{"id":175386,"date":"2025-01-29T15:54:44","date_gmt":"2025-01-29T14:54:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=175386"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:27:40","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:27:40","slug":"members-of-parliament-want-action-against-antisemitism-at-universities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2025\/01\/29\/members-of-parliament-want-action-against-antisemitism-at-universities\/","title":{"rendered":"Members of Parliament want action against antisemitism at universities"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A large part of the House of Representatives believed on Thursday evening that the safety of Jewish students must be improved. Members of parliament were critical of the minister: why do school administrators often fail to file police reports?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Since the outbreak of the war in Gaza, antisemitism has increased, also in higher education. Some Jewish students are afraid to attend their classes, fear members of parliament.<\/p>\n

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In the debate, a controversial professor from Radboud University Nijmegen was mentioned. He advocates for the dismantling of the state of Israel due to the violence against Palestinians. On X, he posted things like \u201cFuck Israel\u201d. Ja21 asked what the minister was going to do about this.<\/p>\n

The minister found these expressions \u2018disgusting\u2019, he replied. \u201cI find it difficult to accept that young people are being educated by people who make these statements.\u201d However, he cannot intervene. He is not the employer of this professor.<\/p>\n

But the employer, Radboud University Nijmegen, is doing little about it for now. The professor is allowed to have his own opinion, according to the policy stated<\/a> in the AD<\/em> newspaper. The university is also not responding yet to a call<\/a> from a group of students to improve safety on campus, for example, by filing a report of antisemitism. However, the university administration stated<\/a> in Vox<\/em> (the university\u2019s newspaper) that nothing has happened yet that is prohibited.<\/p>\n\n\t

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