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Wave of anti-Semetic and anti-Muslim threats hits since Middle East war began
Josh Meyer
reports for USA Today that police, and the governor of New York, responded to anti-Semitic threats posted to a Cornell University fraternity and sorority forum over the weekend that mentioned killing Jews on campus. There have been a series of similar incidents on college campuses across the nation since the start of the Israel-Hamas war in early October. The posts to Cornell forums included threats to rape female Jewish students and behead Jewish babies in front of their parents and to follow Jewish students home from campus and slit their throats. That brought Gov. Kathy Hochul to campus to talk to students. Hochul said, “We will not tolerate threats or antisemitism or any kind of hatred that makes people feel vulnerable and exposes people and makes them feel insecure in a place where they should be enjoying their campus life, without fear that someone could cause them harm.”