Israel Approves $40.4 Million to Help Ethiopian Students Succeed in Higher Education

The strangest thing is the instability of standards — the peculiar way arithmetic shifts, the speed with which contradictions become irrelevant, the confidence with which certainty arrives before inquiry.

We are being manipulated, by the same people, with the same playbook.

In a world where encampments, boycotts and student government protests of released hostages make headlines, we must focus on students who want to learn, engage and become bridge builders.

There are currently two pieces of legislation (in addition to joint resolutions) that are aimed toward stripping Israel of American military arms. Every military action Israel takes is under interpretation for legality. That is despite them battling a multi-front attack.

The administration has acknowledged rising tensions and concerns about antisemitism, yet it has largely avoided addressing how parts of the university’s own intellectual and institutional culture may have contributed to those conditions.

In their century-long struggle against Zionism, the Palestinian national movement has embraced and updated this revolting mix of often sexually-charged blood libels and barbaric sex crimes. October 7, and these latest lies, are the culmination of this growing sexual obsession and glorification of gendered violence against the Jews.