Articles by Jessica Schwalb

Academics & Education

Columbia promotes course at pro-Hamas People’s Forum featuring PFLP terrorist’s teachings Rashid Khalidi’s class accuses Israel of transforming Palestinians’ ‘homeland into an exclusive Jewish national home’

September 22, 2025   

(Free Beacon) Columbia University is promoting a course at the pro-Hamas People’s Forum taught by an anti-Israel professor emeritus, Rashid Khalidi, which requires students to read a Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) leader’s teachings. Khalidi was slated to teach […]

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CAIR-Philadelphia, whose leader blamed Israel for Oct. 7, announces partnership with local schools to make them ‘more inclusive’ The anti-Israel group provides educational materials including 'American Jews and Political Power: Myth or Reality'

August 28, 2025   

(Free Beacon) The Philadelphia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), whose executive director said that Israel is behind the “root causes of what is happening in Palestine/Israel,” announced this week that it is partnering with local schools to make them […]

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With president under scrutiny, George Mason reinstates infamous SJP chapter months after police found guns and terrorist paraphernalia in leaders’ home The group recently released a pro-Hamas recruitment video, which the school says it referred to Virginia's AG

August 26, 2025 and   

(Free Beacon) George Mason University, whose president has been in the national spotlight over race-based hiring practices that the Trump administration says violate federal civil rights law, has reinstated its Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) chapter, which it suspended last year […]

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George Mason SJP releases radical recruitment video months after police uncovered terrorist flags at leaders’ home ‘The spirit of resistance will not be quenched until we see full liberation of Palestine from the river to the sea,’ a speaker concealed with a keffiyeh and a voice modifier says in the video

August 25, 2025 and   

(Free Beacon) George Mason University’s Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) chapter reemerged Sunday evening with a recruitment video claiming “the spirit of resistance will not be quenched.” The radical group went dark for months after police found terrorist propaganda and weapons […]

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Former Harvard Kennedy School adviser accused of aiding Hamas hides in Palestinian territories to avoid summons Bashar Masri is accused of allowing the terror group to use his properties to launch rockets and train commandos

August 6, 2025   

(Free Beacon) Lawyers representing the family members of nearly 200 Oct. 7 massacre victims believe that a former Harvard University adviser accused of aiding Hamas ahead of the attack is hiding in Palestinian territories to avoid a court summons. The family members sued […]

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UChicago prof, the brother of a convicted Iranian spy, says the ‘only hope for peace is the power and durability of Iranian missiles’ Alireza Doostdar is a member of the school's Faculty for Justice in Palestine chapter

June 20, 2025 and   

(Free Beacon) A University of Chicago professor whose brother was convicted of helping the Iranian regime spy on dissidents in the United States is cheering on Iran’s missile attacks against Israel. Alireza Doostdar, an associate professor of Islamic studies and a dual […]

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Anti-Israel pamphlets from group behind Columbia encampments line Barnard library shelves Some of the zines are available online for Barnard and Columbia students and alumni

June 9, 2025   

(Free Beacon) Barnard College’s library shelves are stocked with anti-Israel pamphlets, including some from Columbia University Apartheid Divest (CUAD), the anti-Semitic student group behind last spring’s encampments. Others direct readers to content praising assassinated Hamas leaders like Yahya Sinwar and Ismail Haniyeh […]

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Harvard commencement speaker lauds classmate who assaulted Israeli student — to whoops and cheers from the crowd Elom Tettey-Tamaklo was ordered to complete anger management course and perform 80 hours of community service

May 30, 2025 and   

(Free Beacon) A Harvard Divinity School graduate selected by faculty members to speak at the school’s commencement ceremony used her address to praise Elom Tettey-Tamaklo, a classmate who faced criminal charges for assaulting an Israeli classmate. “Class of 2025, Palestine is waiting for us […]

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Dem senator visits detained Columbia activist who said he ‘can empathize’ with Hamas’s decision to massacre Jews 'I'm here with our friend from the Upper Valley,' Peter Welch tells Mohsen Mahdawi

April 22, 2025 and   

(Free Beacon) Sen. Peter Welch (D., Vt.) visited detained Columbia University activist Mohsen Mahdawi on Monday, calling him a “friend” and praising his work with “Jewish brothers and sisters” on Columbia’s campus. In the wake of Oct. 7, Mahdawi said he could […]

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Trump Department of Justice launches Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism 'The Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism is the first step in giving life to President Trump’s renewed commitment to ending anti-Semitism in our schools,' task force head Leo Terrell says

February 3, 2025 and   

(Free Beacon) The Trump administration is forming a multi-agency task force “to root out anti-Semitic harassment in schools and on college campuses,” the Department of Justice announced Monday. The task force stems from an executive order President Donald Trump signed last week […]