campus crackdown
Trump’s threat to punish universities that allow ‘illegal protests’ draws tentative support from Jewish leaders
The Anti-Defamation League welcomed the tough posture against antisemitism, but called on any penalties against protesters to conform with the Constitution
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Students of Rutgers University set up Gaza solidarity encampment at a New Jersey university on the Rutgers-Newark campus in Newark, United States on May 21, 2024.
President Donald Trump’s threat on Tuesday to slash federal funding from universities that continue to allow what he labeled “illegal” protests drew tentative support from several Jewish leaders on the front lines of fighting campus antisemitism, while facing pointed...