US feds ‘encouraged’ by Yale’s handling of anti-Israel protest encampment

The US federal Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism backs Yale University’s response to anti-Israel protesters this week.

The statement is a rare instance of praise from the Trump administration for an Ivy League university’s handling of anti-Israel protesters.

Yale students on Tuesday briefly set up a protest encampment to demonstrate against a visit to the area by National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir.

The university warned the demonstrators of consequences and the following day stripped the campus anti-Israel protest group of its recognized status.

“Yale University appears to have enforced its time, place, and manner policies, cleared the area, de-registered a student organization involved in the incident, and started an investigation into individual discipline for students who crossed the line from speech into unlawful conduct,” the task force says in a statement.

“This Task Force is committed to stopping unlawful antisemitic harassment on campus. We are cautiously encouraged by Yale’s actions and will be keeping an eye on the situation and aftermath,” the statement says.