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The Ivy League's Anti-Israel Protest Meltdown
(Wall Street Journal) Editorial - Anyone who thinks concerns about antisemitism are overdone isn't paying attention. Anti-Israel, antisemitic protests at elite universities are getting uglier. At Columbia in New York City, pro-Palestinian demonstrators have surrounded Jewish students to push them away. Many protesters wear masks or kaffiyehs to disguise their identities. Protesters carry banners calling to "Honor the Martyrs of Palestine" and a sign pointing to pro-Israel counterprotesters as "al-Qasam's next targets." Al-Qassam is the military wing of Hamas. That's a call to kill Jews. These schools have sown the intolerance their students are demonstrating by putting identity politics above the free exchange of ideas. On Oct. 8, 2023, Columbia professor Joseph Massad praised the "awesome" scenes of the Oct. 7 massacre "witnessed by millions of jubilant Arabs."