Columbia University is investigating a student event where speakers expressed support for Palestinian terror groups and encouraged students to back “armed resistance” against Israel.
The Manhattan District Attorney’s office charged a former Columbia student who allegedly assaulted an Israeli student last week, according to court filings.
A major U.S. university announced earlier this week that it would be opening a center in Tel Aviv, Israel, drawing backlash from anti-Israel faculty who claim that the college should not be supporting a country that “refuses to abide by international human rights laws."
Former Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos says “there’s little evidence to suggest” the Biden administration and the Education Department are enforcing the law on foreign funding for colleges and universities.
Among the over $16 billion worth of earmarks included in the $1.7 trillion omnibus spending bill, New York Congressman Jerry Nadler gave Columbia University almost $3 million to address climate change, despite the Ivy League university’s endowment growing to $13.3 billion.