The multi-agency plan of the Trump administration to “eradicate” anti-Semitism at the American university campuses, received praise from students and professors, because fear continues to exist with the Jewish community.
“You see at schools such as UC Berkeley, Portland or Harvard, Jewish students are locked up by libraries and they are harassed by other students,” said High School Junior Gregory Lyakhov “Fox & Friends First” Wednesday. “That is not how I want my university experience to go, and that is definitely not what it should be like.”
Lyakhov, a Trump supporter, blamed the Biden government for taking “no action” to tackle anti -Semitism and Hamas sympathizers who terrorized campuses during the former president’s period.
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Professor of the Columbia University Ran Kivetz (left), high school student Gregory Lyakhov (center) and student of the University of Pennsylvania Noah Rubin (right). (Fox News)
Noah Rubin, a student at the University of Pennsylvania, described witnesses of “true violence” similar to what Lyakhov described.
“Jewish students are intimidated. They are physically harassed. There are people who break the laws, and … we do not hold them responsible in the ways we should be,” he told “America’s newsroom.”
“So I think this executive order says that we will no longer tolerate this, and it is a very great first step.”
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President Donald Trump signed an executive order About “additional measures to combat anti -Semitism” last week. The directive gives all federal agencies a 60-day window to identify civil and criminal authorities that are available to combat anti-Semitism and to deport anti-Jewish activists who have violated laws.
On Monday, the Ministry of Justice a press release In accordance with the Order, the announcement of the formation of a task force with multiple authorities to combat anti -Semitism.
Ran Kivetz, a professor at the Columbia Business School, called the probe “absolutely necessary” while weighed on the announcement on Wednesday.
“It is a great step. Things have become better above the ground, so the type of riots we saw that consistently went to Columbia University, that kind of riots and violence and (the) takeover of buildings has come underground …
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“… This Task Force, which is multi -tension – it is the Ministry of Justice, it is the Ministry of Education, other agencies – that is a great start, a great step,” he said.
Trump’s educational department will investigate five universities alleged anti -Semitism -Columbia University, Northwestern University, Portland State University, UC Berkeley and the University of Minnesota, Twin cities.
“Too many universities have widespread anti -Semitic intimidation and the illegal camps that paralyzed campus life last year, float Jewish life and religious expression underground. Secretary of civil rights in the Education Department, said in a statement.
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