House GOP Education Panel Releases Report Blaming Campus Leaders, SJP and Faculty for Rising Antisemitism

Overview

• The House Education and Workforce Committee’s majority staff published its report on March 17, concluding that weak university leadership enabled antisemitic harassment to spread on campuses.
• The report says Students for Justice in Palestine acted as ringleaders of hostile activity and that faculty networks helped legitimize and amplify antisemitism.
• Campuses with Faculty and Staff for Justice in Palestine chapters were seven times more likely to experience violence against Jews, according to the report’s analysis.
• The committee alleges U.S. universities’ Qatar campuses, including Northwestern and Georgetown, tolerated antisemitic rhetoric and took no disciplinary action against implicated faculty, students or staff since October 2023.
• Recommendations include adopting the IHRA definition of antisemitism, passing the Civil Rights Protection Act and the DETERRENT Act, and requiring public syllabi for overseas programs, with the committee signaling continued oversight after its yearlong inquiry.