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in the united states, and 2024. intimidation of jewish students support for terrorists, calls for violence against fellow americans, we have seen it all and more. on college campuses over the past few weeks. too often repugnant behavior has been abetted by the action or inaction of campus faculty and administrators. jewish students simply walking around their campuses heard

things like hamas, we love you. vern tel aviv to the ground. from that river to the sea. we are hamas. everyone of those slogans has an article from a few days ago reported and i quote near columbia university any somatic slogans including go back to poland were heard among the protesters chance. one video a demonstrator can be seen holding a sign near jewish students that reads all caps on's and next targets. it is of course military wing of hamas. mr. president go back to poland and one who can hear this

forgiven for thinking where the 1930s germany instead of the nine states of america. were we had hoped anti-semitism was a thing of the past. the present. wele failed when we are incapabe of opposing policies without attacking the jewish people. are justified in pursuit of their goal include the deliberate targeting and slaughtering of the innocent. how we got into a point apparently substantialf number are identifying with terrorists organization mere months ago conducted a rampage including children dead. saw it more than 200 individuals including children taken into

captivity. how have we gotten to a point we have jewish students afraid to walk across their own campuses. in some instances being prevented from entering campus buildings. t because mr. president that is where we are. jewish students unto many campuses are living in fear intimidation and harassment of jewish students becomes increasingly commonplace. one jewish student at the university of washington has also seen a protest encampment had this to say and i quote a win that is, the protest starts up i do feel my heart pounding and i'm very anxious to be here. this is olivia at feldman senior university of washington copresident student supporting israel. she goes on to say no, i do not

feel safe on campus i have been called names. i have been spit at. feldman is a great-granddaughter of holocaust survivors. she goes on to say is a very visceral feeling in me once someone tells me to go back to the gas chambers she said. another jewish student the one at columbia university said in february and i quote we have been attacked by sticks outside our library we've been attacked by angry mobs and been threatened to keep running." this is sickening. sthe fact this is become widespread on college campuses to be prompting serious soul-searching. how we have let things get to this point. students engage in harassment,

assault or other unlawful behavior and vision to action from university ♪ ♪ law enforcement the federal law enforcement should immediately step in to investigate and prosecute federal sentences. protest is one thing. colleges should be forums for debate and discussion. and every american has a right to free speech. but we are a long wait beyond mere lawful protest. we are talking about the harassment of an assault on jewish students. it is time for immediate action including law enforcement action where warranted to protect these students and ensure they can attend school in safety. mr. president, it's hard to

believe you're in the united states and having to say something about jewish students could attend school and safety. i hope in addition to swift action from school administrations and from law enforcement we spent some time thinking about what has gone wrong. what is going wrong with education in this country. that we are facing a situation where jewish students are scared to t go to class because of the actions of their fellow students. something has gone seriously wrong. we haveav students some of our p schools embracing the actions of an identifying with terrorists, that should be unthinkable position. i hope it will become again. finally mr. president, where is president biden? he's barely managed to summon up

a word on this most recent wave of anti-semitism. i understand he was preparing for the white house correspondents dinner. but perhaps he could've taken a moment away from cracking his jokes to address the fact there are jewish students right now in the united states of america who are afraid to walk across their campuses. i am also waiting to hear the attorney general's secretary at the number of my republican colleagues regarding the administration's plan for enforcing federal law and the anti-semitism and protests on college campuses. no, i do not feel safe on campus. i've been called names. i have been spit at. it's a very visceral feeling in me when someone tells me to go back to the gas chambers.