{"id":2234624,"date":"2024-05-01T14:02:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T18:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republicans-call-for-university-leaders-to-testify-as-anti-israel-protests-sweep-nation\/"},"modified":"2024-05-01T14:03:38","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T18:03:38","slug":"house-republicans-call-for-university-leaders-to-testify-as-anti-israel-protests-sweep-nation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republicans-call-for-university-leaders-to-testify-as-anti-israel-protests-sweep-nation\/","title":{"rendered":"House GOP Requests University Officials&#8217; Testimony Amid Nationwide Anti-Israel Demonstrations"},"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\">20<\/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-republicans-call-for-university-leaders-to-testify-as-anti-israel-protests-sweep-nation%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=2234624&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 Republicans have demanded the presidents \u200cof Yale University, the\u2063 University of Michigan, and the University of California, Los Angeles, \u2063to testify in Congress regarding \u2062anti-Israel\u200c protests on campuses nationwide. The House Education and Workforce Committee Chairwoman, Virginia Foxx,\u2062 emphasized Congress&#8217;s intolerance towards neglect of duty to Jewish students. \u2063A hearing titled &#8220;Calling for Accountability: Stopping Antisemitic College Chaos&#8221; is scheduled for May 23.  <\/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<p><span>House Republicans on Tuesday called for the presidents of Yale University, the University of Michigan, and the University of California, Los Angeles, to testify in front of Congress amid anti-Israel protests across <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-backed-student-group-weaponizes-wokeness-to-attack-regime-critics\/\" title=\"China-Backed Student Group Weaponizes Wokeness To Attack Regime Critics\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/despite-insistence-by-democrat-politicians-and-medical-elites-empirical-evidence-does-not-conclusively-show-that-masks-reduce-the-spread-of-covid\/\" title=\"Despite Insistence by Democrat Politicians and Medical Elites, Empirical Evidence DOES NOT Conclusively Show that Masks Reduce the Spread of COVID\">college<\/a> campuses nationwide<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;The [House Education and Workforce Committee] has a clear message for mealy-mouthed, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-invites-more-university-leaders-to-congress-as-part-of-gop-crackdown-on-antisemitism\/\" title=\"House GOP urges additional university leaders to testify in Congress as part of crackdown on antisemitism\">spineless college leaders<\/a>: Congress will not tolerate your dereliction of your duty to your Jewish students,&#8221; the committee\u2019s chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R., N.C.) <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/edworkforce.house.gov\/news\/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=410503\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span>  in a statement on Tuesday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Republican-led House committee will hold a hearing on May 23\u2014titled &#8220;Calling for Accountability: Stopping Antisemitic College Chaos&#8221;\u2014to hear testimony from Yale president Peter Salovey, University of Michigan president Santa Ono, and UCLA president Gene Block, according to the statement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;No stone must go unturned while buildings are being defaced, campus greens are being captured, or graduations are being ruined,&#8221; Foxx said of the anti-Israel demonstrations that have recently sprung up at many of America\u2019s top universities, including <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/campus\/columbia-students-storm-university-building-and-hoist-banner-calling-for-intifada\/\"><span>Columbia University<\/span><\/a><span>, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/campus\/at-yale-anti-israeli-protesters-injure-jewish-student-and-tear-down-american-flag-from-war-memorial\/\"><span>Yale<\/span><\/a><span>, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.michigandaily.com\/news\/administration\/we-will-not-stop-until-we-get-full-divestment-umich-student-protesters-camp-out-on-diag-for-divestment\/\"><span>Michigan<\/span><\/a><span>, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/live-news\/riot-police-at-ucla-campus-close-in-after-night-of-violent-anti-israel-clashes\"><span>UCLA<\/span><\/a><span>, and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/campus\/harvard-protesters-raise-palestinian-flags-on-university-building-in-spot-reserved-for-the-american-flag\/\"><span>Harvard University<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;College is not a park for playacting juveniles or a battleground for radical activists,&#8221; the North Carolina Republican added. &#8220;Everyone affiliated with these universities will receive a healthy dose of reality: Actions have consequences.&#8221;<\/span>\t<\/p>\n<p><span>The House committee late last year <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/watch-mit-penn-harvard-presidents-say-calls-for-jewish-genocide-do-not-violate-code-of-conduct\/\"><span>summoned<\/span><\/a><span>  Harvard president Claudine Gay, Penn president Liz Magill, and MIT president Sally Kornbluth in response to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/campus\/anti-semitic-incidents-on-college-campuses-surged-320-percent-last-year-adl-finds\/\"><span>unprecedented spikes<\/span><\/a><span>  in anti-Semitic incidents on their campuses. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The three university leaders sparked national controversy when they suggested to the committee that calling for the genocide of Jews would not necessarily violate their schools\u2019 code of conduct. Magill <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/campus\/one-down-two-to-go-upenns-liz-magill-resigns-in-disgrace\/\"><span>resigned<\/span><\/a><span>  just days after the hearing, while Gay fended off initial pressure but <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/campus\/harvard-president-claudine-gay-resigns-in-disgrace-amid-plagiarism-anti-semitism-scandals\/\"><span>stepped down<\/span><\/a><span>  after allegations of plagiarism in her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elite-universities-get-failing-grades-on-anti-semitism-from-adl\/\" title=\"Elite colleges score poorly on anti-Semitism, as per ADL\">academic work surfaced<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House GOP Urges Yale, Michigan, UCLA Presidents to Testify in Congress amidst Nationwide Anti-Israel Protests. 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