with first anniversary of 7th October Fast forward to now, university and college students are bracing for renewed anti-Israel demonstrations on campuses across the United States.
The anniversary of Hamas’s devastating attacks against Israel is likely to heighten already heightened tensions at colleges – which will further escalate Iran’s unprecedented missile attack Against the Jewish state.
Many anti-Israel groups are already planning demonstrations. In particular, the National Students for Justice in Palestine (NSJP) is organizing a nationwide “Anger Week” on campuses starting on the October 7 anniversary.
Cornell graduate student Amanda Silberstein suggested that while many students are focused on honoring the memory of innocent lives lost during the Israel–Hamas war, SJP is “celebrating the day and glorifying violence under the guise of resistance.” “Choosing a choice.”
As the anniversary of October 7 approaches, college campuses are bracing for an influx of new anti-Israel protests. (Charlie Tribleau/Étienne Laurent/AFP/Leon Neal via Getty)
“This blatant dehumanization of Jews not only disrespects all the victims, but also stokes Jew hatred on campus,” he told Fox News Digital. “It is disappointing to see such a lack of empathy and understanding on a day that should be reserved for serious reflection and unity – not for the promotion of hatred and conflict.”
NSJP did not come back fox news digital Request for comment.
NYU student Bella Ingber also expressed concerns about her local SJP chapter. The group is holding a walkout in Washington Square Park before joining larger protests across the city.
He said NYU’s campus remains open, meaning student protests could escalate into more significant incidents. Protests not only attract students, but outsiders can also agitate and take advantage of students to support a larger platform.
Ingber said he hoped the NYPD would work with NYU campus security to try to get the situation under control. Nevertheless, he is “angry, disappointed, and saddened” that fellow students “continue to justify the murder, rape, and kidnapping of Jews.”
However, Ingber stressed that she is also empowered and motivated.
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Anti-Israel protesters walk down Fifth Avenue to Washington Square Park in New York City on Friday, May 3, 2024. NYU’s Palestine Solidarity Coalition hosted the demonstration as campus protests continue across the country. (Rashid Omar Abbasi for Fox News Digital)
“We’re not going anywhere,” he told Fox News Digital. “We will not be cowed by fear and we will certainly not be informed. On this October 7, I mourn the loss of innocent lives and pray for the brave men and women of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) who fight Continuing, I walk proudly and be a tribute, a public voice of remembrance, for all those beautiful souls who were stolen from us too soon.”
In a statement to Fox News Digital, an NYU spokesperson said the school is preparing for potential challenges in the fall, including the Oct. 7 anniversary, “which was a continued focus over the summer for NYU’s leadership.”
Preparation included several approaches, including student conduct, communicating expectations, strengthening compliance with civil rights laws and efforts against anti-Semitism, “enhancing dialogue, engagement across difference,” establishing a faculty advisory committee, and Including working and organizing listening forums.
Other students on campuses across the country told Fox News Digital they are preparing for the worst.
University of Pennsylvania student Noah Rubin said campus leaders are coming together to hold a vigil for the victims of Oct. 7. But, he said, many fellow professors and fellow students are preparing to “glorify and praise” Hamas’s terrorism.
He recalled how last year, a Anti-Israel camp in UPN “They should do it again,” he shouted while playing footage of the October 7 terrorist attacks.
Only last week, Israel had eliminated the leader of the terrorist organization Hezbollah. Hassan Nasrallah, Rubin claimed that students and professors at the school organized a vigil for him and other “martyrs” in Lebanon.
He said, “There should be no place on college campuses to mourn the deaths of terrorists – and yet we expect that to continue on October 7 this year.”
Harvard University student Shabbos Kestenbaum told Fox News Digital that Jewish students at schools like Harvard, including Berkeley, Binghamton and the University of California-Los Angeles, have already hired significant security operations to protect their October 7 commemorations And coordinated.
Harvard University is one of many institutions facing anti-Semitism on campus. (Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images)
While Berkeley has not released any statement specifically on October 7, a school spokesperson told Fox News Digital that the focus was on campus safety and inclusivity at the beginning of the semester. a video message From the Chancellor of Berkeley and UC’s systemwide president, Michael Drake.
The spokesperson also told Fox News Digital that the school is engaged in scenario discussions and planning.
“Student activism is nothing new on the Berkeley campus, and we have established processes for planning and preparation,” he said.
Kestenbaum called the need for security measures at many schools a “serious indictment of the state of contemporary American higher education.”
“Many Jewish students don’t feel safe because they’re not objectively safe,” he said.
Pro-Palestinian supporters continue to protest on the campus of Columbia University in New York City on April 29, 2024. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
For example, he pointed to the University of Pittsburgh, where there have been two physical attacks against Jewish students in the past month. He also highlighted the recent attack on a Jewish student at the University of Michigan and a physical assault at Harvard Business School. In total, there have been five attacks against Jewish students at colleges in the past month.
Columbia University was one of the major schools affected by protests last year. These protests led to over 200 arrests on campus and one incident in which agitators entered and took over the campus. Hamilton Hall of the University For about 24 hours.
A spokesperson for Colombia sent Fox News Digital a message From Interim President Katrina Armstrong to the campus community about the October 7 anniversary recent performance Which happened on 5th September.
Other schools listed in this story did not respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
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Editor’s note: This piece has been updated to include a statement from NYU. The article also initially stated that there have been five attacks on the University of Pittsburgh campus, when in fact there have been two attacks at the school in the past month. There have been a total of five attacks against Jewish students on college campuses across the United States in the past month.
