The U.S. Department of Education’s (ED) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) opened an investigation into Arizona State University over the school’s handling of anti-semitism on campus.
Zachary Marshall, the editor-in-chief of Campus Reform, filed the complaint alleging that Jewish students at Arizona State University have felt “threatened and discriminated against” since the October 7, 2023, Hamas terrorist attack.
According to the complaint, Arizona State University’s Students for Justice in Palestine chapter organized an event on October 8, 2023, one day after the Hamas terrorist attack, to help others “learn about the Palestinian liberation struggle against the U.S. and Israeli war machine.”
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According to the complaint, on October 12, the SJP chapter held a “day of resistance” rally at which students carried Palestinian flags and chanted “free, free Palestine” and “from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free,” as reported by Cronkite News.
The lawsuit aims to impose “sanctions against the University to the fullest extent OCR is able to impose them as well as forcing the University to ensure its funds are not sent to organizations spreading antisemitism.”
An ASU spokesperson told Campus Reform, “The Department asked ASU on Tuesday to respond, and the university will do so.”
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”There are more than 100 such inquiries going on now across the country in K-12 school districts and at universities from Northwestern to Ohio State, Yale to San Diego State, Rutgers to North Carolina,” the spokesperson wrote in response to Campus Reform. “ASU condemns antisemitism and other hateful rhetoric in all its forms.”
”ASU also is responsible for upholding free speech, as granted by the U.S. Constitution. The university neither endorses nor restricts opinions voiced at campus demonstrations. People on our campuses have the right to peacefully express their opinions as long as they comply with the law and the student Code of Conduct,” the spokesperson told Campus Reform.
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