Transcript [00:00] We now know that a US judge has [00:01] dismissed President Trump. Well, the [00:04] lawsuit alleged alleging Harvard really [00:07] failed to protect Jewish students. This [00:09] was a big deal. If you can recall, we [00:11] have been following this for quite some [00:13] time. And now to learn that a US judge [00:15] says, "You know what? The Trump [00:17] administration, well, you didn't really [00:19] have any backing and or credible proof." [00:21] What say you about this? [00:24] >> I mean, the the headline that we're [00:25] seeing is that a judge dismissed or [00:28] dismisses Harvard anti-Semitism lawsuit. [00:31] But we need to look closely at the [00:33] ruling. The judge did not declare that [00:36] anti-Semitism never existed at Harvard. [00:38] The judge ruled that the government had [00:40] not sufficiently established an ongoing [00:43] Title VI violation when it filed this [00:45] particular case. So, a procedural [00:48] pleading to [00:51] a procedural or pleading defeat for the [00:54] administration must not be rewritten as [00:57] an exoneration of everything that [00:58] happened to Jewish students after [01:00] October 7th. The legal question is [01:03] whether the complaint established an [01:05] ongoing Title VI violation. The moral [01:09] and institutional question is what [01:11] Jewish students actually experienced. [01:14] Those aren't identical questions. [01:16] Anti-Semitism happened and continues to [01:19] happen at Harvard and at universities [01:21] across the United States. The fact that [01:24] people are excusing anti-Jewish hatred, [01:27] bigotry [01:28] hate speech, and actual violence is [01:31] inexcusable. So, Jewish organizations, [01:35] civil rights organizations, and with [01:37] assistance from the White House and from [01:40] the US government are engaging in [01:43] elements or or in actions to make sure [01:45] that the civil rights of Jews are not [01:49] being reduced. That's what this is all [01:51] about. But we're following every sort of [01:54] legal ramification to make sure it's [01:56] being done correctly. [01:58] >> Yeah, and so to that point though, [01:59] Yoval, and I'm [02:00] I'm hoping you can well discuss that [02:02] even further with me, and that is the [02:04] headline that you pointed out. It's [02:05] somewhat misleading, but I think we can [02:07] both agree that anti-Semitism still [02:10] continues, and it's something that must [02:11] be addressed. [02:14] >> I'm shocked at how by how many people [02:16] don't address it or just put up their [02:18] blinders and seem to ignore it. We're [02:20] seeing anti-Semitism increasing in major [02:23] cities across the United States. As a [02:26] Jew, of course I'm disturbed by that. As [02:29] a Jewish American, of course I'm [02:31] disturbed by that. But purely as an [02:33] American, I am most disturbed by that [02:35] because we need more Americans to rise [02:38] up and recognize that anti-Semitism is [02:41] not correct and must not be normalized. [02:44] When people mask their anti-Jewish [02:46] hatred by calling it anti-Israel or [02:49] anti-Zionism, that's a false mask. If [02:52] somebody's upset at Israeli policies, [02:55] but they choose to target Jewish [02:57] students on college campuses or Jewish [03:00] synagogues, or when Jews are going in [03:02] and out of those synagogues, or Jewish [03:04] day schools, that isn't political [03:08] activism. That is the normalization of [03:12] hatred, of bigotry. So when we look at [03:15] what this this judge said, for example, [03:17] it's also important, and I just want to [03:18] add, and going back to that point, that [03:20] Judge Stearns also previously rejected [03:23] Harvard's attempt to dismiss a separate [03:25] lawsuit brought by Jewish students. So [03:28] it's trying to find what is really [03:30] happening within the law and how the law [03:32] can be used to properly protect Jewish [03:35] students, but also properly allow people [03:38] to engage in free speech. When free [03:41] speech shifts and becomes hate speech [03:44] and violent speech and leads to actual [03:47] violence, like we saw at Harvard, well, [03:49] that's what's important for us to [03:51] recognize. [03:52] >> And that should not be accepted in any [03:54] way, form, or fashion. Yet again, we [03:56] have been discussing this with Mr. Yuval [03:57] David, journalist and strategic advisor [04:00] on US, Israel, and Jewish issues, [04:02] joining us on the live zone of
A judge dismissed one lawsuit. He did not dismiss the reality of antisemitism.
On @FoxNews @fox5dc with Guy Lambert , I broke down what the Harvard ruling actually means.
The court found that one particular lawsuit did not sufficiently establish an ongoing Title VI violation. That is not the same as saying Jewish students did not face antisemitism on campus.
The principle is simple: I don’t want special protection for Jewish students. I want equal protection.
Yes, a person can criticize a government and its policies. That’s free speech. But excluding, intimidating, or targeting Jews because they believe Israel has a right to exist crosses into a civil-rights issue.
Are universities protecting Jewish students by the same standards they demand for every other minority?
