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A congressional education committee is questioning college presidents today on the recent rise in antisemitic protests and violence on campuses in the U.S. Overseen by Congresswoman Virginia Foxx, the hearing is titled ‘Holding Campus Leaders Accountable and Confronting Antisemitism’ and will begin at 10:15 a.m. on Tuesday, December 5, 2023.
Witnesses will include representatives from Harvard University, the University of Pennsylvania and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, all of which have made headlines in recent weeks for the tone of pro-Palestinian protests conducted there.
Today’s hearing comes as:
Above, a photo of USC students at a pro-Palestinian protest on campus. A USC professors comments wishing death on Hamas members, but not all Palestinian civilians, resulted in a suspension by the school.
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