Northwestern University deal with anti-Israel protesters tantamount to 'paying off hostage takers'

Fox News via Yahoo ^ | May 10, 2024 | Louis Casiano

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Northwestern University near Chicago has rewarded anti-Israel protesters by striking a heavily criticized deal reached between the two groups that has now come under congressional scrutiny, critics have said.

Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., the chairwoman of the House Education and Workforce Committee, sent a letter to Northwestern University leaders on Friday, demanding answers on an agreement reached with anti-Israel agitators to end an illegal encampment on campus.

Under the agreement, the university said it will cover the full cost of attendance for five Palestinian students who attend the school for the duration of their undergraduate careers. The agreement also provides for immediate temporary space for [Middle East and North Africa] MENA/Muslim students and a house for MENA/Muslim students that is conducive to community building as soon as practically possible, or sometime after 2026.

"This is basically paying off hostage takers," said Cornell Law School professor William A. Jacobson, who is also the president of the Legal Insurrection Foundation and founder of the Equal Protection Project, which filed a federal civil rights complaint against Northwestern over the deal. "Who the hostages were was a piece of property they had no right to be on."

"Whether you should punish them for doing that or not, you shouldn't reward them," Jacobson told Fox News Digital. "Rewarding behavior which the university says is a breach of their rules simply encourages people to do it again."

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This is the equivalent of a parent giving in to the demands of a toddler who has a temper tantrum.

[Salman]

Stage managed.

They aren't "giving in", they are on the same side to begin with.

Just like in the 1960s.

[Stosh]

Can’t have high quality dhimmitude unless you’re willing to pay the jizyah.