{"id":2230983,"date":"2024-04-26T13:43:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-26T17:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/college-activists-postpone-anti-israel-encampment-because-students-are-too-white\/"},"modified":"2024-04-26T13:47:53","modified_gmt":"2024-04-26T17:47:53","slug":"college-activists-postpone-anti-israel-encampment-because-students-are-too-white","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/college-activists-postpone-anti-israel-encampment-because-students-are-too-white\/","title":{"rendered":"College activists delay anti-Israel camp due to predominantly white student body"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fcollege-activists-postpone-anti-israel-encampment-because-students-are-too-white%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=2230983&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 University of Washington students delayed an anti-Israel protest due to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pentagon-to-keep-400-troops-at-border-as-illegal-crossings-approached-180000-in-august\/\" title=\"Pentagon retains 400 troops at border as illegal crossings near 180,000 in August.\">high\u2062 number<\/a>\u200b of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tulane-university-holds-segregated-racial-healing-spaces-in-wake-of-chauvin-verdict\/\" title=\"Tulane University Holds Segregated \u2018Racial Healing Spaces\u2019 In Wake Of Chauvin Verdict\">white participants<\/a>. The Progressive Student Union sought greater \u2062diversity\u200b for\u200b the demonstration. Similar\u200c pro-Palestine protests \u2064have occurred at over\u2063 40 US \u2062campuses, \u200bfueling a rise in anti-Jewish sentiments. Schools like Columbia and USC faced disruptions \u2064and cancellations\u2062 amid the \u2063demonstrations.\u200d The\u2064 University of Washington students \u200dpostponed an anti-Israel protest because too many white students were involved. The Progressive Student Union aimed for \u2062more diversity. Pro-Palestine\u2062 protests at over 40 US campuses led to increased anti-Jewish\u2063 sentiments. Columbia and USC\u200c experienced disruptions and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-richard-tice-says-britons-have-been-brainwashed-into-accepting-nhs-waiting-lists\/\" title=\"Exclusive: Richard Tice Says Britons Have Been \u2018Brainwashed\u2019 Into Accepting NHS Waiting Lists\">cancellations due<\/a> to the demonstrations.  <\/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<div>\n<div>\n<figure>                         <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Students at the University of Washington postponed an anti-Israel demonstration planned for Thursday because too many of the students who signed up are white. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mynorthwest.com\/3958497\/rantz-uw-students-postpone-antisemitic-encampment-having-too-many-white-saviors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">According <\/a>to MyNorthwest, a Washington-based radio station, the University of Washington\u2019s Progressive Student Union (UWPSU) opted to delay an encampment in solidarity with Palestinian terrorists \u201cto make sure this encampment is a better reflection of the UW community, and having even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/catholics-react-to-vote-to-draft-statement-prohibiting-some-politicians-from-receiving-communion\/\" title=\"Catholics React To Vote To Draft Statement Prohibiting Some Politicians From Receiving Communion\">greater unity<\/a> with Muslim, Palestinian and Arab students.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to be part of a much larger coalition of groups and make no mistake, WE WILL HAVE A UW ENCAMPMENT! We want to make sure everyone\u2019s voice is included and this action is as safe, secure, and strong as possible,\u201d read a statement from the far-left student union published by MyNorthwest. <\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: Activists with the UW Progressive Student Union said they&#8217;re postponing the \u201cUW Palestine encampment\u201d because there were too many white students involved. The group received criticism for not including Muslim and Arab students in the organizing.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Do5KBLbFM2\">https:\/\/t.co\/Do5KBLbFM2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jason Rantz on KTTH Radio (@jasonrantz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jasonrantz\/status\/1783540835029774359?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 25, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The protest at the University of Washington would have placed the school on the map of more than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/live-blog\/columbia-protests-live-update-encampment-continue-college-negotiates-p-rcna149111\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">40 <\/a>college campuses where pro-Palestine demonstrations have brought havoc to institutions from coast to coast. These anti-Israel encampments have been reported from Harvard and Yale to Stanford and the University of Southern California (USC), driving a nationwide <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/live-news\/antisemitism-campus-surges-agitators-take-over-columbia-yale-universities\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">rise<\/a> in anti-Jewish hate. <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/college-protests-israel-divestment-palestinians-3f37f96f7be8e1124f266842d9caa627\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">According <\/a>to the Associated Press, students taking over college campuses are broadly demanding schools halt business with Israel or any other groups supporting the Israeli effort to eliminate Iranian-backed terrorists in the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>Demonstrations spread from Columbia University, where students began to protest last week as school leaders <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/04\/18\/columbia-president-suggests-faculty-dont-know-how-to-spell-to-dodge-scrutiny-for-dei-nonsense\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">testified<\/a> about antisemitism on Capitol Hill. The Ivy League school <a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/04\/24\/after-selling-out-gop-voters-on-the-border-mike-johnson-courts-democrats-at-columbia-university\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">canceled<\/a> in-person classes Monday and notified students that classes would be hybrid for the rest of the semester due to ongoing demonstrations. Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson visited the university this week to <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/04\/24\/after-selling-out-gop-voters-on-the-border-mike-johnson-courts-democrats-at-columbia-university\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">shift attention<\/a> away from his embarrassing failure to secure any new border fortification amid negotiations that ended with sending more money to Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>At USC, officials announced the university will <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/israel-palestine-war-campus-protests-fbd7dd06431f32d24d0f8abcc8a56b8b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cancel <\/a>the school\u2019s primary graduation ceremony after dozens were arrested in protests Thursday. Other universities may follow suit while some, such as the University of Michigan, are <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/college-graduation-israel-gaza-protest-3b363f57cbe915e95b68eeed04ca342d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tightening restrictions<\/a> on prohibited items, including flags and banners.<\/p>\n<p>The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) sent a <a href=\"https:\/\/notoleranceforantisemitism.adl.org\/resources\/letter\/open-letter-college-and-university-presidents-disruptions-commencement-ceremonies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">letter <\/a>to college and university presidents earlier this month to \u201curge you to take clear, decisive action now to ensure that graduation ceremonies, events, and functions run smoothly, and that all students and their families feel safe, welcomed and celebrated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs leaders in the Jewish community, we ask that you take your role seriously in making sure that Jewish students \u2014 and all students \u2014 are not robbed of a positive, memorable lifecycle event,\u201d said the ADL. <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, schools where demonstrations are taking place are facing financial consequences for their failure to crack down on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/outspoken-pro-israel-columbia-professor-denied-entry-into-liberated-zone-encampment\/\" title=\"Columbia professor supporting Israel barred from 'liberated zone' camp\">encampment protests<\/a>. Billionaire Columbia University alum Robert Kraft, the owner of the New England Patriots, said he would stop contributing to his alma mater, and Leon Cooperman, another alum, also pledged to continue a halt in donations shortly after the Oct. 7 terrorist attack on Israel. <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/04\/22\/us-news\/billionaires-stop-columbia-cash-over-anti-israel-protests\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">According <\/a>to The New York Post, other billionaire donors are considering a similar pause on university contributions. With high-dollar contributors pulling back from schools, having too few white students involved in pro-terrorist protests should be the least of their worries. <\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Tristan Justice is the western correspondent for The Federalist and the author of Social Justice Redux, a conservative newsletter on culture, health, and wellness. He has also written for The Washington Examiner and The Daily Signal. His work has also been featured in Real Clear Politics and Fox News. Tristan graduated from George Washington University where he majored in political science and minored in journalism. Follow him on Twitter at @JusticeTristan or contact him at Tristan@thefederalist.com. Sign up for Tristan&#8217;s email newsletter <a href=\"https:\/\/socialjusticeredux.substack.com\/about\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Washington activists delayed an anti-Israel protest scheduled for Thursday as too many white students registered. 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