A groundbreaking report released today highlights the astonishing role Faculty for Justice in Palestine (FJP), a nationwide network of over 100 faculty chapters, plays in escalating antisemitic incidents, fomenting chaos and pushing forward the academic boycott of Israel.
The new AMCHA Initiative report, Academic Extremism: How a Faculty Network Fuels Campus Unrest and Antisemitic Violence, presents compelling data linking the activities of FJP chapters to a significant rise in physical assaults, violent threats and lengthy protest actions that target Jewish students for harm.
“Our investigation alarmingly reveals that campuses with FJP chapters are seeing assaults and death threats against Jewish students at rates multiple times higher than those without FJP groups, providing compelling evidence of the dangerous intersection between faculty activism and violent antisemitic behavior. The presence of FJP chapters also correlates with the extended duration of protests and encampments, as well as with the passage of BDS resolutions on their campuses,” wrote the researchers.
Since the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack on Israel, antisemitic incidents on U.S. campuses have reached unprecedented levels. Physical assaults on Jewish students have surged by 2500%, while violent threats, including death threats, have risen by 900%. While attention has largely focused on student-led groups such as Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), AMCHA’s new report – which examined more than 100 U.S. colleges and universities with large Jewish student populations in its analysis – uncovers the direct influential and dangerous role played by FJP in driving this surge.