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The University of Bristol has reportedly lost its appeal in the case of former professor David Miller, who was dismissed in 2021 following inflammatory comments about Israel, Zionism, and Jewish students.

According to the BBC, the Employment Appeal Tribunal upheld that Miller’s specific anti-Zionist beliefs qualified as a protected philosophical belief under UK equality law.

Miller had described Jewish student groups as “political lobby groups” and Jewish students as “political pawns” of what he called a “violent, racist foreign regime engaged in ethnic cleansing.”

The ruling does not mean every form of anti-Zionism is legally protected.

And it does not mean universities are powerless to protect Jewish students from harassment, intimidation, or hostility.

But for Jewish students who said they felt targeted and unsafe, this case shows how urgent it is for universities to draw a clear line between protected political belief and conduct that creates a hostile environment for Jews on campus.

Academic freedom matters.

So does Jewish student safety.

A reward is now being offered to identify the person responsible for the appalling act of antisemitism targeting Jewish students at UC San Diego.

A private residence where Alpha Epsilon Pi (AEPi) brothers were living was vandalized with large swastikas and hateful slurs, including “Die AEPi.”

This was deliberate targeting and intimidation against Jewish students in their own home. The perpetrators must be held accountable.

After settling litigation brought by Jewish students who alleged Columbia University failed to protect them from antisemitism, the university is now facing a new lawsuit from current and former Palestinian students and staff alleging discrimination against them.

The lawsuit reportedly accuses Columbia of biased disciplinary proceedings, surveillance of pro-Palestinian activists, and creating a hostile environment after October 7.

One focus of the complaint is Columbia’s response to a “Resistance 101” event that featured Khaled Barakat, whom the U.S. Treasury has described as a member of the PFLP’s leadership abroad. The PFLP is a U.S.-designated foreign terrorist organization.

Universities have a responsibility to protect all students from discrimination. A court should review the plaintiffs` claims.

But universities also have a responsibility to enforce their rules, protect Jewish students from antisemitism, and distinguish protected advocacy from conduct involving intimidation, harassment, or terror-linked extremism.

Jewish civil rights do not disappear because discrimination is labeled “anti-Zionism.”

And campus safety rules do not become illegitimate simply because they are applied to anti-Israel activism.

After resolving litigation brought by Jewish members of the Haverford community, Haverford College has affirmed that discrimination against Jewish, Israeli, and Zionist students, faculty, and staff violates college policy and can result in disciplinary action.

The college also acknowledged a “failure on our part” in its response to antisemitism after October 7 and committed to doing better.

According to reporting on the settlement, Haverford will also change policies governing disruptive and masked protests and establish an antisemitism committee.

This settlement sends an important message to universities across the country: Jewish civil rights do not disappear when discrimination is labeled “anti-Zionism.”

Criticism of Israeli policy is protected speech. Harassing, excluding, or intimidating Jews because of their real or perceived connection to Israel is not.

In the summer of 2025, Hamas and its sympathizers used images of sick and severely underweight children to push the lie that Israel was committing “genocide” in Gaza.

The campaign worked. Difficult images spread worldwide as supposed evidence of wrongdoing by Israel, while reality was missing. Several of the most well-known stories about the emaciated children were later reported to have serious, life-threatening pre-existing illnesses.

These children’s suffering was real. Exploiting that suffering to manufacture evidence for the “genocide” lie was propaganda, and much of the world fell for it.

Global beauty giant Sephora will launch six pop-up locations in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem beginning August 19, in partnership with Israeli beauty chain Glam42, which will serve as the official importer of Sephora Collection products.

Another major international brand is choosing to do business in Israel, bringing one of the world’s most recognizably beauty companies directly to Israeli consumers.

Despite endless calls for boycotts, brands who choose to ignore the political noise continue to see Israel as a market worth investing in.

Kenneth Leland Morgan, 33, the man accused of assaulting a University of Georgia student last Halloween while dressed as a Nazi, has now been indicted.

Morgan allegedly struck UGA student Grace Lang in the face with a glass pitcher while wearing a Nazi uniform, leaving her with a broken nose, black eye, and injuries requiring stitches.

Now, the case is moving forward in court. When antisemitism escalates into violence, accountability must follow. Jewish students deserve to feel safe on and around their campuses.

The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights has opened investigations into San Jose State University and San Francisco State University following allegations that the schools have “permitted and perpetuated” antisemitic harassment on their campuses.

Jewish students should never have to accept intimidation, discrimination, or hostility as part of their college experience.

Universities have a responsibility to protect every student equally. These investigations are an important step toward ensuring institutions are held accountable when Jewish students’ civil rights are being discussed.