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“#Rutgers leaders apologize for statement condemning anti-Semitism<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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The chancellor and provost of Rutgers University apologized Thursday for issuing a statement that denounced the recent surge in anti-Semitic attacks because he said it \u201cfailed to communicate support for our Palestinian community members.\u201d<\/p>\n

The initial statement from Chancellor Christopher Molloy and Provost Francine Conway Wednesday said they were<\/a> \u201csaddened by and greatly concerned about the sharp rise in hostile sentiments and anti-Semitic violence in the United States.\u201d <\/p>\n

The Thursday statement, titled \u201cAn Apology,\u201d<\/a> included the message that \u201cour diversity must be supported by equity, inclusion, antiracism, and the condemnation of all forms of bigotry and hatred, including anti-Semitism and Islamophobia.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs we grow in our personal and institutional understanding, we will take the lesson learned here to heart, and pledge our commitment to doing better,\u201d Molloy and Conway continued. \u201cWe will work to regain your trust, and make sure that our communications going forward are much more sensitive and balanced.\u201d<\/p>\n

Earlier Thursday, the Rutgers chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine issued a lengthy denunciation<\/a> of Molloy and Conway\u2019s initial statement.<\/p>\n

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The apology statement from Chancellor Christopher Molloy and Provost Francine Conway said the university needs to tackle Islamophobia and anti-Semitism.<\/figcaption>
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Students of Justice in Palestine were not pleased with either of the school\u2019s statements. <\/figcaption>
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The group said the statement \u201ccannot be separated from widespread attempts to conflict antizionism [sic] with antisemitism [sic] and derail Palestinian voices and activism \u2026 it isolates them and shows that Rutgers does not stand with or support them in their struggle for freedom and liberation, and contributes to the racism efforts of zionists [sic] to erase Palestinian identity.\u201d<\/p>\n

A second statement from Students for Justice in Palestine posted Friday similarly panned Molloy and Conway\u2019s \u201capology,\u201d saying it \u201cpersists on the nonnecessity
of actually supporting Palestinian students, faculty and allies as we grieve, organize, and resist the Zionist occupation of Palestine. Our existence is not contingent on the University\u2019s acknowledgment, and the empty assertion that our community is \u2018supported\u2019 may remain with the University, as it is an assertion that has not been backed by any tangible efforts.\u201d<\/p>\n

The original statement had referenced the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, the recent conflict between Israel and Hamas, attacks on Asian Americans and \u201ctargeted oppression and other assaults against Hindus and Muslims.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis recent resurgence of anti-Semitism demands that we again call out and denounce acts of hate and prejudice against members of the Jewish community and any other targeted and oppressed groups on our campus and in our community,\u201d Molloy and Conway wrote.<\/p>\n

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Members of the Jewish community were not happ<\/a>y with Rutgers\u2019 apology statement. <\/figcaption>
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\u201cAlthough we face many challenges and may have differing perspectives,\u201d the statement concluded, \u201cwe must condemn acts of violence and all forms of bigotry.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jewish and pro-Israel commentators blasted the university over the second statement, with Washington Examiner executive editor Seth Mandel calling it \u201cinfuriating beyond belief.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201c[Rutgers] has done plenty to make alumni like myself cringe over the years,\u201d Mandel tweeted<\/a>, \u201cbut this bald erasure of the humanity of the Jewish people will forever stain Molloy, the university and all of us with any association with the school.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cImportant to understand what\u2019s going on here,\u201d Democratic Alliance Initiative executive director Noah Pollak chimed in<\/a>. \u201cProgressives don\u2019t actually believe anti-[S]emitism is real. Jews are wealthy & successful and therefore cannot be victims of bigotry. Oppressors cannot be oppressed. Remember their formula: racism = prejudice + power.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Sen. Tom Cotton weighed in on the Rutgers controversy as well, calling the leaders \u201cweak.\u201d<\/figcaption>
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The Dispatch senior editor David French knocked the original university message<\/a> as \u201can anodyne \u2018all lives matter\u2019 statement \u2026 Yet even that was unacceptable? Pathetic.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cUnder pressure, the Rutgers chancellor *apologized* for condemning the surge of anti-Semitic violence,\u201d Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) noted on Twitter<\/a>. \u201cHow can someone this weak lead a university?\u201d<\/p>\n

Rutgers reps did not immedia<\/a>tely respond to requests for comment from the Post Friday night, nor did representatives of Rutgers Hillel or Rutgers Chabad.\n <\/p><\/div>\n