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On Wednesday, President Donald Trump signed a new executive order aimed at combating antisemitism in the United States. This action comes in the wake of a chilling rise in anti-Semitic incidents that have surged following the Hamas terrorist attacks on October 7, 2023 and went unanswered by the Biden administration.
“MyAdministrationhasfoughtandwillcontinuetofightanti-SemitismintheUnitedStatesandaroundtheworld,”Trumpstatedintheorder,makingitclearthatthisissueremainsatoppriority.ThisstatementechoeshisearliereffortswithExecutiveOrder13899,issuedinDecember2019,whichsoughttoprotectJewishstudentsfromharassmentinschoolsanduniversities.However,theBidenadministration’snegligenceeffectivelynullifiedtheseprotections,leadingtoanalarmingsituationwhereJewishstudentshavebeenincreasinglyvulnerable.
AccordingtotheAnti-DefamationLeague,therewasadramaticspikeinantisemiticincidentsinthefinalthreemonthsof2023,withincidentsrising321%specificallyonuniversitycampuses.TheBidenadministrationrespondedtoskyrocketingantisemitismbylaunchinganin
