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"Fox & Friends" co-host Lawrence Jones visited a pro-Palestinian "fair" at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee to talk with activists as antisemitism continues to engulf college campuses nationwide.
"We're here to really advocate for Palestinians, for Gaza," one activist told Jones on Tuesday. "We're advocating, honestly, for just… humanity."
"There's also a lot more casualties on the Palestinian side than there is on the Israeli side," another activist chimed in.
"And I'm not trying to like, compare the sides, but a lot of people are like, ‘oh my God, October 7th, October 7th,’ but like, no, this is since 1948."
"People are saying, well, but what about the Jewish community that is under attack as well? The women that were raped, the kids that were put into ovens," Jones said.
One activist turned to the other activist and questioned the legitimacy of the claims that women and children were raped and tortured during the Oct. 7 massacre. She said she thought those claims were debunked.
"The UN came out with a report," Jones said.
"I don't know the resource, but like I said, we're not here to condone… we're not here for violence at all," she said in response.
"Do you feel like you could separate the two and you say, hey, let's just talk about the humanitarian aspect of it without talking about the larger conversation of Hamas using the people that you care about, I care about, as human shields? Like, does that concern you?" Jones asked.
" It does concern me. It does. It's actually really unfortunate," she said. "We don't look highly at that at all because you've got to understand, you're all talking about Hamas this, Hamas this. We're talking about the civilians."
Fox News Digital's Bailee Hill contributed to this update.
One of the main gates on the Brown University campus, decorated with the University crest. (Photo by Rick Friedman/Corbis via Getty Images)
Brown University on Wednesday said a group of students who set up a pro-Palestinian encampment on campus will face disciplinary action for violating school policy.
At around 6 a.m., dozens of students set up a tent city on the main green, with campus security nearby and observing, the Providence Journal reported. School officials said in a statement that 90 students who were involved in the protest have been informed they broke school rules.
"Encampment on Brown University’s historic and residential greens is a violation of University policy, and all of the students participating have been informed they will face conduct proceedings," Brown University said in a statement.
"This policy is years old, established in October 2011, and not new. Protest is an acceptable means of expression at Brown, but it becomes unacceptable when it violates University policies that are intended to ensure the safety of members of the Brown community and that there is no interference in the rights of others to engage in the regular operations of the university."
The administration said the campus Department of Public Safety will continue to monitor the situation and ensure that protests do not disrupt the university's operations.
"We have been troubled by reports of violence, harassment and intimidation at some encampments on other campuses, but we have not seen that kind of behavior at Brown. Any such behavior would not be tolerated," officials said.
"How America Works" host Mike Rowe called out the Ivy League for allowing "madness" and antisemitism on campuses in a post Monday.
Rowe said that his foundation, mikeroweWORKS, is helping place young people at trade schools, which unlike the Ivy League, he argued, does not have students that are calling for the extermination of Jews.
"[T]he Ivy League has truly lost its mind," he wrote on social media platform X.
"Consider the latest madness at Columbia University, where the president, Minochuhe Shafik, has announced a new round of remote learning - effective immediately - in response to a noisy rabble of thugs and bullies calling for the eradication of Israel," Rowe continued. "If I had a kid at Columbia, I’d be livid. It’s simply mind-boggling that the president of this university would rather consign her students to another crucible of remote learning, than permanently expel the protesters."
Columbia University President Dr. Nemat "Minouche" Shafik said in a statement posted early Monday morning that she was "deeply saddened" by certain actions of the agitators and called for a "reset."
"I am deeply saddened by what is happening on our campus," Shafik wrote. "Our bonds as a community have been severely tested in ways that will take a great deal of time and effort to reaffirm. Students across an array of communities have conveyed fears for their safety and we have announced additional actions we are taking to address security concerns," Shafik said.
"I mean, seriously, what does it take to get expelled from Columbia?" Rowe asked, calling out "creeps" on campus who have been caught "literally screaming into the faces of Jewish students."
Fox News Digital's Jeffrey Clark contributed to this update.
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) speaks to members of the press after the House of Representatives passed bills, including aid to Ukraine and Israel, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on April 20, 2024. (Photo by Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., on Wednesday said House Republicans will hold a press conference later in the afternoon to call on Columbia University President Minouche Shafik to resign.
Johnson told talk radio host Hugh Hewitt that Shafik is a "very weak, inept leader" and criticized the university after Jewish students were advised to leave campus for their safety.
"They cannot even guarantee the safety of Jewish students? They are expected to run for their lives and stay home from class? It’s maddening," Johnson said. "What we are seeing on these college campuses across the country is disgusting and unacceptable and every leader in this country, every political official, every citizen of good conscience has to speak out and say ‘this is not who we are in America.’"
An Orthodox rabbi at Columbia University and Barnard College recently sent a message recommending Jewish students leave campuses and go home as students continue to occupy an encampments there.
In a WhatsApp message sent to hundreds before the start of Passover, Rabbi Elie Buechler, director of OU-LJIC at Columbia/Barnard, told students to leave "as soon as possible" until the situation improves, noting that "what we are witnessing in and around campus is terrible and tragic."
Johnson condemned reports of physical assaults and harassment against Jewish students during the widespread anti-Israel protests on university campuses.
"We need to revoke federal funding to these universities if they cannot keep control. We need to revoke these student visas for these violent protesters," Johnson said. "You don’t have a right to be here and to do this, but Jewish students have a right to be able to peacefully attend classes. They are trying to get an education. This is just madness."
Sergeant Joseph Imperatrice, founder of Blue Lives Matter NYC, warned that protests like the anti-Israel encampment at Columbia University can create a dangerous situation for police officers.
Appearing on "Fox & Friends First" on Wednesday morning, Imperatrice said the experience for cops dealing with protesters is "always disgusting."
"It's very easy to get hut and you're getting people that try to push you and shove you and cross the line so that you do something wrong. There's cameras everywhere," Imperatrice said. "It's not easy for them, but they have shown the utmost respect and restraint, and they're going to continue to do it."
Imperatrice also said he agreed with New York City Mayor Eric Adams that outside agitators appear to be the ones escalating the protests and throwing bottles at police officers.
"They do come here, they're coordinated. They're orchestrated," he said, adding later that the protests are also happening in other states, not just New York.
"And we're seeing them stop airports, stop traffic. You don't do this unless you're on some kind of system to be able to coordinate with one another."
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