U.S. Sens. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) and Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) came out forcefully on Monday to condemn the recent wave of anti-Israel protests popping up at universities across the nation.
For days at prominent college campuses across the United States, students and others have gathered in protest against Israel in the escalating hostilities in the Middle East.
At Yale University in New Haven, Conn., dozens of protestors were apprehended by police Monday morning after blocking traffic.
Similarly, at Columbia University in New York City, hundreds of protestors also blocked traffic and set up a campsite. After hundreds of students were arrested for the campsite, students from other universities and others set up another encampment to protest their arrest.
Columbia University President Minouche Shafik announced on Monday that the school would cancel all in-person classes while denouncing “antisemitic language” and “intimidating and harassing behavior.”
An Israeli professor at the Columbia School of Business claimed that he was prohibited from entering the campus since police could not guarantee his safety.
Earlier today, @Columbia University refused to let me onto campus.
— Shai Davidai (@ShaiDavidai) April 22, 2024
Why? Because they cannot protect my safety as a Jewish professor.
This is 1938.
Tuberville responded, showing disgust that these actions took place on the Jewish holiday of Passover.
This has no place on American college campuses or anywhere on U.S. soil.
— Senator Katie Boyd Britt (@SenKatieBritt) April 22, 2024
The Senate should immediately pass the Stop Anti-Semitism on College Campuses Act and Antisemitism Awareness Act. It’s time for this Senate Democrat majority to decide whether it stands with the radical… https://t.co/N7IW7ZZL8V
Likewise, Britt condemned the protests, calling for the passage of the Stop Anti-Semitism on College Campuses Act, which would rescind federal funding for colleges that promote anti-semitism on their campuses.
This is a disgrace. There should be no equivocation here.
— Senator Katie Boyd Britt (@SenKatieBritt) April 22, 2024
It’s shameful to falsely suggest that there’s a parallel to—or a justification for—those who openly support Hamas and call for further acts of barbaric terrorism. We must stand strongly with the Jewish people. https://t.co/HJ5Zr5SIGO
As Passover begins this evening, thousands of Jewish Americans are under attack.
— Coach Tommy Tuberville (@SenTuberville) April 22, 2024
Let this serve as a reminder for everyone: antisemitism has NO PLACE in our society – whether on college campuses or ANYWHERE.https://t.co/MDpKeVSuHb
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