The Jerusalem Post argues that Jewish leaders have failed to recognise the efforts of former US President Donald Trump in confronting antisemitism on university campuses. Drawing a provocative analogy, the article compares the current targeting of Jewish students by pro-Hamas activists to a hypothetical situation in which African-American students face violent harassment from Ku Klux Klan mobs, with university administrators turning a blind eye.
The opinion piece condemns the inaction of many universities, where Jewish students have allegedly been assaulted, threatened, and driven from libraries by pro-Hamas encampments chanting violent slogans, including calls for the murder of Jews worldwide. Professors, too, are accused of perpetuating antisemitic narratives by portraying Jews as genocidal occupiers.
In response to this alarming environment, the piece praises Trump’s administration for enforcing civil rights protections. These include cutting federal funding to universities that fail to protect Jewish students and taking legal action against foreign nationals alleged to have ties to terrorist organisations. According to the author, such measures represent one of the few robust government responses to rising antisemitism in higher education.
The article expresses outrage that some Jewish figures have chosen to criticise Trump instead of supporting his administration’s efforts to defend Jewish students and accuses these critics of prioritising political opposition over the safety of their own communities, and likens their stance to endorsing hate groups’ right to intimidate minorities.
The opinion piece closes by urging Jewish leaders to abandon partisan divisions and publicly support initiatives, regardless of political source, that protect Jews from escalating hate and violence.
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