Senator Chris van Hollen's Excellent Adventure in El Salvador

 

                                                                                                                      

France: Afghan Goes on Trial for Attempted Murder and Also Admits Rape of 13-year-Old Boy

This week in Paris, a 25-year-old Afghan asylum-seeker, identified only as Zalakahan S., is on trial for attempted murder, an incident that occurred in February 2022 in Paris. The news accounts below are a little tricky to follow, but it appears that the suspect was not immediately identified. Subsequently, in December 2022, the suspect was arrested and charged with raping a 13-year-old boy in the village of Croisilles, in the Pas-de-Calais region of France. As a result of the Paris charges, he was transferred to Paris to stand trial for attempted murder. During the trial, as has been reported this week, the defendant spontaneously admitted to the rape of the boy in Croisilles.

An article in Frontieresmedia  (Fr) is translated by Fousesquawk and can be read here.

But that's not all to the story. The Hungarian English-language site, Remix News, explains that the reported motive for the rape of the young boy in Croisilles, according to the defenadnt's own statements, was that he was angry at France for denying him asylum!

Below is the Frontieresmedia article as translated by Fousesquawk.

Rape of a 13-year-old boy: An Afghan migrant, on trial for attempted murder in Paris, admits to committing the sexual attack three years after the incident

An Afghan migrant, on trial in Paris for attempted murder, was before the tribunal. During his trial, he admitted having raped a 13-year-old adolosecent in Croisilles (Pas-de-Calais) in December 2022.

Posted April 2 at 14:15 by David Carbonnier

Caption: Croisilles City Hall

A 25-year-old Afghan, in the country illegally, on trial for attempted murder in Paris, admitted during the hearing to having committed another serious crime. He allegedly committed a rape of a 13-year-old boy on a public street in Croisilles, a small municipality in Pas-de-Calais.

The incident goes back to December 24, 2022, in the midst of Christmas Eve. According to the initial elements of the investigation reported at the time by several media, the 13-year-old adolescent was allegedly sexually attacked in the afternoon, near the stadium of Croisilles. The victim managed to escape and find refuge with a resident of the village, who alerted the authorities. The investigation, assigned to the Gendarmerie, quickly led to the arrest of Zalakahan S., already known to police services for prior violent crimes.

The suspect, who was residing in Croisilles at the time, had been kicked out of the municipal Center for Reception and Situation Examination (CAES) in 2020 for having threatened to kill an employee.

Attempted murder in Paris: Another charge

The hearing going on in Paris concerns another affair, which arose in February 2022. Zalakahan S. is accused of trying to stab a tourist in the neck in the capital, an act that led to his transfer from Croiselles and his being charged for attempted murder. During the course of this trial, the accused spontaneously admitted to the rape in Croisilles.

The Public Prosecutor's Office of Arras, informed of the facts of December 2022, opened a judicial investigation for aggravated rape and theft because the victim's mobile phone had also been stolen.

 

France: Jewish Man Attacked in Villeurbanne

Villeurbanne

On Friday, in Villeurbanne, a municipality in the Lyon metropolitan area, a Jewish man, distinguished by his kippa and Star of David necklace, was attacked by two men who had their faces covered. One man called the victim a dirty Jew and a dirty faf* while striking him in the head as the other man filmed the scene. The attackers fled, and the victim received minor head injuries.

The victim also stated that before running off, the men told him they were members of the Jeune Garde (Young Guard), a left-wing extremist group based in Lyon.

(*faf) An expression applied to one perceived as a right-wing extremist or fascist.

The article below from Europe 1 is translated by Fousesquawk.

"He was beaten up": A witness reflects on the anti-Semitic attack that occurred in Villeurbanne 

Noemie Loiselle

13 April, 2025 at 18:12-Updated 14 April 2025 at 19:11

On Friday in Villeurbanne, on the outskirts of Lyon, a Jewish man was attacked by 2 individuals. On Saturday, the prefecture stated that an investigation has been opened after this "anti-Semitic attack". A witness to the scene, the neighbor of the victim, recounts the attack.

A case has been opened after an "anti-Semitic attack" in Villeurbanne, on the outskirts of Lyon, the third in one month, the prefecture stated Saturday. "This anti-Semitic attack is the object of all the attention of the National Police, who have opened an investigation to find the perpetrators of this abject violence," stated the prefecture of Rhone in a message disseminated on X. 

On Friday, a man wearing a necklace with a Star of David was accosted by two other men, one of whom punched him in the face while calling him a "dirty Jew". At this time, the other filmed the scene, we have learned from a source close to the case. The victim was only slightly injured, according to the same source.

Face masked

The 26-year-old man still bears the scars of this assault on his face: A bruise on his left temple and a slight dislocation of his jaw. Still in shock, the victim told Europe 1 of his Friday walk, which he regularly does to walk his dog. Just as he was about to return home, in the courtyard in front of his apartment building, he heard someone running behind him. He then turned around and was violently struck in the head. 

According to him, this attack was "targeted". "The one who attacked me had his face masked by a neck covering and a hood. He called me a dirty faf* and a dirty Jew, and a short distance away, there was someone else who was filming me," he recounts.

(*faf) An expression applied to one perceived as a right-wing extremist or fascist.

"They noticed me and ran off"

His neighbor, Tom, heard the cries and saw the scene as he came out on the balcony. "He was slammed against a car and beaten. One (blow) to the jaw and two to the forehead. I only heard (them) say "dirty faf". They actually noticed me when I was on the balcony. As a result, they left running," he told Europe 1.

Before fleeing, the victim claimed that his attackers claimed to be with the Jeune Garde (Young Guard), an extreme leftist group based in Lyon. Today, the young man, kippa on his head and the Star of David around his neck, refuses to resign himself to no longer going out and suppressing his identity. Still, he has cut short his walk, fearing that the attackers will (attack) again. "They promised me they would return to kill me," he confided.

Anti-Jewish Vandalism at Northwestern University During Passover

Hat tip College Professors United for Israel and Jews. Photos by Chicago Jewish Alliance

Just when you thought the pro-Hamas activists in the US couldn't go any lower. Northwestern University awoke Monday morning to find anti-Jewish, anti-Israel graffiti painted on the walls of campus buildings, including one that houses a Holocaust educational foundation.

This is the report from the campus newspaper, the Daily Northwestern.

"Intifada now!" (Apparently misspelled)

"In recent history, the inverted red triangle has been used at various times as a way to identify Israeli targets for Hamas fighters or a symbol of Palestinian resistance." - Daily Northwestern

"One of the buildings vandalized was Kresge Centennial Hall, home to the Holocaust Educational Foundation of Northwestern University. Founded by Auschwitz survivor Theodore Zev Weiss, the foundation is dedicated to preserving Holocaust memory and advancing education about its lessons. The symbolism of this attack, and its location, is deeply painful."

-Chicago Jewish Alliance

As long as these Hamas-lovers continue this repugnant activity, the more the American people are turning away in disgust. Whoever did this should be expelled if they are students, fired if they are employed by the university, and prosecuted. If they are non-citizens, they should be deported.

Germany: 15-Year-Old Iraqi Boy Pushed to His Death From High-Rise

4 Syrian males and 1 Iraqi female in custody

Hat tip Gates of Vienna and Vlad Tepes

In Hamburg, a 15-year-old Iraqi boy was allegedly pushed out of an 8th-floor window of a high-rise and died from his injuries. According to police, the 8th-floor apartment was broken into by a group of people, and an altercation ensued in which the boy was allegedly thrown from the window. Police have arrested 4 Syrian males between the ages of 16-20 and a 22-year-old Iraqi female.

The legacy of Angela Merkel lives on in Germany.

"Wir schaffen dass"

(We can do this)

The article below from BILD (Germany) is translated by Fousesquawk.

5 arrests

15-year-old pushed to his death from high-rise

 Caption: From this apartment on the 8th floor of a high-rise in Hamburg-Harburg, a youth (15) fell and died.

Hamburg- Deadly drama in a Hamburg high-rise

In the middle of the night, police were called to a terrible incident. In Hamburg-Harburg, a youth fell to his death from the 8th floor in a high-rise. He was 15 years old.

Caption: Evidence collected on a balcony at the scene of the crime.

When the firefighters, rescue personnel, and police arrived around 1:15 am in Soltauaer Ring, they found the lifeless body of the teenager in a back courtyard. Despite immediate resuscitation efforts, he died shortly thereafter.

Caption: Rescue services tried in vain to resuscitate the 15-year-old.

15-year-old apparently pushed from high-rise

Evidence suggests that the youth was pushed out of the window of the 14-story high-rise. The officers confirmed at the scene: The 15-year-old did not fall by himself, rather was apparently pushed. Before, there was reportedly a fight between several persons.

According to police, several persons reportedly forced their way into the apartment on the 8th floor and attacked the people present there. Shortly thereafter, the 15-year-old, according to BILD's information, an Iraqi, fell to his death.

Caption: Officers securing evidence at the scene of the crime.

A large deployment of police officers, many heavily armed with sub-machine guns, combed the high-rise looking for the perpetrators. Service dogs were also deployed.

Caption: Heavily armed officers look for the perpetrators.

5 preliminary arrests

Three young men (between 17-22), who witnessed the incident, were in shock. They were treated at the scene and initially held because it was unclear if they were involved in their friend's death. 

Caption: Police secure the scene of the crime at the high-rise.

The attackers then fled the scene. The police immediately launched a large-scale manhunt. In the city district of Hammerbrook, officers stopped 2 taxis.

Due to a match with the description of the perpetrators, police took the passengers into initial custody. According to information from the (police) spokesperson, they are 4 Syrian teenagers and young men (16, 17, 20, 20), as well as a 22-year-old Iraqi woman.

They are currently in police custody on suspicion of the crime.

The scene of the crime was cordoned off. The detectives were securing evidence into the morning. A machete was reportedly seized. The police have not yet confirmed this.

Further details and the background of the crime are not clear. The investigation is in full swing.

Caption: Gathering of evidence in front of the apartment in which a fatal altercation allegedly occurred.

Finally! Senate Investigates American Muslims for Palestine (AMP)

 Hat tip Campus Reform

Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, is investigating American Muslims for Palestine (AMP), an organization co-founded by UC Berkeley professor Hatem Bazian, who also happens to be the co-founder of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP). The latter organization has been at the forefront of US university campus disruptions for several years now in the name of the anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian cause. AMP provides funding and other support for SJP's disruptive activities on numerous campuses. 

This is welcome news and long overdue. Campus Reform has the report, which I am cross-posting here.

 I hope they subpoena Bazian to testify under oath. If he commits perjury, they should refer it to DOJ for prosecution. 

It seems to me that when you have groups like AMP and SJP coordinating together across state lines around the country to disrupt university operations, take over buildings, commit vandalism, and deprive Jewish students of their rights to an education in a hostile-free environment, there are federal conspiracy laws being violated somewhere. It's not illegal to organize protests, but there is nothing legal about organizing the above-mentioned actions. 

In addition, both organizations have been linked to the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) and Hamas. The MB is not currently designated by the US as a terrorist organization, but they should be. Hamas is so designated.

Clearly, DOJ has a role to play here.

Curaçao: Additional Suspect Charged in 2021 Murder of Dutch Reporter Peter R. De Vries

Peter R. De Vries: The crime scene.

In July 2021, Dutch crime reporter Peter R. De Vries was murdered in Amsterdam. Several suspects involved in the killing have been convicted and sentenced to various terms of imprisonment. It is widely suspected by police that Moroccan Mafia (Mocro Maffia) leader, Raduan Taghi, ordered the killing.

Today, the news is just breaking in the Netherlands and Curaçao that an additional suspect, a 39-year-old man (not further identified) has been charged in connection with the murder. The man is currently incarcerated in Curaçao and has been in custody since 2014.

The article below from the Papiamentu-language Curaçao news site, Vigilante Korsou, is translated by Fousesquawk.

Detention in Curaçao for the murder of De Vries

April 14, 2025

Koraal Specht (Willemsted)- Authorities in the Detention and Correction Center of Curaçao, together with officers of RST (Cooperative Investigating Team), Police, and the Public Prosecutor's Office detained a man in the facility on suspicion of having been involved in the death of Peter R. De Vries.

He is a 39-year-old man who has been incarcerated in Curaçao since 2014. There is suspicion that the man was in contact to help organize the death of De Vries, who lost his life in a murder in July 2021

Pro-Palestinian Chaos in Dutch Universities

RTL/ANP

It's not just here in America where the lower social orders are causing chaos and disruptions in our universities. In the Netherlands, the Hamas supporters occupied the administration building at the University of Amsterdam. In addition, protesters at Radboud University in Nijmegen have occupied a bridge on campus and vow not to leave until the university breaks ties with Israel.

The article below from RTL News (nl) is translated by Fousesquawk.

Slogans scrawled

The occupation of Maagdenhuis is over, vandalism in building

Via RTL News  3 hours ago

An arrest and detention unit from the police and riot squad has ended the occupation by pro-Palestinian demonstrators. The University of Amsterdam (UvA) building has been occupied since 11 am by pro-Palestinian demonstrators. They have been taken out one by one, as seen by our reporter. Inside are all kinds of slogans written on the walls, as seen in the photo.

When the first demonstrators left the building accompanied by police, there was the sound of loud cheering and "you are not alone" from dozens of fellow demonstrators not far from the main entrance to the Spui (street in Amsterdam). Meanwhile, all the protesters have left the building. A police spokesperson says that these people, the exact number he does not know, are under arrest and have been taken to a detention center. Then they will be brought to court.

In the building, the administrative headquarters of the UvA, items were vandalized, walls were defaced, and barricades set up in front of doors, the reporter (observed). In an office, in black paint,  "Is the coffee still tasteful when you are supporting genocide?" was written. On other walls, among other things, were "Free Gaza" in red graffiti and UvA, cut off the ties now" in black. Furniture lay strewn around the building, displaced, on the floor, or stacked on top of each other.

According to a UvA spokesperson, a portion of the canteen has been plundered.

Sympathizers

Some of the fellow demonstrators who were showing their support for the occupiers of the university building, moved over to other buildings on the University of Amsterdam.  They went in the direction of the Oudemanhuisspoort and the Turfdraasterpad.

About 20 people had earlier left the building via a side door, reporters say. They were locked in by police, but it is unclear if they were subsequently arrested. A police spokesperson did not know where they were.

About 150 sympathizers who were outside chanted uninterrupted slogans, like "Free Palestine". They were kept at a distance by riot police. That led to disorder as seen in these images.

Pro-Palestinian students are also holding a protest at Radboud University in Nijmegen. They say they will not leave the bridge on the Erasmus Square on the campus that connects two university buildings before the university breaks ties with Israel.

It is not clear how many people are here.

Caption: Occupation of bridge at Radboud University.

Germany: Syrian Stabs Man to Death and Is Killed by Police

Former Chancellor Angela Merkel

"Wir schaffen dass"

(We can do this)

It has happened again, and it will happen again and again. Yesterday in Berlin, a Syrian man, not further identified, got into a dispute with a German man on a subway. The Syrian stabbed the German fatally. After fleeing a short distance, he was stopped by police and shot as he came at them with the knife. On Sunday morning, the suspect died.  

The below article in today's Berliner Morgenpost is translated by Fousesquawk.

Stabbed in the heart

Deadly knife attack in Berlin- Police announce new details

April 13, 2025

By Louisa Thoenig and Julian Wuerzer

Caption: A man dies after stabbing in Charlottenburg

Berlin: A man dies from a knife attack. The alleged perpetrator flees, is shot by police, and dies in the hospital

The man who, on Saturday afternoon on a U-Bahn (subway) in Charlottenburg fatally wounded a 29-year-old man with a knife, has died. He was shot by a police officer after the attack. The 43-year-old succumbed to his wounds on Sunday morning in Virchow Clinic. Police and the Public Prosecutors' Office report. The victim was a German, the suspect a Syrian. No information is yet available as to the residence status of the 43-year-old.

"There are presently no indications that the 43-year-old Syrian citizen might have attacked the 29-year-old German citizen out of any Islamist-terrorist motives," police and the Public Prosecutor's Office explained. Both of the dead were reportedly known to police and the courts and had previously appeared in court for bodily injury crimes, resistance, and physical attacks on law enforcement officers, as well as violation of narcotic laws.

Caption: A policewoman stands at the scene where the attacker was shot by police.

Men get into a fight-43-year-old stabs with a knife

According to the investigation to date, the 43-year-old and the 29-year-old boarded the U12 (direction Warschauerstrasse) at the Kaiserdamm subway station around 4:15 pm. For some unknown reason, within seconds, an argument began between the two passengers, which led to shoves back and forth initiated by the 43-year-old. 

Police shoot knifeman on Schlossstrasse

After the act, the 43-year-old suspect took flight. He was stopped by two police officers on  Schlossstrasse-within walking distance of the Sophie-Charlotte-Platz subway station. He then reportedly approached the officers with the knife.

A police officer then fired several shots. At least three shots struck the suspect in the thigh, torso, and neck. The attacker was resuscitated at the scene before he was taken to a hospital. Despite an emergency operation, the 43-year-old died.

Subway traffic interrupted by investigation

For hours after the crime, police were in a large deployment around the Sophie-Charlotte-Platz. The entrance to the subway station of the same name was cordoned off with tape. Police forces were seen securing clues and evidentiary material. A few meters away, on the Schlossstrasse, the police also cordoned off an area where the suspect was shot by police.

Many people witnessed the operation. The subway station was closed. According to police and the Berlin-Brandenburg Traffic Association, U-12 traffic was interrupted. Emergency care was set up. 

 

The (Latest Disruption) at Princeton

Jews called "inbred swine" told to go back to Europe

I am cross-posting an excellent article by RAIR Foundation USA reporting on the latest disruption by Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) and others at Princeton University on April 7. A speaking event by former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett was loudly disrupted both inside and outside by SJP and other activists until one of the disruptors pulled a fire alarm and ended the event. It appears that Princeton officials and campus police did virtually nothing to put a halt to the disruption, which also featured anti-Jewish slurs.

RAIR's report has it all, including photos, videos, and a letter sent to Princeton's president, Christopher Eisgruber, from Princeton Tigers for Israel and B'Artzeinu Princeton

Here is how the Daily Princetonian reported the incident.

This latest incident outlines the need for the Trump administration to continue and follow through on suspending government funding for universities like Princeton, who allow this disruption to take place without arrests, that allow anti-Jewish slurs to be hurled around, and that allow someone to set off a fire alarm that brings a halt to an event. Falsely setting off a fire alarm is a crime. As is usual, the university laments the incident and promises an investigation. Those investigations would be made a lot easier if campus police intervened and arrested those who go beyond legitimate protests and intentionally shut down events. 

In 2010, when then-Israeli ambassador to the US, Michael Oren's speech at the University of California at Irvine was disrupted (I was present) by the UCI Muslim Student Union, the disrupters were promptly removed by campus police and subsequently charged and convicted by the Orange County DA's Office. That is what should have happened at Princeton, particularly the individual identified as Sayel Kayed, who is shown in the videos standing up and disrupting Naftali's talk. Unlike the so-called Irvine 11, this individual was allowed to continue his rant for some time before he was removed. Why was he not arrested (not for speaking his opinion but for disorderly conduct or interfering with the free speech rights of others)?

To all you parents paying big bucks to Princeton for your kids' tuition, this is what you are paying for.

Portugal: Iraqi Asylum-Seeker Stones Police Station and Stabs Officer

O Minho

Today in Braga, Portugal, a man identified by police as a 28-year-old Iraqi asylum-seeker began throwing rocks into a local police station, apparently to lure officers outside. When a supervisor attempted to stop him, the man reportedly stabbed him with a large kitchen knife. The officer, fortunately, sustained only a superficial cut. The attacker was arrested and put into a cell.  

It appears that the motive for the attack was that in January, the Iraqi had submitted an asylum application at that same police station, and that the officer who was stabbed was the same officer who had received the application. Police are also investigating whether it was the same suspect who burned three cars in Braga the day before, one of which was a police vehicle.

The below article from CM Jornal (Pt) is translated by Fousesquawk   

This article from O Minho has several pictures of the damage caused. Note that the article also mistakenly identifies the suspect as an Iranian in the text, but also as an Iraqi in the text and the headline. I am assuming that the suspect is Iraqi.

Braga attacker ambushed police station in order to kill PSP (Public Safety Police) chief

The man took out a large knife and stabbed the policeman in the left side of the stomach

By Sergio A. Vitorino, journalist, and Fatima Vilaça, journalist

Updated 12 April 2025 at 12:33

A man stoned the facility of the 1st Police Station of the PSP, as well as a police vehicle in Braga on Saturday morning, in order to lure the PSP officers outside. He stabbed a supervisory operational chief who attempted to stop the vandalism-and who, by centimeters, escaped potentially fatal wounds. The attack was reportedly due to the fact that the police officer was recognized by the attacker as the officer who, on June 21, received the asylum application from the attacker, a 28-year-old Iraqi, in that same police station. There is an investigation as to whether the same (man) was the perpetrator of a fire on Friday that destroyed three vehicles, one of which was a police vehicle.

On Saturday morning, the man gathered several rocks into a bag and began to stone the police station (breaking the glass in the waiting room and two doors), as well as a PSP vehicle (breaking the windshield and the right front window). He also threw bottles inside the station. All to draw the police outside. The chief, who was acting as operational supervisor, on seeing the stoning and, by coincidence, leaving on a break, attempted to stop him. The attacker, on recognizing him from his asylum application (which the PSP forwarded on to AIMA*and had nothing further to do with), took out a large kitchen knife hidden in his backpack and stabbed the officer in the left side of his stomach. "Fortunately, and only by a few centimeters," a police source said, the cut was superficial. The officer was hospitalized and treated.

The attacker was arrested and put into the Braga police station cell, where he also reportedly caused damage.

The day before, an unmarked vehicle belonging to the 2nd PSP Station of Braga and two others, belonging to civilians, which were in the immediate vicinity of the first, were destroyed by arson, which is being investigated by the Judicial Police. 

* AIMA Agency for Integration, Migration, and Asylum)

Pro-Palestinian (Stanford) Campus Disruptors Charged

                                

On June 5, 2024, several pro-Palestinian demonstrators broke into the office of the Stanford University president and occupied the building. Reportedly, they committed considerable damage while inside the building. Now, 12 demonstrators have been charged by the Santa Clara DA's Office with felonies for trespass and vandalism. All 12 are reportedly undergraduate and graduate students.

The Stanford Daily, (campus newspaper) has a report here.

Also appearing in the Stanford Daily in the Opinion section is a letter "from the Community", or more specifically, a group of Stanford faculty and alumni objecting to a letter sent to some 60 universities, including Stanford, from the Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights, warning them of potential enforcement actions and loss of federal funding if they fail to protect their Jewish students under Title 6 of the Civil Rights Act. I am only familiar with two of the signees, Joel Beinin and David Palumbo-Liu, both noted anti-Israel activists. The letter can be accessed here.

Sorry, all you Learned Professors, but no university, even a private university, is exempt from federal civil rights laws, especially when they have allowed their campuses to be taken over by anti-Israel mobs who engage in trespass, occupations, vandalism and other disruptions to the operations of the university, not to mention bullying of Jewish students and disruption of their events. None of that is covered by free speech.

The time for the Department of Education/OCR to get involved is long overdue. For over 2 decades, Jewish students on one campus after another, including Stanford, have been complaining about having to attend school in a hostile environment. Given the charges announced this week, the letter is laughable.

"Rather than protecting Jewish students, the federal government redefines anti-Semitism to include any criticism of Zionism. This is dangerous. Criticism of Israel’s ethnic cleansing and what human rights groups including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch consider a genocide against the Palestinian people is not antisemitic. Punishing those who criticize Israel is not just illegal according to the principles of free speech and academic freedom — it is immoral and complicit in genocide denial. Considering Zionism a protected identity, rather than the political project it is, removes it from any scrutiny or questioning."

I don't know how many of the signees are Jewish, but before pontificating on what protects Jewish students and what does not, perhaps, the signees should talk to some of the Jewish students who have been victimized on campus as part of the anti-Zionist, anti-Israel, and yes, in my view, anti-Jewish wave of incidents.  

Instead, they continue to prattle on about "ethnic cleansing", genocide, and the false claim that the federal government (under Trump) is defining anti-Semitism to include any criticism of Israel. That is a canard. The Trump administration's position is in line with the definition set out by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance. Here is their definition. It sets out where and how the state of Israel figures into anti-Semitism. 

 "Manifestations might include the targeting of the state of Israel, conceived as a Jewish collectivity. However, criticism of Israel similar to that leveled against any other country cannot be regarded as antisemitic."

In January of 2016, Palumbo-Liu participated in a panel on free speech at UC Irvine, which I attended. At that time, he said that the US State Department's definition of anti-Semitism (which was similar to that of the IHRA) defined any criticism of Israel as anti-Semitic. Here is the DOS definition adopted in 2010 that Palumbo-Liu was referring to. In May of 2016, the DOS adopted the IHRA definition. (Note that in the above link to the January 2016 panel, there is a link to the State Department's definition, which erroneously goes to a different DOS report.)

It comes down to this: No university has a God-given right to federal funding, particularly when they are failing to protect the rights of all their students and protect them from discrimination or violence on campus. As the DOE letter to the universities states:

"The Department’s OCR sent these letters under its authority to enforce Title VI of the Civil Rights Act (1964), which prohibits any institution that receives federal funds from discriminating on the basis of race, color, and national origin. National origin includes shared (Jewish) ancestry."