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On the recordMarch 12, 2025
since Hamas's barbaric attack on Israel on October 7 of last year, many of our Nation's top universities have abandoned their Jewish students. Instead of providing a place to learn, they have become hotbeds of anti-Semitism, anti-American hatred, and open support for terrorism. Here are some examples. At Princeton, students have waved the flags of terror groups like Hezbollah. At UCLA, activists set up barricades across campus and blocked Jewish students from attending class. At George Washington University, a pro-Hamas demonstrator walked around campus with a sign calling for a ``Final Solution'' against the Jewish people. At Columbia University, students chanted ``We are Hamas'' and ``Long Live Hamas.'' In recent weeks, pro-Hamas activists at Barnard College occupied an academic building, allegedly assaulted a school employee, and handed out fliers produced by the Hamas Media Office. These fliers glorified ``Operation Al-Aqsa Flood.'' That is Hamas's term for its kidnapping, rape, and murder of more than 1,200 Israelis. These are not isolated cases. To many Americans and, certainly, many Tennesseans, it seems impossible that this would be happening right here. But according to Hillel International, there were more than 1,800 anti-Semitic incidents on college campuses during the 2023-2024 school year. Think about that--1,800 anti-Semitic incidents. The thing that is so upsetting about this is that is an increase of more than 500 percent from the year before.…
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Marsha Blackburn
Republican · Tennessee

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