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Seven members of Northwestern's committee to fight antisemitism resigned in the wake of the capitulation of the administration to activists.
Seven members of Northwestern's committee to fight antisemitism resigned in the wake of the capitulation of the administration to activists.
Seven members of the President’s Advisory Committee on Preventing Antisemitism and Hate stepped down from the committee Wednesday, effective immediately. A letter addressed to University President Michael Schill cited Schill’s decision not to consult the committee on the agreement reached Monday between administrators and the organizers of the pro-Palestinian encampment on Deering Meadow. “It is...
Northwestern’s chapter of Jewish Voice for Peace released a statement on the pro-Israel counterprotest on Deering Meadow Sunday afternoon. “We condemn today’s violent, racist, and intimidating Zionist aggression at the peaceful encampment,” JVP NU wrote in the statement. The counterprotest, which included about 150 pro-Israel demonstrators — most of whom appeared not to be students...
Daily staffers Samantha Powers, Jacob Wendler and Beatrice Villaflor discuss what they’ve seen in their reporting on the pro-Palestine encampment at Deering Meadow. [nat sound of student activists chanting] CARLOTTA ANGIOLILLO: On Thursday morning, about 50 student activists began setting up tents on Deering Meadow in an effort to pressure Northwestern to divest from companies...