Cornell University professor says radical faculty in academia contribute to antisemitism on campuses

Law Professor at Cornell University, William Jacobson, says that radical faculty at universities are contributing to antisemitism on campuses. 

"I think it depends how radicalized the faculty is at the university," Jacobson said on the Tuesday edition of the "Just the News, No Noise" TV show. "So that's why there's so many problems at Columbia and at Yale and Harvard. The more left wing the faculty is.... that sets a tone for the university."

Recently, there were threats directed toward the Cornell Center for Jewish Living and the building next door, known as 104 West, which is home to the university's kosher and multicultural dining hall. 

One post was made under the title, "eliminate jewish living from cornell campus" under the username "jew genocide." It stated: "the jewish house on Cornell is yet another literal and symbolic form of apartheid and genocide on campus... in my opinion it should be torn down and the illegal settlers relocated."

"At Cornell, we've seen this because there are some faculty, not the majority, but there's a core group of faculty who are very anti-Israel," Jacobson said. "They want to see Israel destroyed. They ... think Israel is a colonial state."

He said that this leads the way for student protesters to push antisemitism. 

"You have some students, again, not the majority, maybe 10%, maybe not even 10%, but a core group of activists who are the most vocal and create a hostile environment," Jacobson said. "[They're] using this language of social justice and using this racial justice language trying to turn the Israeli-Arab conflict into a racial conflict when it's not."