{"id":2227689,"date":"2024-04-22T21:31:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-23T01:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nfl-owner-cuts-funding-for-columbia-university-after-anti-israel-protests-no-longer-an-institution-i-recognize\/"},"modified":"2024-04-22T21:33:21","modified_gmt":"2024-04-23T01:33:21","slug":"nfl-owner-cuts-funding-for-columbia-university-after-anti-israel-protests-no-longer-an-institution-i-recognize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nfl-owner-cuts-funding-for-columbia-university-after-anti-israel-protests-no-longer-an-institution-i-recognize\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Owner Withdraws Support from Columbia University Following Anti-Israel Demonstrations &#8211; Disheartened by Recent Developments"},"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\">30<\/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%2Fnfl-owner-cuts-funding-for-columbia-university-after-anti-israel-protests-no-longer-an-institution-i-recognize%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=2227689&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>The summary of the provided information is about the decision of New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft to stop funding Columbia University due to the\u2063 rise of anti-Semitic sentiments on\u200d campus. This action follows concerns \u2063raised by Kraft regarding the \u200cinstitution&#8217;s \u2062handling of the situation, urging \u200bcorrective \u2064measures to address the ongoing protests \u200dand restore trust in the university. The summary focuses \u2063on New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft&#8217;s decision to\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/north-carolina-ed-grassroots-demand-halt-to-funding-crt-training-for-disabled-preschoolers\/\" title=\"North Carolina Ed Grassroots Demand Halt to Funding CRT Training for Disabled Preschoolers\">halt funding<\/a> for Columbia University due to escalating anti-Semitic sentiments \u2062on campus. Kraft expressed concerns\u200d about the university&#8217;s response to the issue and called \u200dfor corrective actions to address protests and rebuild confidence \u2063in the institution.  <\/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<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/news\/\">  News <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/%20\"><span>Jack Davis<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   April 22, 2024 at 4:29pm <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>As Columbia University wallows in a seething stew of anti-Semitic hate, New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft said he will no longer send money to the New York City campus.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement released through his Foundation to Combat Antisemitism, Kraft said, \u201c[T]he school I love so much \u2014 the one that welcomed me and provided me with so much opportunity \u2014 is no longer an institution I recognize,\u201d according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/patriots-robert-kraft-pulls-support-columbia-university-antisemitic-violence\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am deeply saddened at the virulent hate that continues to grow on campus and throughout our country. I am no longer confident that Columbia can protect its students and staff, and I am not comfortable supporting the university until corrective action is taken,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Kraft called on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/columbia-rabbi-issues-urgent-warning-jewish-students-campus-chaos-spirals-return-home-soon-possible\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the college<\/a> to do something to right the wrong taking place.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is my hope that Columbia and its leadership will stand up to this hate by ending these protests immediately and will work to earn back the respect and trust of many of us who have lost faith in the institution,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">JUST IN: Columbia &#038; Barnard faculty hold walkout in protest of the school\u2019s decision to call the police on pro-Palestine students.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoying every second of this \ud83c\udf7f<\/p>\n<p>The liberal college is engaged in a \u201ccivil war\u201d as professors are taking sides in the Israel-Hamas war, with 54\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ggZja6iQgl\">pic.twitter.com\/ggZja6iQgl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CollinRugg\/status\/1782482503401607600?\">April 22, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>On Monday, after touring the campus with a group of other Jewish legislators, Democratic Rep. Josh Gottheimer of New Jersey <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ilhan-omars-daughter-whines-losing-privileges-90k-college-arrested-anti-israel-encampment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">condemned<\/a> what he saw. according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/business\/live-news\/columbia-yale-protests-passover-04-22-24\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe saw it firsthand as we walked past the encampments on the university\u2019s main lawn full of protesters spewing incendiary anti-Semitic hate and vitriol. Many aren\u2019t even Columbia students I\u2019ve been told. Their campaign of intimidation is sickening and shocking and as the White House said yesterday, \u2018echoes the rhetoric of Hamas terrorists,&#8217;\u201d Gottheimer said,<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Do you agree with this move?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201c[T]oothless combinations from administrators aren\u2019t going to stop the anarchy we\u2019re seeing,\u201d he said. \u201cThe only way to do it is with deeds, not words.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gottheimer said Columbia has a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/squad-member-ilhan-omars-daughter-suspended-university-anti-israel-protest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">civil rights obligation<\/a> that is not being fulfilled.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cColleges have a legal obligation under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act to provide students, including Jews and Muslims, a school environment free from discrimination and harassment based on race color or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/calls-to-ban-telegram-in-u-s-run-into-growing-opposition\/\" title=\"Calls to ban Telegram in U.S. run into growing opposition\">national origin<\/a>. Yet just feet from here, Jewish students are being verbally and even physically assaulted,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, Columbia barred a Jewish professor who tried to enter the campus to lead a pro-Jewish rally there, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/04\/22\/us-news\/columbia-professor-and-outspoken-israel-supporter-shai-davidai-says-hes-been-barred-from-the-main-campus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Shai Davidai, an assistant professor at Columbia Business School, said he was told his ID was deactivated, even as protesters were able to use their IDs to enter the campus.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Earlier today, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Columbia?\">@Columbia<\/a> University refused to let me onto campus.<\/p>\n<p>Why? Because they cannot protect my safety as a Jewish professor.<\/p>\n<p>This is 1938.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Shai Davidai (@ShaiDavidai) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShaiDavidai\/status\/1782432139474043117?\">April 22, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThey are not letting me on main campus,\u201d he told a crowd of supporters.<\/p>\n<p>Pro-Israel protesters called out \u201cLet him in!\u201d and \u201cShame!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have not just a civil right, a civil right as a Jewish person to be on campus. I have a right as a professor employed by the university to be on campus,\u201d Davidai said.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>A Note from Our Deputy Managing Editor:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>I heard a chilling comment the other day: \u201cWe don\u2019t even know if an election will be held in 2024.\u201d <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>That wasn\u2019t said by a conspiracy theorist or a doomsday prophet. No, former U.S. national security advisor Lt. Gen. 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We have the platform, the journalists, and the experience to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-rises-as-he-promises-hes-only-begun-to-fight-put-on-full-armor-of-god-to-fight-the-left\/\" title=\"DeSantis Rises As He Promises He\u2019s \u2018Only Begun To Fight\u2019: \u2018Put On Full Armor Of God\u2019 To Fight The Left\">fight back hard<\/a>, but Big Tech is strangling us through advertising blacklists, shadow bans, and algorithms. Did you know that we\u2019ve been blacklisted by 90% of advertisers? Without direct support from you, our readers, we can\u2019t continue the fight.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Can we count on <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/subscribe\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>your support<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>? It may not seem like much, but a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/subscribe\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>Western Journal Membership<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  can make all the difference in the world because when you support us directly, you cut Big Tech out of the picture. They lose control. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>A monthly Western Journal Membership costs less than one coffee and breakfast sandwich each month, and it gets you access to ALL of our content \u2014 news, commentary, and premium articles. You\u2019ll experience a radically reduced number of ads, and most importantly you will be vitally supporting the fight for America\u2019s soul in 2024.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We are literally counting on you because without our members, The Western Journal would cease to exist. Will you <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/subscribe\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>join us<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  in the fight? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Sincerely,<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Josh Manning<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Deputy Managing Editor<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Western Journal<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"author-info-44685\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"summary-tab-radio-44685\">Summary<\/label><label for=\"more-info-tab-radio-44685\">More<span> Biographical Information<\/span><\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-44685\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-44685\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Jack Davis is a freelance writer who joined The Western Journal in July 2015 and chronicled the campaign that saw President Donald Trump elected. Since then, he has written extensively for The Western Journal on the Trump administration as well as foreign policy and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-military-issues-dire-warning-about-chinas-rapid-military-nuclear-weapons-buildup\/\" title=\"U.S. Military Issues Dire Warning About China\u2019s Rapid Military, Nuclear Weapons Buildup\">military issues<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  Jack Davis is a freelance writer who joined The Western Journal in July 2015 and chronicled the campaign that saw President Donald Trump elected. Since then, he has written extensively for The Western Journal on the Trump administration as well as foreign policy and military issues. <br \/> Jack can be reached at jackwritings1@gmail.com. <\/p>\n<p>  Location <\/p>\n<p>  New York City <\/p>\n<p>  Languages Spoken <\/p>\n<p>  English <\/p>\n<p>  Topics of Expertise <\/p>\n<p>  Politics, Foreign Policy, Military &#038; Defense Issues <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amidst a surge of anti-Semitic sentiments at Columbia University, New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft pledges to halt financial support to the NYC campus. 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