{"id":2227192,"date":"2024-04-22T13:37:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T17:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-education-chair-demands-columbia-university-expulsions\/"},"modified":"2024-04-22T13:39:32","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T17:39:32","slug":"house-education-chair-demands-columbia-university-expulsions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-education-chair-demands-columbia-university-expulsions\/","title":{"rendered":"House Education Chair Calls for Expulsions at Columbia University"},"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\">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%2Fhouse-education-chair-demands-columbia-university-expulsions%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=2227192&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--><p>House GOP\u2064 Leader Urges Columbia University to Expel\u2064 Those \u2064Harassing Jewish Students During Pro-Palestinian Protests. Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Head of Education Committee, Demands Immediate Action. Columbia Shifts to Remote Learning Amid \u200dAntisemitism Concerns. Tensions Rise as Gaza Solidarity Encampment Enters Fifth Day. Foxx \u2063Warns of Federal Consequences If Safety Isn&#8217;t Restored Promptly. Students Erect Tents, Demand University Divestment from\u200b Israel-Associated \u2064Companies. Foxx Condemns Widespread Antisemitic Harassment\u200b and Terrorism Celebrations on Campus. Embeds Examples\u2062 of Alarming Antisemitic Incidents. Columbia President Testifies Against \u2064Antisemitism, Pledges \u200dAction. Police \u200dNotified of\u2062 Campus Issues.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>A top House Republican is calling on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/columbia-university\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Columbia University<\/a> in New York City to expel any students and faculty members found to have been harassing Jewish students as pro-Palestinian protests take place around the school\u2019s campus.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), chairwoman of the Education and the Workforce Committee, <a href=\"https:\/\/edworkforce.house.gov\/news\/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=410478\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sent a letter<\/a> on Sunday to Columbia University President Minouche Shafik demanding action. On Monday, the Ivy League school moved to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/columbia-university-moves-to-remote-learning-as-campus-rancor-puts-jewish-students-on-edge?topStoryPosition=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cdc-director-schools-are-safe-places-for-kids-during-pandemic\/\" title=\"CDC Director: Schools Are Safe Places for Kids During Pandemic\">remote learning<\/a><\/a> after a rabbi for Columbia and its partner school Barnard College <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/columbia-rabbi-warns-of-extreme-antisemitism-advises-jewish-students-to-return-home-asap\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">urged<\/a> Jewish students to go home due to the \u201cextreme antisemitism and anarchy\u201d that the university and New York Police Department could not contain.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am gravely concerned by the ongoing chaos at Columbia University caused by the radical, unlawful Gaza Solidarity Encampment, which has now entered its fifth day,\u201d Foxx said, adding later, \u201cMultiple Jewish students have already <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/residents-in-western-ukraine-sought-shelter-underground-when-russia-invaded-deputy-mayor-says\/\" title=\"Residents In Western Ukraine Sought Shelter Underground When Russia Invaded, Deputy Mayor Says\">sought shelter<\/a> off-campus. Columbia\u2019s continued failure to restore order and safety promptly to campus constitutes a major breach of the University\u2019s Title VI obligations, upon which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cornell-erases-racially-segregated-rock-climbing-class-from-website\/\" title=\"Cornell Erases Racially-Segregated Rock Climbing Class From Website\">federal financial assistance<\/a> is contingent, and which must immediately be rectified. If you do not rectify this danger, then the Committee will not hesitate in holding you accountable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The New York Times reported that students <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/04\/22\/us\/columbia-university-protests-classes.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">erected tents<\/a> on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/columbia-university-moves-to-remote-learning-as-campus-rancor-puts-jewish-students-on-edge\/\" title=\"Columbia University shifts to online classes amid campus tension affecting Jewish students\">central campus lawn<\/a> at Columbia and insisted they would not leave until the university divests from companies that have ties to Israel, which is fighting a war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip after Hamas committed deadly attacks in Israel on October 7 of last year and took people hostage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe encampment and related activities have resulted in widespread antisemitic harassment and intimidation, assaults, frequent celebration of terrorism, and major disruptions of Columbia\u2019s learning environment,\u201d Foxx said, continuing later, \u201cThe Committee is aware of multiple Jewish students seeking shelter off-campus due to their well-founded fears regarding their physical safety and continuing to be subjected to what is clearly a hostile environment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Examples included: \u201cProtestors screamed \u2018go back to Poland!\u2019 and \u2018yehudim, yehudim [which translates to Jews, Jews]\u2019 at Jewish Columbia students trying to leave campus\u201d; protesters shoving a student who attempted to recover a stolen Israeli flag that they tried to burn and screaming at him, \u2018You\u2019ve got blood on your hands!&#8217;\u201d; and a protester \u201cimmediately outside Columbia\u2019s gates shouted at two Jewish students, \u2018Never forget the 7th of October. That will happen not one more time, not five more times, not 10\u2026100\u20261000\u202610,000\u2026The 7th of October is going to be every day for you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last Wednesday, during testimony before Foxx\u2019s committee, Shafik <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/news\/antisemitism-on-college-campuses-columbia-university-president-shafik-testifies-before-congress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">testified<\/a> that anti-Semitism has \u201cno place on our campus\u201d and was \u201cpersonally committed to doing everything I can to confront it directly.\u201d On Thursday, Shafik <a href=\"https:\/\/publicsafety.columbia.edu\/news\/letter-nypd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> police in a letter that all university students participating in the encampment have been informed they were suspended as they were not authorized to be on university property and were trespassing. \u00a0Police have arrested more than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/04\/20\/nyregion\/arrested-columbia-students-suspended.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">100 students<\/a> at Columbia University for refusing to leave. Isra Hirsi, the daughter of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and a Barnard student, was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/photos-show-ilhan-omars-daughter-arrested-for-refusing-to-leave-anti-israel-encampment-at-columbia-university\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">detained<\/a> and later said she had been suspended\u00a0along with others over their activism.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis situation is unacceptable, and it is imperative that Columbia\u2019s leaders restore order and safety without further delay, in line with their commitments before the Committee at its April 17 hearing,\u201d Foxx said in her letter. \u00a0\u201cColumbia is failing to deliver on these commitments, as Jewish students are being harassed, assaulted, threatened, and intimidated to the point where they are departing campus for safer environments.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Foxx said the \u201cstudents, faculty, and staff responsible for this mayhem, including members of the groups Students for Justice in Palestine, Jewish Voice for Peace, Columbia University Apartheid Divest, and Faculty and Staff for Justice in Palestine, repeatedly and flagrantly have violated multiple University rules, and in many cases, federal law. The University must decisively hold them accountable in a manner commensurate with the severity of their offenses, including expulsion and termination of employment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House GOP Leader Urges Columbia University to Expel Those Harassing Jewish Students During Pro-Palestinian Protests. Rep. 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