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Clues: US Anti-Israel Protests Fueled by Major Foreign Funding; Backed by Iran, Hamas"..."We've seen that people linked to foreign organizations have been involved in training and that there are shared talking points and documents as well. So it's pretty clear that this is an externally funded and organized effort ... We've seen people from the Middle East come and provide training to them ... and the biggest connection that we might identify between the Middle East and these protests is the very large number of Middle East students who are involved." -Dr. Jay Greene, a senior research fellow and an educational policy expert at the Heritage Foundation
Given the overall coordination, officials are questioning whether these demonstrations go beyond a spontaneous student movement to a more well-funded outside operation. Jack Landstein described what it's becoming like to be a Jewish student on one campus. "Being a Jewish student at the University of Michigan right now, it's definitely a scary and uncomfortable time. There's a lot of antisemitism on our campus and it's extremely unsettling," he admitted. Landstein described some of what he's witnessed.
Landstein is not alone. Dr. Jay Greene, a senior research fellow and an educational policy expert at the Heritage Foundation, told CBN News the protesters have an unmistakable goal. "What they're clearly doing is they're very clearly signaling to Jewish students that they're not welcome on campus, that they're not being protected by the university leaders in a way that they would protect any other group on campus," Greene stated. He sees clues pointing to a more professional, organized effort behind these protests. "We only get little hints of it, and the hints are that the funders include the Soros Open Society Foundation and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund. And there are also some links to foreign organizations as well," Greene noted. "We've seen that people linked to foreign organizations have been involved in training and that there are shared talking points and documents as well. So it's pretty clear that this is an externally funded and organized effort." Greene also finds similar strategies recurring across the various campuses.
That's also intentional as those upcoming ceremonies put a lot of pressure on the universities. Greene's detected a strong Middle East connection. He noted, "We've seen people from the Middle East come and provide training to them. So, and the biggest connection that we might identify between the Middle East and these protests is the very large number of Middle East students who are involved." He also adds that the element presents a financial dilemma for many of the schools. One reason universities are reluctant to crack down on the protests by arresting students or suspending them is out of fear of jeopardizing the students' foreign visas. "And so if they were to be suspended from school or arrested, they might have to be deported. And the universities are very wary of doing that, in part because these foreign student revenue streams are an important source of revenue for them. There are very large donors overseas that they're wishing to keep happy," Greene observed. While polls show most Americans don't support the demonstrations, protesters are getting positive reinforcement elsewhere. Iran's Foreign Ministry condemns reports of protesters being arrested, although the Islamic regime has traditionally arrested, imprisoned, and even killed student protesters within its borders. Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani declared, "The Islamic Republic of Iran's foreign ministry in no way accepts violent and militarized response to students and their demands in America's universities. It rejects this approach and deems it concerning. It's necessary that the international community takes notice of this issue." On social media, Hamas has praised the protests while warning the Biden administration. Hamas Political Bureau member Izzat al-Rishq posted on Telegram, "Today's students are the leaders of tomorrow. The consequence of today's repression will be a heavy electoral price that the Biden administration will pay sooner or later." As this movement is expected to continue, Greene expects protests will likely disrupt commencement ceremonies and believes many protesters will expand beyond college campuses to gather in Chicago at the August Democratic National Convention. Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here 
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"So it's a lot of chants, 'from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free,' 'intifada, intifada'; bullhorns going through the school of business, go through the undergraduate library, making it very challenging for students to do work and focus. I sometimes worry about wearing my Star of David outside of my shirt," he explained. (Screengrab image: via CBN News)
"Among the common signs are that they're determined to set up camps so that it's more difficult to remove them, but they never have to leave them. That's one sign. A second sign is that they're setting up in the middle of public spaces within the university so that it is difficult for people to get to and from work to and from classes without having to go through these protests," he said. "So they're effectively shutting down the normal operations of these universities. And third, they're on locations that are often where commencements will be held in a few weeks." (Screengrab image: via CBN News)
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