Amid a seventh consecutive day of tense demonstrations, Columbia University has opted to transition most of its classes to a hybrid format on its main campus for the remainder of the semester.
Decrying the Columbia University crisis, Israel's Foreign Minister, Israel Katz said that he is appalled by the wave of antisemitism that is going on there.
According to the US-based Anti-Defamation League, which fights anti-Semitism, incidents of anti-Semitism on US campuses have increased dramatically, with 73 per cent of Jewish students experiencing or witnessing such acts. Many Jewish students feel marginalised and hide their identity, Jewis
Amid the ongoing Israeli offensive against Hamas in Gaza following the October 7 terror attacks, a group of Jewish students took shelter in a library at Cooper Union in New York as a group of demonstrators chanted "Free Palestine" outside, The Times of Israel reported.