Former University of Wisconsin-Madison athletes criticized the school for refusing to condemn protesters on campus who were caught on video glorifying the terrorist attack on Israel.
Tuesday’s protest saw a crowd of students waving Palestinian flags in front of the school library. with a young woman shouting into a microphone, “Glory to murders!” and “We will liberate the land, by any means necessary!”
A video of the incident. has garnered over 2.6 million views on X.
Those who once played for the school criticized the institution, which is located about an hour west of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
“I’m disgusted @UWMadison,” Cami Kronish wrote on X. “Beyond disappointing.”
Kronish played the goalie for the women’s hockey team and was named the 2023 Frozen Four Outstanding Performer when the Badgers won the national championship.
Vitaly Pisetsky, a former kicker on the football team that won two Rose Bowls with the Badgers, followed Kronish’s lead.
“Guess I’ll be second,” Pisetsky posted on X, referring to Kronish’s post. “Disgusting and disappointing.”
Pro-Hamas protesters chanted threats against Jewish students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Screenshot
The school has not yet commented publicly on the protest. The university’s approximately 5,200 Jewish students are the sixth largest in public schools in the country, according to Hillel International.
The school described the chants as “respectful dialogue” that they support on and off campus.
“The university cannot restrict speech protected by the First Amendment, nor does one speaker, demonstration or protest on campus constitute the university’s endorsement of the message,” the school told The Post in a statement.
The school also claimed that protesters were singing “glory to the martyrs.”
Cami Kronish hugs the national championship trophy after winning the 2023 NCAA Tournament. NCAA Photos via Getty Images
Wisconsin did not question the “by any means necessary” chant.
When asked if “martyrs” meant that it was acceptable, given that the “martyrs” the protesters would be referring to were Hamas terrorists who committed atrocities against Israeli citizens, the school declined to comment.
Foreign Minister Jennifer Mnookin finally addressed the Hamas attack in a statement Wednesday.
The silence over the incident marks a shift in strategy for the school, which has recently been forced to address similar threats directed at minority communities on campus.
Vitaly Pisetsky won two Rose Bowls with the Badgers.Getty Images
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