Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), said the federal government's efforts to resolve the anti-Semitism “disaster” that plagued university campuses were “overdue”, but warned that the Trump administration could risk excessive.
“Anti-Semitism is a crisis, it is a disaster, not receiving enough attention in the institutions that occur. [colleges and universities] Greenblatt told CNN Inside Politics host Dana Bash failed to handle the issue strategically and systematically on Tuesday.
ADL released a report on Tuesday that found that anti-Semitic events in the United States were at their highest level since the tracking began in 1979. The report found that there were 9,354 anti-Semitism incidents in 2024, a 5% increase from the previous year.
Greenblatt attributes the trend of increasing anti-Semitism in the wake of Hamas' savage attacks in 2023 to persistent anti-Semitism. The report found 196 attacks, 2,606 destructive incidents, and 6,552 harassment incidents in 2024. This is the fourth year record. This is a series of “Codate”, which once played the role of “Intiventes nutnitent of Unternity” in “Antivent of Distentent of Unternity”, a brother of a sibling.
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ADL CEO said the anti-Semitism crackdown on university campuses was “long overdue.” (James Keivom for fox news figures)
After the October 7 attack, American universities, especially Ivy League schools, have become flashpoints in the national anti-Semitism crisis. Jewish students reported that they were targets of harassment, academic discrimination and violence, and these students were targets of students, sometimes targeting faculty and staff who slammed the Jewish state and its supporters.
The Trump administration threatens to withhold funds from Columbia, Harvard and other schools unless they agree to address anti-Semitism on campus. Harvard rejected the White House’s demand for schools to change their academic curriculum and disciplinary practices to address anti-Semitism and viewpoint discrimination, saying they jeopardize their academic independence and filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration on Monday.
“The federal government is investing billions of dollars in higher education and has the right to expect them to have a certain degree of responsibility … it has been long overdue,” Greenblatt said.
But the ADL boss warns that the Trump administration’s positive response to anti-Semitism on campus could cause significant damage to the U.S. higher education system, which he says provides for innovation and is “jealous of the world.”
Greenblatt said the federal government could target “the root cause of anti-Semitism” with “specific strategic measures”, which would not put the entire higher education system at risk.
Harvard University filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration on Monday, accusing the White House of jeopardizing its academic independence. (John Tlumacki/by Getty Images The Boston Globe)
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Greenblatt also has a prudent measure against government-driven deportation of foreign students in what they call anti-Semitic activities on university campuses.
A federal immigration judge ruled that the State Department took responsibility for removing him, and former Columbia graduate student Mahmoud Khalil was deported in April. Khalil, 30, once served as a spokesperson for anti-Israel tent camps in Columbia, who saw reports of anti-Semitic violence and hate speech.
Greenblatt warned that the federal government needs to be clear about the deportation targets that need to take action.
Greenblatt told Dana Bash that he would not use ADL's resources to defeat deported anti-Israel protesters, but encouraged the Trump administration to conduct due process.
But Greenblatt took a step back when Bash asked his organization that would put pressure on the White House to grant the White House proper procedures for these alleged anti-Israel demonstrators.
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“We are not public defenders of some Hamasniks on university campuses, and I don't want to be,” Greenblatt said.
