Colleges Ripped for Agreeing to Hear Israel Divestment Demands
- Universities are in a tough spot as they try to quell protests
- The issue of divestment strikes a particularly sensitive nerve
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Northwestern University and Brown University headed off the police crackdowns that hit campuses from New York to California last week by making concessions to pro-Palestinian protesters. Now they’re being slammed by critics who say they capitulated to an angry mob.
Three Jewish students filed a lawsuit against Northwestern, accusing the school of allowing a “dystopic cesspool of hate.” At Brown, billionaire real estate investor Barry Sternlicht said he would pause donations, according to the New York Times, after administrators said they would let five students present arguments in favor of divestment to members of the school’s governing body.