The University of Pennsylvania campus is a hotbed of anti-Semitism, with students openly chanting, “We are Hamas,” and others accused of hate crimes still being allowed in class, The Post has learned.
Students Eyal Yakoby and Jordan Davis filed a lawsuit this week alleging that Penn violated federal civil rights law and selectively enforces its rules to “avoid protecting Jewish students from hate and harassment.”
Yakoby, 21, told The Post that there are still “professors and students” at the university who he says are “overtly anti-Semitic.”
“It’s crazy: They still come to class and they’re Penn employees,” he said. “We had a student return to class last Monday while he was facing [criminal] charges.
“I think it is absolutely despicable and a failure of the university.
“I call for anyone who violates school policies to be held accountable as they would be held accountable for anything else.”
President Liz Magill said at a congressional hearing Tuesday that the university had formed a task force on anti-Semitism, but that its job is at stake after she refused to tell the hearing that calling for genocide against the Jewish people violated the school’s code of conduct.
Tara Tarawneh, a 20-year-old college student, was still attending classes this week, according to sources, despite praising the Hamas terrorist group for its “glorious October 7 terrorist attack” against Israel, which left 1,200 dead and more than 200 Israelis taken hostage. .
UPenn student Eyal Yakoby told The Post that there are still “professors and students” at the university who he says are “overtly anti-Semitic.” house.gov Tara Tarawneh, a University of Pennsylvania student originally from Jordan, has been identified as the woman who gave a fiery speech at a pro-Palestinian rally last month praising the Hamas terrorist attack on Israel on October 7. Artmejo
She was also arrested for allegedly stealing an Israeli flag from the front of a Campus Apartments house near the Ivy League school.
Tarawneh has since been charged with theft and receiving stolen property, according to court documents seen by The Post.
She did not respond to multiple requests for comment from The Post, while her attorney Grace Harris said she was “not interested in talking” and also declined to speak. UPenn also did not respond to calls or emails on Friday.
“I remember such empowered and happy feelings,” Tarawneh said at the rally about the Hamas terrorist attack on Israel on October 7.
Tarawneh, a 2020 graduate of King’s Academy in Madaba, Jordan, has been outspoken in her views, and a video of her addressing a pro-Palestinian crowd went viral.
“I remember feelings of such strength and happiness, such confidence that victory was near and so tangible.” told a crowd about the monstrous Oct. 7 attack.as reported by the Daily Pennsylvanian, Penn’s student-run independent media organization.
“I want all of you to keep that feeling in your hearts. “Never let go.”
Tarawneh praised the “joyful and powerful images that emerged from the glorious Hamas attack of October 7” during his controversial speech at a rally in Philadelphia.
On Friday, bioengineering student Liam Pharr, 21, said he believes terrorism has taken root at the Ivy League university after witnessing students chanting, “We are Hamas,” designated a terrorist organization by the U.S., E.U. , the United Kingdom and many others, at UPenn. gardens.
“I’m not Jewish, but there is absolutely anti-Semitism on campus,” Pharr told the Post. “A couple of weeks ago, there was a group on campus that joined hands and chanted, ‘We are Hamas.’ I was in the library and I heard it.
“It’s crazy the kind of shit people can say on campus and get away with it. A terrorist organization has infiltrated a place where the next generation receives the best education possible,” she continued.
Fox 29 Philadelphia/YouTube Billboards calling for Magill’s firing appeared on campus on Friday. Robert Miller
“I have seen posts on social media of Jewish students holding an Israeli flag in peaceful protest, with the caption ‘remember their faces, they will be on the wrong side of history.'”
Meanwhile, the campus has witnessed shocking incidents, including graffiti calling for “intifada,” meaning “uprising,” “avenge Gaza,” and, sickeningly, “Jews R Nazis” scrawled on a building next to a Jewish fraternity.
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Students on campus are also frightened by mysterious “outsiders” joining pro-Palestinian protests.
Sam Graybill, an 18-year-old nursing student, said he has also noticed a rising wave of aggression toward Jews among the student body both on campus and online and has seen older non-students at demonstrations on campus.
“There is a decent amount of anti-Semitism,” Graybill told The Post. “Some people here are very aggressive towards Jews. There is a protest every few days. There is a lot of anger and aggression.
“Some people who are not students here will come and start protests. They are older, not like grandparents, but they really look much older than most students,” she added.
“Many of my friends are Jewish and worry about their safety on campus. I estimate that 40% of anti-Semitism occurs on campus and 60% online.”
His thoughts were echoed by Alkaid Zeng, 23, who also said he had noticed older people joining the crowd at the protests.
“There is a lot of outrage on both sides,” Zeng said Friday on campus. “There are protests every two days. The people who participate in the protests are teachers, students and people from outside who arrive.”
UPenn student Alkaid Zeng, 23, said “people from outside” have been joining protests on campus. Robert Miller UPenn President Liz Magill recently acknowledged a rise in anti-Semitic acts on campus, but many students say her response was too little, too late. REUTERS
Zeng said he believes university leadership is virtue signaling without truly caring about their students.
“We get emails daily from the president, chancellors and deans of the various schools saying that they are listening to the voices of the students but they are being very careful not to take sides,” he said.
“The administration is not showing that it cares. “Students don’t see much attention or empathy from the administration,” Zeng added.
“Even if they can’t do much, at least they could show that they care.”
A letter from 74 members of Congress called on Magill and the presidents of MIT and Harvard to resign following their appearance before the congressional committee this week.
College campuses – including those of other Ivy League schools such as Columbia, Cornell, Yale and Harvard – have been hotbeds of disturbing anti-Israel protests. Robert Miller
Additionally, the board of trustees of UPenn’s prestigious Wharton Business School has said it has lost confidence in the university’s leadership, while numerous donors have withdrawn millions in funding for the university.
“It is absolutely absurd for the president of the university to say that it is completely okay to make statements calling for the killing of a large portion of the student base,” Pharr told The Post.
“Based on his statements, I think he should leave. “You can say that what is happening to the Palestinians is wrong, but you cannot say that people should be killed,” he added. “The school does not support Jewish students.
“There was no statement even condemning Hamas until the Huntsman family said they would withdraw their funding. Only when there is money involved do they do something.”
Still, Magill remained president as of Friday evening, and a school spokesperson told CNN there is no immediate plan to replace her.
The Ivy League campus was also heavily criticized even before the October 7 terrorist attack for holding a Palestine Writes literature festival. Robert Miller
UPenn faces increasing pressure to change its leadership, from major donors to those on its own staff, and even from Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro.
The governor, who is Jewish, called Magill’s testimony “shameful” and urged the board of trustees to meet to decide whether her statements were in line with the school’s values.
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