{"id":2235026,"date":"2024-05-01T20:43:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-02T00:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/flashback-this-isnt-the-first-time-a-minouche-shafik-led-university-allowed-anti-semitic-mob-to-take-over\/"},"modified":"2024-05-01T20:46:05","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T00:46:05","slug":"flashback-this-isnt-the-first-time-a-minouche-shafik-led-university-allowed-anti-semitic-mob-to-take-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/flashback-this-isnt-the-first-time-a-minouche-shafik-led-university-allowed-anti-semitic-mob-to-take-over\/","title":{"rendered":"Looking back: Anti-Semitic Mob Takes Over Minouche Shafik-Led University Again"},"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%2Fflashback-this-isnt-the-first-time-a-minouche-shafik-led-university-allowed-anti-semitic-mob-to-take-over%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=2235026&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 article discusses repeated incidents of anti-Semitic mobs \u200don Minouche Shafik-led campuses. It highlights concerns over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/college-scales-back-bias-response-teams-after-legal-challenge\/\" title=\"College Scales Back \u2018Bias Response\u2019 Teams After Legal Challenge\">disciplinary actions<\/a>, such as the mob incident\u2064 involving the Israeli ambassador at the London School of Economics. Critics question the \u200clack of \u2063consequences for protesters, raising\u200b doubts about accountability\u2063 under Shafik&#8217;s leadership. The article emphasizes ongoing challenges with anti-Semitism on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-china-threat-is-real-and-upon-us\/\" title=\"The China Threat is Real and Upon Us\">college campuses<\/a>.  <\/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>This isn\u2019t the first time Columbia University president Minouche Shafik has faced questions over how she will discipline an anti-Semitic mob on her campus, and her past performance has critics in Congress concerned that Columbia\u2019s protesters will get off unscathed.<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, with Shafik at the helm of the London School of Economics, the Israeli ambassador to the United Kingdom Tzipi Hotovely was swarmed by a mob of protesters after she was invited to speak at the prestigious university\u2019s Debating Society.<\/p>\n<p>Video from the November 9, 2021 incident shows police had to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uk-may-ease-ccp-virus-lockdown-from-march-foreign-secretary-says\/\" title=\"UK May Ease CCP Virus Lockdown From March, Foreign Secretary Says\">hold back<\/a> a mob of Palestinian flag-waving protesters who attempted to swarm her car \u2014 protesters reportedly chanted the genocidal \u201cFrom the River to the Sea\u201d chant and waved the flags of U.S.-designated terror organization, Kata\u2019ib Hezbollah.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Disturbing display of antisemitism: <\/p>\n<p>Israeli Ambassador to the UK <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TzipiHotovely?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TzipiHotovely<\/a> was evacuated from an event at the London School of Economics last night on the anniversary of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Kristallnacht?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Kristallnacht<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/V0gE8ZPsZM\">pic.twitter.com\/V0gE8ZPsZM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Julie Lenarz (@MsJulieLenarz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MsJulieLenarz\/status\/1458359595152429058?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 10, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/p>\n<p>Though the university, similar to Columbia, called intimidation and threats of violence \u201ccompletely unacceptable\u201d and warned that \u201cstudents identified as being involved in making such threats will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/yes-bidens-hhs-pick-advocates-puberty-blockers-medical-transition-of-minors\/\" title=\"Yes, Biden\u2019s HHS Pick Advocates Puberty Blockers, Medical Transition Of Minors\">face disciplinary action<\/a>,\u201d there\u2019s no indication that any such action was taken. Neither the university nor Shafik, who had been president of the school since 2017, responded to requests for comment on the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY), who has been one of Shafik\u2019s harshest critics and has called on her to resign, said the incident gives her \u201czero confidence\u201d that there will be consequences for the \u201cpro-terrorist\u201d students.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cColumbia University President Shafik\u2019s history of allowing students who perpetrate antisemitic attacks to go unpunished gives me zero confidence that Shafik will follow through and hold Columbia students accountable for their role in the antisemitic, pro-terrorist mob that has seized control of the university,\u201d Stefanik told The Daily Wire. \u201cShafik must be terminated immediately, and Columbia University must make public the names of every student suspended or expelled for taking part in this antisemitic mob.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Columbia\u2019s Hamilton Hall and South Lawn were cleared of anti-Israel protesters after nearly two weeks of the school engaging in negotiations with students and refusing to clear the encampment permanently by force. While the school has continually threatened disciplinary actions, some worry that the students will avoid consequences.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly to the ongoing protests on college campuses across the United States, there was overt anti-Semitism present at the 2021 incident at Shafik\u2019s London School of Economics.<\/p>\n<p>The 2021 mob coincided with the 83rd anniversary of Kristallnacht \u2014 also known as the Night of Broken Glass \u2014 when Jewish-owned stores, buildings, and synagogues were vandalized by Nazis across Germany.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the event, an Instagram account called LSEclasswar encouraged violence, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/breaking-news\/uk-ambassador-evacuated-after-pro-palestinian-activists-crash-debate-kan-news-684537\">The Jerusalem Post<\/a>, writing \u201cWhoever smashes the Ambassador [sic] car window gets pints.\u00a0 Let\u2019s f**king frighten her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Several of the students who hosted Hotovely were followed home, harassed, and threatened with violence, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-10190223\/Pro-Palestine-protestors-followed-students-home-calling-war-criminals-LSE-event.html\">The Daily Mail<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the end of the talk I waited for my friends to leave the premises so that I could walk with them,\u201d a student reportedly said. \u201cMore worryingly four to five individuals began to follow us as we walked down Lincoln park and these individuals in particular began to verbally harass the organizers by saying the \u2018Kashmiri people are ashamed of you\u2019 and that \u2018\u2019you are war criminals.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne individual in particular began to physically threaten the organizers by saying \u2018I will f*** you up, p****holes\u2019 and \u2018come on, fight me, p****holes.\u2019\u201d the student added.<\/p>\n<p>The event was the first of a series which included a subsequent event with the Palestinian ambassador to the U.K., Husam Zomlot.<\/p>\n<p>Hotovely thanked the British government for support following the ordeal, and said she would not be intimidated.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019m thankful for all the support I have received from the British government, many friends and partners. <\/p>\n<p>I had an excellent event at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LSE?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LSE<\/a> and I will not be intimidated. I will continue to share the Israeli story and hold open dialogue with all parts of British society. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/12xFp87Kc2\">pic.twitter.com\/12xFp87Kc2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tzipi Hotovely (@TzipiHotovely) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TzipiHotovely\/status\/1458401734842363907?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 10, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Columbia University&#8217;s president, Minouche Shafik, faces recurring scrutiny for handling anti-Semitic mobs on campus. Concerns linger over her approach, with critics worried protesters may escape consequences. 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