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Adam Kredo at the Washington Free Beacon reports on a troubling case in which extreme anti-Semitic comments against Jewish students and their allies at the University of Michigan have been ignored by campus officials:

The University of Michigan would not explain how it is responding to death threats and racial epithets that were reportedly issued by pro-Palestinian activists at students who oppose a resolution to divest from Israel.

University of Michigan police were first contacted last week after two pro-Palestinian activists shouted “threats of violence” at a student who refused to support their boycott initiative during a “sit-in” at the student government’s headquarters.

The Washington Free Beacon has further learned that the pro-Israel student received death threats and that others have allegedly been called “kikes” and “dirty Jews” by backers of the virulently anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement, which aims to delegitimize the Jewish state through economic means. …

University of Michigan spokesman Rick Fitzgerald—who first said that he did not understand a reporter’s questions—declined multiple requests to comment on the death threats and violent rhetoric from activists, saying that the school encourages “students to report them to police.”

Fitzgerald—who adopted an incredulous tone when faced with questions—additionally refused to connect a Free Beacon reporter with the university’s provost or other high-level officials, saying that the issue does not rise to the level of their involvement.

This is the same university that completely kowtowed to a group of African-American students who felt discriminated against, despite any proof. But when they complained: the university gave $300,000 to the Trotter Multicultural Center; the student newspaper created a “Color” section of the Michigan Daily student newspaper; and there’s an ongoing student campaign to bring race and ethnicity requirements to the Engineering school.

But where is the outrage when students are actually slandered? When do campus officials come to the defense of their Jewish students? The double standard is mind-boggling.

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