do\/\" title=\"Things That Donald Trump Did Not Do\">anti-semitism<\/a>\/&#8221; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221; rel=&#8221;noopener&#8221;>lawsuit has thrown a spotlight<\/a> on the university, alleging it allowed unchecked anti-Semitism. Documented incidents,\u2062 like the assault on \u2063a Jewish student sporting an Israeli \u200dflag, paint a troubling picture \u200bof campus dynamics.<\/p>\n<p>In response\u200d to these allegations, the House Committee is\u2064 demanding a comprehensive turnover of documents concerning anti-Semitic activities \u200dand the university&#8217;s approach to managing this hate-filled climate.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congress Expands Anti-Semitism Probe to UC Berkeley, Alleged to Tolerate Jewish Hostility<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":117,"featured_media":2201869,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/F9UBQ2fakAAINGl_736x515.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2201868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/F9UBQ2fakAAINGl_736x515.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2201868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/117"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2201868"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2201868\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2201869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2201868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2201868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2201868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}