Jewish students at the University of Pennsylvania assailed school leaders on Monday as “powerless” after anti-Israel protesters ignored the administration’s order to disband their on-campus encampment.
Jewish students at the University of Pennsylvania assailed school leaders on Monday as “powerless” after anti-Israel protesters ignored the administration’s order to disband their on-campus encampment.
The Ivy League school’s interim president J. Larry Jameson warned in an email to the school community Friday that failure to clear the tent city “immediately” would lead to sanctions, but protesters remained on the university’s College Green as of Monday evening.
The scene playing out at UPenn is reminiscent of the chaos at Columbia University, where anti-Israel protesters have rebuffed the Manhattan school’s demand to clear out of their encampment.
Demonstrators at UPenn, made up of students, faculty and people not affiliated with the school, have also refused a mandate to show school IDs. One anti-Israel group celebrated that no arrests have been made since the school made those requests.
“Because of our collective will and strength, we were able to call the administration’s bluff, resist the panic they intended to set in and win this first battle,” UPenn’s Faculty for Justice in Palestine wrote on Instagram on Monday.
