Federal agencies announced on May 6 that they are reviewing “recent incidents of anti-Semitic violence” at the University of Washington (UW) and its affiliates following a protest demanding that the university sever ties with Boeing over its contracts with Israel.
The Department of Education, Health and Human Services (HHS), and the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) said in a statement that the Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism launched the probe in response to the “eruption of anti-Semitic harassment and violence” during the unrest at UW on May 5, when protesters allegedly shouted “death threats” at law enforcement officers.
“The violence and chaos that ensued on University of Washington’s campus is yet another horrifying display of the antisemitic harassment and lawlessness which has characterized many of our nation’s elite campuses over the last several years,” Secretary of Education Linda McMahon said in a statement….