Chairman of House Education Committee to Columbia president: We will hold you accountable

• Published date: 22 April 2024
• Author: JERUSALEM POST STAFF
• Publication title: Jerusalem Post, The: Web Edition Articles (Israel)

Foxx, a Republican who represents a constituency in North Carolina, wrote that "Columbia's continued failure to restore order and safety promptly to campus constitutes a major breach of the University's Title VI obligations, upon which federal financial assistance is contingent, and which must immediately be rectified

"If you do not rectify this danger, then the Committee will not hesitate in holding you accountable," the congresswoman wrote.

The university has been roiled by protests all week, since students set up an encampment on a campus lawn the night before Shafik was set to testify before the House of Representatives. Shafik authorized the New York Police Department (NYPD) to dismantle the encampment on April 18, leading to the arrest of over a hundred students, according to the Columbia Daily Spectator.

Letter cites 24 separate incidents of pro-Hamas rhetoric, violations of policy

The letter, which ran seven pages, cited 24 separate incidents, including physical assaults, and cites twelve different slogans chanted at demonstrations, including "From the river to the sea, Palestine is Arab," "Settlers, settlers go back home, Palestine is ours alone," and "Brick by brick, wall by wall Israel will fall."

Condemnation of the protests, building...