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Campus protests fizzle out in 2025

JL;DR SUMMARY In 2025, anti-Israel protests on U.S. college campuses have notably declined compared to previous years, spurred by stricter university policies and pressure from the Trump administration threatening funding cuts for unchecked antisemitic activities. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Trump AdministrationJewish StudentsDiscriminationCampus SafetyUniversity PoliciesAnti Israel ProtestsU.S. CampusesPro Israel ViewsUniversity Funding Threats

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New Haven, Connecticut, United States
"Tents were erected at Yale Universitys central plaza on Tuesday night, with anti-Israel activists hoping to loudly protest the visit of far-right Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir to campus."
Ithaca, New York, United States
"Meanwhile, at Cornell University, President Michael Kotlikoff announced on Wednesday that he had canceled an upcoming campus performance by R&B singer Kehlani because of her history of anti-Israel social media posts."
Washington, Washington DC, United States
"Last spring, an encampment at The George Washington University was only dismantled after the university faced threats from Congress."
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
"In recent weeks, the Trump administration has pressured top universities to crack down on antisemitic activity."
Evanston, Illinois, United States
"Michael Simon, the executive director at Northwestern Hillel, came into the school year with a big question mark of how the schools new policies, which provide strict guidance for student protests and the type of behavior allowed at them, would be applied."
California, United States
"the national atmosphere of fear among university administrators for castigation and targeting by the [Trump] administration is also present at UCLA and other University of California campuses."
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
"Harvard is suing the Trump administration over its decision to withhold $2.2 billion in federal funds from the school"
Stanford, California, United States
"A dozen anti-Israel student protesters were charged with felonies this month for vandalizing the Stanford University presidents office last June."
Washington DC, United States
"office of Joseph Pelzman, an economist at The George Washington University who authored a plan calling for the U.S. to relocate Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and redevelop the enclave, was vandalized in February."
New York, United States
"Smaller-scale protests continue at Columbia, with students chaining themselves to the Manhattan universitys main gate this week to protest the ICE detention of Mohsen Mahdawi and Mahmoud Khalil, two foreign students who had led protests last year."

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