Northwestern under fire - Jewish groups demand president's ouster, students file harassment suit

https://chicago.suntimes.com/israel-hamas-war/2024/05/01/northwestern-
under-fire-as-adl-midwest-calls-for-university-president-to-resign-3-
students-file-suit

Days after reaching an agreement with organizers of a pro-Palestinian 
encampment, Northwestern University is facing heavy backlash, with three 
Jewish organizations calling for the school’s president to resign.

And three Jewish students have filed suit against NU over the encampment, 
alleging they have been harassed and subjected to hateful rhetoric.

Organizers had established the encampment to express support for 
Palestinian people and to call on the university to cut financial ties 
with Israel.

They described Monday’s agreement as a “meaningful first step to 
divestment.” It requires the university administration to disclose 
information about any investments to those associated with the school and 
re-establishes a committee to advise on investments, a panel that will 
include student representation. The university also agreed to take steps 
to better support Palestinian students on campus and allow protests to 
continue until June 1.

“I am proud of our community for achieving what has been a challenge 
across the country, a sustainable, de-escalated path forward,” 
Northwestern President Michael Schill said in a video announcing the 
agreement. “One that prioritizes safety; safety for all of our students, 
for all of our Jewish students, for all of our Muslim students. All of our 
students.”

The encampment was organized five days ago by Educators for Justice in 
Palestine, Student Liberation Union and the school’s chapter of Jewish 
Voice for Peace.

But three Jewish groups — ADL Midwest, StandWithUs and the Louis D. 
Brandeis Center — counter that the deal shows Schill is not fit to lead 
the university.

ADL Midwest dubbed it “reprehensible and dangerous.”

“For the last seven months — and longer — Jewish Northwestern students 
have been harassed and intimated by blatant antisemitism on campus, 
worsening since October 7,” said the organizations in a statement. “It is 
clear from President Schill’s actions that he is unfit to lead 
Northwestern and must resign.”

On Wednesday afternoon, three Jewish students identified only as Jane Doe, 
John Doe 1 and John Doe 2, filed a lawsuit against the university, 
alleging harassment by members of the encampment.

The lawsuit filed in Cook County Court condemns the university for 
allowing the encampment on campus, alleging it violated multiple 
Northwestern policies. But rather than enforce school policy, 
“Northwestern twisted itself into a pretzel to accommodate” the 
encampment, the complaint alleges.

The three students allege seeing and hearing hateful rhetoric, including 
the slogan “From the River to the Sea.”

Northwestern didn’t respond immediately to requests for comment.

In establishing their encampment, Northwestern students joined over 100 
university campuses nationwide organizing in support of Palestinians 
living in Gaza. Earlier this week, students at the University of Chicago 
and DePaul University also joined the effort.


While Northwestern’s encampment was met with some counter-protests, it has 
seen no arrests, citations or suspensions.

This was not the case on campuses across the country. Tuesday night, at 
Columbia University in New York City, university President Minouche Shafik 
authorized the New York Police Department “to clear all individuals from 
Hamilton Hall and all campus encampments,” according to the Columbia 
Spectator.

Student journalists observed officers pushing protesters to the ground and 
slamming them with metal barricades. There were at least 109 individuals 
arrested at Columbia and 282 total arrests made when including those from 
City Colleges of New York, New York City Mayor Eric Adams and NYPD 
officials shared in a press conference Wednesday morning.


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