Trump Administration Reopens Rutgers Anti-Semitism Investigation Dropped by Obama White House

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The Donald Trump administration has just announced it will investigate alleged acts of anti-Semitism at Rutgers University — the same alleged acts that occurred during the Barack Obama administration and that were dismissed as insignificant.

Among the allegations?

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That the university knowingly employed anti-Semitic professors, and refused to investigate complaints about them, and that the university president turned blind eyes to several other allegations that dotted the campus during the Obama days.

From the Jewish Press:

Kenneth L. Marcus, assistant secretary of education for civil rights in President Trump’s Administration, on August 27 sent a letter to the Zionist Organization of America saying he plans to reverse an Obama administration 2014 decision and investigate anti-Semitic acts carried out at Rutgers University that included “denying the Jewish people the right to self-determination” by “claiming that the existence of a State of Israel is a racist endeavor,” and by “applying double standards by requiring of” Israel “a behavior not expected or demanded of any other democratic nation,” the NY Times reported on Tuesday.

A spokeswoman for the Education Department issued a statement saying that although its Office for Civil Rights “aggressively enforces” civil rights law, “which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, ethnicity or national origin,” and that Education Secretary Betsy DeVos “has made clear that OCR will look at the specific facts of each case and make determinations accordingly.”

“The facts in this case, many of which were disregarded by the previous administration, are troubling,” the DOE statement said.

The initial complaint was filed in April 2011 by the Zionist Organization of America, when Rutgers hosted the founder of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel, Omar Barghouti (a graduate of Tel Aviv University), at which point a spokesman for the university said the complaint was “contrary to the true values of Rutgers University” and “not supported by the facts.”

Kenneth Marcus was appointed in June to lead the OCR from the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law, a nonprofit group fighting anti-Israel and anti-Semitic on campus activities in the US, including advocating denying federal funds to Middle East studies programs that support the BDS movement, the NY Times reported.

According to the Times, Marcus wrote ZOA that while “an individual’s pro-Israel viewpoint itself — or, for that matter, any viewpoint on the policies of the State of Israel, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict or related issues — is not protected by” federal civil rights law, “discrimination on the basis of actual or perceived shared ancestry or ethnic characteristics — which may include discrimination against Jewish or Muslim students — is.”

Rutgers University issued a statement saying it had not received an official notification from DOE, but stated that “as always, we would certainly cooperate with the Department of Education should they decide to review the decision.”

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Dennis
Dennis
5 years ago

Remember it is acts of discrimination that this agency will be examining., and it is about time. I expect that such acts would include conduct that promotes or actively consists of conduct that violently opposes and expects to shut down a right of anyone to non-violently express their opinions, something that I see today is being promoted and acted upon by those who un-meritoriously support a false narrative about the treatment of those that call themselves Palestinians. These people need to be stopped!

TD
TD
5 years ago
Reply to  Dennis

Yes. the Palestinian movement itself is an anti-semtic movement dating back to ww2 and before that.’

The only people that support it are White Supremacists, Islamic Nationalists, and Liberals who are in denial about the anti-semitism of the second group I mentioned.

felix1999
felix1999
5 years ago

Nice!

Janey Carter
Janey Carter
5 years ago

Awesome! Jewish students are threatened with violence, harassed. Not a safe environment. And administration does nothing. Right on Mr. President!

aemoreira1981
aemoreira1981
5 years ago
Reply to  Janey Carter

Harassment is subjective. There wasn’t a violence threat here, and it was 7 years ago when the statute of limitations is 5.

TD
TD
5 years ago
Reply to  aemoreira1981

“Harassment is subjective.”
The Professor said:
“These Jewish mother-f**ck*rs don’t control me”. They can go f**k each other in their fat asses.”

it’s about as subjective as liver.

aemoreira1981
aemoreira1981
5 years ago
Reply to  TD

Still more than 5 years ago though. More contemporary issues can be examined instead.

aemoreira1981
aemoreira1981
5 years ago

1. The statute of limitations is five years. The incident happened in 2011.
2. Even without the statute of limitations, this would violate ex post facto rules.
3. Trump’s redefining of antisemitism is really on shaky 1A ground as it stifles even mere criticism of Jewish stances.

Hopefully Rutgers stymies the DOE and DOJ and demand they show what authority they have.

TD
TD
5 years ago
Reply to  aemoreira1981

The Rutgers Professor said:
“These Jewish mother-f**ck*rs don’t control me”. They can go f**k each other in their fat asses.”

“Trump’s redefining of antisemitism is really on shaky 1A ground”
sometimes denial isn’t just holocaust denial, but denial of anti-semitism.

Alleged-Comment
Alleged-Comment
5 years ago

Actually, that is what the left is doing with Moslems, Megroes, Mexcians, Migrants, and Mongrels. Stealing your money in unlawfool taxes and giving it to these people – to DESTROY YOU and blame it on the Jews.

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