US Jewish groups united against Trump's antisemitism strategy
A string of incidents has targeted Jews in the United States in recent weeks. Two Israeli embassy workers were murdered in Washington, Molotov cocktails were thrown at an event in Colorado, and tensions persist on university campuses.
The conservative Heritage Foundation think-tank, behind the 'Project 2025' road map for radically overhauling and shrinking the government, published in October 'Project Esther' – a blueprint on combating antisemitism.
The project seeks to 'dismantle' so-called 'anti-Israel,' 'anti-Zionist,' or 'pro-Palestinian' organizations allegedly part of a 'Hamas support network' that has 'infiltrated' universities including Columbia and Harvard.
The text advocates the dismissal of professors, barring some foreign students from campuses, expelling others outright, and withholding public funding from universities.
Robert Greenway, a Project Esther co-author, recently told The New York Times it was 'no coincidence that we called for a series of actions to take place privately and publicly, and they are now happening.'
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