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It was a question heard all over the world.
“Does Calling for Jewish Genocide Violate Harvard University’s Rules on Bullying and Harassment?”. Yes or no?
The relatively simple question asked by Rep. Elise Stefanik during the House Education and Workforce Committee hearing on anti-Semitism was not intended to be a trick question.
Representative Elise Stefanik listens as President-elect Trump speaks during the House Republican Conference meeting at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill November 13, 2024, in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
Yet in a remarkable moment that exposed the anti-Semitic rot infecting American higher education, the then morally bankrupt university presidents of MIT, Penn, and my alma mater Harvard testified that calls for genocide of Jewish students could be acceptable “depending on the context”.
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Stefanik’s question was unfortunately not hypothetical. Bullying and harassment of Jewish students on American campuses has remained relatively unchecked, with administrators favoring those who chant “Death to America” and call for the genocide of the Jewish people and the State of Israel. I know this because I have personally witnessed it as a Jewish student on the campus of Harvard University over the past year.
Since Hamas invaded Israel on October 7, 2023, there has been an explosion of anti-Semitism on “elite” American college campuses. At Harvard alone, a Jewish student was spat on, an Israeli student was asked to leave class because his nationality made his classmates “uncomfortable,” and another Israeli was assaulted. business school.
Personally, I was taunted by a machete-wielding staff member and challenged to debate Jewish involvement in the 9/11 terrorist attacks. During this time, hostage posters were defaced almost daily and professors published anti-Semitic caricatures without facing disciplinary action or accountability.
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Jewish students were expected to grin and bear it, forced to feel unsafe in the educational institution they had chosen to call home.
Across campus, Harvard students set up illegal encampments, cheered wildly when they replaced the American flag over Harvard with that of the Palestinians, shouted about the globalization of the Intifada, shouted at all hours of the day that “Palestine will be Arab”, and established their own government. of law on campus and followed us Jews on the way to our classes.
Harvard refused to publicly acknowledge or respond to these incidents for months, and has yet to sanction the perpetrators.
As American values eroded on college campuses last year, a firm, often solitary, voice of moral clarity emerged: Congresswoman Elise Stefanik.
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During my first congressional testimony, Stefanik quietly took me aside. “These are my contact details,” she said, ““if the Harvard Jewish community is ever in trouble, call me.
Again, Stefanik was not speaking hypothetically.
Last year, the congresswoman kept her door open to the American Jewish community and advanced legislation that would ease the concerns of Jewish students on college campuses. As a Harvard “Crimson” graduate, she brought needed global attention to the scourge of anti-Semitism and anti-Israel hatred that has taken root in once-acclaimed educational institutions.
From her direct questions during congressional hearings to the daily reminders she issues regarding the fate of the more than 100 hostages still held hostage by Hamas, the congresswoman has proven herself to be a fighter, a leader and, of course, a friend.
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All of this is to say that President Trump’s decision to nominate Stefanik as ambassador to the United Nations is a tremendous decision.
Like Harvard, the UN has become a bastion of anti-Semitic and anti-Israeli propaganda.
Under the shameful leadership of the Biden administration, the United Nations has passed more resolutions condemning Israel than Russia, North Korea, Iran and China… combined.
Moreover, the United Nations Relief Agency (UNRWA), the mouthpiece of the Iran-backed Hamas terrorists, has the international legitimacy to indefinitely propagate the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Every day, unelected bureaucrats use American taxpayer dollars to denigrate and harm America’s greatest ally and a vital democracy in an otherwise unstable region.
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Who better to take on anti-Semites at the UN than the woman who successfully took on anti-Semites on college campuses?
Who better to defend Israel at the UN than the woman who has done so throughout its legislative history?
Who better to promote the interests of the American Jewish community than the woman who has devoted more time to us than any other elected official?
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I urge Republicans and Democrats to confirm Stefanik, ensuring that his strong commitment to America and American values is heard loud and clear in the halls of the U.N. as he advances the President’s agenda Trump, America first, peace through strength.
And to the United Nations, let me say this: a new sheriff is in town.
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