The Department of Education has launched an investigation into Youngstown State University for allegedly failing to address anti-Semitism on campus.
Person filing the complaint campus reform Editor-in-Chief Dr. Zachary Marshall cited events in Youngstown State following the Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attack carried out by Hamas in Israel.
October 19, 2023 Youngstown State University Students for Palestine Justice President Tara Al-Sharif refuses to condemn Hamas in an interview. campus reform.
Instead, al-Sharif condemned Israel's “violence” against Palestinians.
”Hamas has no army[ary]– We don’t have – I’m not – I’m not here to support Hamas, okay? Al-Sharif said. “I just don't know what it is, so why should I blame anything?”
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The Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights began an investigation Tuesday, and the 13th U.S. Marshals Service was notified in response to a Title VI complaint to the Office of Civil Rights.
The 13 schools also include Brown University and Princeton University, two Ivy League schools.
Other public studies were conducted at Arizona State University, Illinois Wesleyan University, Indiana State University Bloomington, Johns Hopkins University, Northwestern University, Temple University, State University of New York Binghamton, Swarthmore College, University of Massachusetts, and University of Wisconsin. It is being said.
