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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 467

Cornell University

People walk on the campus of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, February 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
December 7, 2024, 4:41 am
Cornell president’s leaked criticism of Gaza class prompts new row over academic freedom
In a private email, Michael Kotlikoff criticized a new course called ‘Gaza, Indigeneity, Resistance,’ raising concerns for some as Trump vows to crack down on campus protests
By Andrew Lapin
Cornell University Prof. Russell Rickford, who praised the Hamas atrocities of October 7, 2023, as 'exhilarating,' speaks at a pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel rally on October 15, 2023, at the Ithaca Commons. (Screenshot from The Cornell Daily Sun, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
September 16, 2024, 1:21 pm
Cornell professor who praised Oct. 7 massacre allowed to resume teaching
Decision signals about-face from university’s initial rebuke, comes on heels of president’s resignation; NY Representative Claudia Tenney says she’s ‘deeply disgusted’ by move
By ToI Staff
Former Cornell University student Patrick Dai (Broome County Sheriff's Office)
August 13, 2024, 6:08 am
Former Cornell student gets 21 months for posting violent threats to Jewish students
Patrick Dai’s attorney claimed client is pro-Israel and wrongly believed posts would prompt ‘blowback’ against perceived anti-Israel media coverage, pro-Hamas sentiment on campus
By AP
Cornell University students sit outside on November 3, 2023, in Ithaca, New York. (Matt Burkhartt/ Getty Images/ AFP)
May 15, 2024, 6:12 am
Pro-Palestinian Cornell students dismantle protest camp on their own
As campuses empty out for summer, participant says activists wanted to take down encampment on their own terms rather than awaiting police fight, but could renew protest in fall
By Andrew Lapin
Cornell University president Martha Pollack at the 2021 commencement ceremony. (Creative Commons/Kenneth C. Zirkel via Wikipedia)
May 12, 2024, 5:31 am
Cornell University president quits amid campus antisemitism, Gaza protests
In letter to university community, Martha Pollack cites ‘enormous, unexpected challenges’ posed by Gaza war, anti-Israel demonstrations; emphasizes decision to retire was her own
By JTA and ToI Staff
Screen capture from video of Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar (right) visiting an anti-Israel protest camp at Columbia University, April 26, 2023. (X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
April 28, 2024, 11:27 am
ADL accuses Rep. Omar of ‘blood libel’ for saying some Jewish students pro-genocide
Congresswoman visits Columbia University protest camp, which has galvanized similar rallies across country; over 200 arrested as some schools call in cops to clear sit-ins
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Students walk on the Cornell University campus in Ithaca, New York, February 2, 2024. (Seth Wenig\AP Photo)
April 11, 2024, 8:51 am
Former Cornell student pleads guilty to making threats to kill, rape Jews on campus
Patrick Dai faces up to five years in federal prison after posting messages online saying Jewish students would be stabbed or shot; attorney says he never actually intended harm
By Agencies
Pro-Palestine, anti-Israel supporters gather for a rally at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on October 14, 2023. (Joseph Prezioso/AFP)
March 14, 2024, 12:57 pm
Awash in Qatari money, have US campuses become incubators for Doha’s interests?
The Gulf kingdom has lavished billions on US higher education as it seeks soft power, but some allege the money may also be fueling anti-Israel and anti-Jewish trends at schools
By Tal Schneider
Menachem Rosensaft delivering the keynote address at the commemoration marking the 28th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide, July 2023. (Courtesy)
January 9, 2024, 1:31 am
As Israel faces charges at The Hague, a Cornell expert in genocide weighs in
A child of Holocaust survivors, law prof Menachem Rosensaft has made his life’s work the study of genocide. He finds the allegation against the Jewish state both ironic and bigoted
By Cathryn J. Prince
Students from North American universities listen to relatives of hostages in Gaza at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv on December 27, 2023. (Canaan Lidor/Times of Israel)
December 30, 2023, 1:33 pm
US students touring Israel: Campus antisemitism is palpable, violent — and inescapable
Jews from top-tier American universities describe their experiences with hatred unleashed by the war with Hamas and its galvanizing effect on their communities
By Canaan Lidor
Illustrative: Amanda Silberstein, a Jewish Cornell University student, testifies before the US House on the antisemitism she has experienced on campus; pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel protesters demonstrate behind her, Washington, DC, November 8, 2023. (Screenshot via YouTube)
November 9, 2023, 1:53 pm
At US House antisemitism hearing, anti-Israel protester interrupts Jewish student
Cornell student Amanda Silberstein was disrupted in Congress as she testified how professors, student groups have fueled Jew-hatred on campus following the Oct. 7 Hamas massacre
By Andrew Lapin
File - Paul Kessler protests in solidarity with Israel outside Los Angeles on November 5, 2023. (Courtesy; used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law)
November 8, 2023, 12:53 am
LA police release suspect in pro-Israel demonstrator’s death after questioning
Police chief says ‘not crystal clear’ what happened before Paul Kessler suffered fatal blow to head, after local federation said pro-Palestinian protester struck him with megaphone
By Jacob Magid and Agencies
A woman walks by a Cornell University sign on the Ivy League school's campus in Ithaca, New York, on January 14, 2022. (Ted Shaffrey/AP)
November 2, 2023, 9:44 pm
Cornell nixes Friday classes to regroup after threats against Jews on campus
University to observe ‘community day in recognition of stress’ in recent weeks, after student posted about killing Jewish students, setting off alarms
By AFP
A woman walks by a Cornell University sign on the Ivy League school's campus in Ithaca, New York, on January 14, 2022. (Ted Shaffrey/AP)
November 1, 2023, 9:15 am
Student hit with federal charges for online death threats aimed at Cornell Jews
Patrick Dai faces five years in prison after allegedly posting gruesome threats on forum, sparking alarm on university campus in upstate New York
By AP and ToI Staff
A New York State Police Department cruiser is parked in front of Cornell University's Center for Jewish Living, in Ithaca, New York, October 30, 2023. (AP Photo/David Bauder)
November 1, 2023, 12:16 am
NY cops nab suspect for threats to kill Jews at Cornell, amid antisemitism crackdown
Posts on college’s Greek life page threatened to target kosher dining hall, slit throats of Jewish students; Governor Hochul orders series of steps to curb anti-Jewish climate
By Luke Tress
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