Yesterday, my campus at George Washington University was the scene of yet another alleged anti-Israel attack. A student was reportedly injured by chemicals contained in dropped vials containing an unknown substance. The University is still looking into the incident, according to a brief statement. However, given the history of anti-Semitic protests on campus, the incident is chilling for many on our campus.
Israel Fest is a celebration of Israeli food, music, and culture. This year’s gathering was held on April 27.
The event often draws protesters. I have spoken to Jewish students about their fear of attending, including visiting the popular camel brought to campus each year. Others have told me how students in classes for weeks have been bad-mouthing the planned event and have described those attending as “supporting genocide.”
The university stated that “At least one student was injured by this incident, which is now under an investigation that will examine, among other things, whether individuals were targeted based on their Jewish faith.”
All of my children went to George Washington University. After the October massacre, my kids witnessed students pulling down pictures of hostages and other anti-Israeli protests.
In my book, “Rage and the Republic: The Unfinished Story of the American Revolution,” I recounted how exactly two years ago, on May 6, 2024, I wrote about witnessing the extremism of these anti-Israeli protests:
In May 2024, I was working on this book when suddenly I felt pulled into the pages of my research. A mob outside was crying “Guillotine! Guillotine! Guillotine!” Those words were not chanted on Place de la Concorde in Paris but on the quad of George Washington University in Washington, D.C. I was literally working on the material from the French Revolution when it seemed like the French Revolution had come to me.
Students were holding a mock trial of the university president, the provost, board of directors, and others over their refusal to yield to demands in an anti-Israel protest. Encamped for weeks in the yard next to my law school office, the students chanted “off with their heads” and “off to the motherf*cking gallows with you.” No one seriously expected the tumbrels to roll down Pennsylvania Avenue. The students were venting and mocking the administration. Nevertheless, the faux trial induced a certain “what if ” moment, considering whether we could ever actually devolve into such madness. It came at a time when protests are becoming more radicalized and, at times, violent.
…We have survived every age of rage because of a constitutional system that was designed not for the good times but the bad times that come with democracy. Despite having the most successful and stable constitutional system in history, there is still that moment: a fleeting doubt as to whether the system could survive the morning, survive the times we are living in, survive us.
We still need to learn more about this incident, including why news of the alleged attack was so delayed. The University released a statement on May 5, the week after the event.
The university condemned “this reprehensible and criminal action.” However, I am perplexed by when the university first learned of the incident and whether there was a police report on that day. The university clearly has enough information to characterize the incident as “criminal” in nature. If so, it is not clear why it was not immediately known to the campus, which has an alert system in place.
It is also unclear why the Hatchet, our campus newspaper, did not report on this incident. I may have missed something last week, but I only learned of the incident in the last 24 hours.
There are lingering concerns over past delays and coverage of damage caused by protesters on campus.
There may be a reasonable explanation for the delay, but the university would be wise to make it public without further delay. Parents are likely to wonder why they receive an immediate alert for a fire truck on campus but have to wait until the following week to hear of a possible hate crime against a Jewish student.
Recent PEW Research
Israel Way Out Of Favor
60% of U.S. adults have an unfavorable view of Israel, up from 53% last year.
59% have little or no confidence in Netanyahu to do the right thing regarding world affairs – up from 52% last year.
In both political parties, majorities of adults under the age of 50 now rate Israel and Netanyahu negatively.
The survey was conducted March 23-29 among 3,507 U.S. adults.
Six-in-ten Americans have a very or somewhat unfavorable view of Israel, up 7 percentage points since last year and nearly 20 points since 2022. The share of U.S. adults with a very unfavorable view of Israel (28%) has also increased 9 points since last year – and nearly tripled from 10% in 2022.
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2026/04/07/negative-views-of-israel-netanyahu-continue-to-rise-among-americans-especially-young-people/
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Benjamin Netanyahu is toxic. And he’s become a liability to not just Israel, but to Jews in general. This sad state of affairs will continue until Netanyahu has left the world stage.
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I hope those responsible are found and held accountable for their alleged crimes. Professor Turley of course didn’t hesitate to use this incident to promote his book, again and imply it was some sort of anti-Semitic intent. Obviously there is a lot of speculation about who or what the intended target was.
As for the “injury” it may have been just a slight irritation or rash. Some of us have seen Jewish students exaggerating their “injuries” and “persecutions” to gain sympathy and play victim. It’s been known to happen. But, hopefully the perpetrators are found and dealt with according to the law.
This is not about hope – the rule of law, the social contract REQUIRES consequences for bad acts – otherwise why do we have agovernment or institutions at all ?
Are those who have been attacked exagerating – why does it matter ?
Further why do we beleive the perpitrators are even capable of determining how much of what substance to irritate their victims rather than actually seriously harm them ?
Beyond that – the left for a long long time has been pushing a cult of victimhood on us all.
Why should it surprise anyone that people NOT on the far left would play along and celebrate or exagerate their victimization ?
But that is a MINOR issue.
The punishment of crimes is NOT about the victim, it is about society as a whole.
This is again a major error foist on us by the left.
We have had decades of victims rights, of victim impact statements, of amplifying the cult of victimhood – this is bad for the country and bad for victims.
Perpitrators should be punished for their acts – not based on the eloquence of those they harm.
Further – a failure to punish criminal acts destabilizes society. But punishing criminals does little if anything to get victims their lives back.
That is a reflection of a myth of the left that government can actually be a positive actor in society.
Many people never recover from being a crime victim (or victim of pretty much anything else). Others recover – often becoming stronger than before.
What separates them is THEIR choices – not the assistance of others. Government is mostly ineffective – even charity and support groups are limited in their benefits.
No matter who did something bad to you that screwed up your life – only you can put your life back together.
Hopefully the perpetrators are found. But if this is still ongoing it may be that they may not. The fact that details are sketchy may point to the incident being more benign than it reportedly seems.
How big were those containers? Were they sealed? Jars?
Whoever got ‘injured’ may have made the mistake of trying to open one, because there were several left around and we don’t know how many is ‘several’ in this incident. Clearly there is not a lot of information to infer it was as serious as it some may want it to be.
Jeez John, you’re on a rampage today. All I said was I hope those who are responsible are brought to account. Meaning the police and prosecutors will do their job. You’re already assuming it’s the ‘left’ who is at fault. You don’t know that. It could be Jewish students planting them and using it blame others. Right?
“ Further why do we beleive the perpitrators are even capable of determining how much of what substance to irritate their victims rather than actually seriously harm them ?”
Why not? You have no way of knowing if they did or didn’t know what is a harmful amount. We don’t even know exactly what the substance was. It could be just Cayenne pepper powder in a mix. Or nasty soapy water. “Injury” could mean anything from mild irritation to an open wound. We don’t know and for all intents and purposes the fact that they didn’t detail the nature of the injury can mean it was not really that serious. Was hospitalization required? Or basic first aid? We don’t know. It’s more likely the “injury” was minor.
“ Perpitrators should be punished for their acts – not based on the eloquence of those they harm.“
As they should be, but the should be punished according to the severity and nature of the crime. Not by making is as severe as you want it to be because you feel like it should be. Until the investigation is concluded and if anyone is charges we won’t know for sure how serious the crime really was.
“ No matter who did something bad to you that screwed up your life – only you can put your life back together.”
Spoken like a true libertarian. I guess.
Jeez X,
Who knows, maybe the substance was just nasty water? Maybe It was Cayenne pepper? Maybe someone left an innocuous container to merely irritate rather than harm anyone? Maybe there was not even an attempt to irritate, but rather it was the fault of those so stupid as to open containers which where were left for not only benign purposes, but maybe even for altruistic ones? Maybe it was just a hoax perpetrated by those wily, manipulative, but ultimately evil Jewish students who were just pretending to be celebrating Israeli food, music, and culture. You are suggesting a lot of maybe. Here is another one, maybe you should wait for a few more facts yourself before you feel the need to post about the perhaps meaningless incident.
Old Farter,
Maybe you should wait for a few more facts yourself before you feel the need to post about the perhaps meaningless incident.
@John
Agree completely, and that is precisely what these mushroom-headed little trolls fail to realize (largely because they have never been taught or seen it play out in their lives; look at how they fall to floor and scream and flail like they are in the high chair whenever they are actually brought to task. They might as well be throwing mashed peas) – actions have consequences. Love your takes, but this is not a tangential problem in 2026, and it is not a legal issue, and though I had hope for subsequent generations post-millennial, they only seem to be worsening. And they *already* have this mentality when they matriculate; their time at university just compounds and cements it.
Of course Turley promoted his book.
That is how free markets allow people to get ahead.
I take it you have never worked for yourself, or worked in a role where you not only had to perform a job, but secure more work.
There is a reason that good salespeople are incredibly well paid – because producing something of value to others is of no benefit to anyone if no one knows about it to buy it.
Would you be more comfortable if Turley hired someone to do his promotion for him ?
Regardless the world does not beat a path to your door because you built a better mouse trap.
It does so because someone convinced them that you built a better mousetrap.
John Say,
Well said.
It is PT site. He can write what he wants to write. If he promotes his book, well, it is his site.
Good grief John, you’re goin all wild on you posts today. Pointing out Turley’s incessant book promotion is fair game. Because he does indeed make himself look more like a used car salesman when he does it. I’m not saying at all that it is wrong or that he shouldn’t do it. What I AM saying is it’s ridiculous. He’d be better off putting on an advertisement right on his own blog that pops up every time you log on. “Buy my book! Only $19.99!” I’d still have no problem with it, but I’d still mock the silliness of how incessant it is because it’s fair game.
I’d be more impressed if he went on a book tour promoting his book and offering signed copies.
Good grief John, you’re goin all wild on you posts today
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No george, just telling the truth about you. As many have noticed.
Good grief, X, you goin all brain-dead on your posts today.
Turley does not and has never looked like a used car salesman.
If most folk wrote a book about something and they see that something playing out in real life, they WILL call attention to it.
Impress yourself all you want, but you appear to be grasping at straws.
@John
Again, love your comments, no harm or foul, but respectfully, how many books have you written John? How many students have you taught? How many hearings have you testified in? And how important did you feel they were? And this is not to say that you aren’t perfectly capable of those things, you are a very intelligent and seasoned person, clearly; but have you stepped up and done those things? I actually have tried to in my particular field, which happens to be a different world than the theme here, and I am not sorry I have.
I do not presume to be less than the Professor, but I also do not presume to hold his accomplishments in the arena he chose for himself, and his writing, that references something we can go get (and we wouldn’t be here if we weren’t interested) is positively tactful compared to most of what we see today. I will be grateful he wrote his books, that they are available for people to read, and that we have an awareness that they exist.
My wife is a writer, and she has won awards for it, including the prestigious Bristol Prize, and I forgive you if you don’t know what that is; no one would know if she didn’t put it in her CV. In a different age, she would likely be famous. Have a little grace for the Professor, who never, ever, cheapens a single dang thing. This man is all integrity, it’s why we come back every day. The age of rejection over pet peeves is over, that sh*t no longer matters, unless one literally lives in an ivory tower or is pedantic to the skies.
> Some of us have seen Jewish students exaggerating their “injuries” and “persecutions” to gain sympathy and play victim.
And we’ve never seen that from the left…
Yeah, sure there is great doubt as to why someone tossed irritating chemicals on people at Israel Fest on a College Campus.
Really the target was palestinian infiltrators and the act was coordinated by Mossad.
God you are tediously thick.
Is it possible that their is something besides targeting of jews going on ?
Absolutely.
Is it likely ? Nope.
And that is especially true today.
While Contra the SPLC which had to PAY right wing groups to raise funds – it has ALWAYS been the left that is more violent and more dangerous,
This is LITTERALLY because the left ideology embraces violence more.
We have discussed J6 before – regardless it is OBVIOUS that very very very few J6ers came to the protests prepared for violence.
They did not bring guns, molatov cocktails, lasers, fireworks, frozen water bottles, balistic sheilds.
Things present at EVERY left wing “peaceful protest” and near universally absent from protests by the right.
We saw another act of violence targeting the Whitehouse just a few hours ago. We do not know if the target was Trump or Vance or someone else.
But a Juvenile with a firearm started a gun fight at the WH – and injured an innocent bystander.
How many times did assassins go after Clinton ? or Obama ? or Biden ?
I do not believe there have ever been half as many assassination attempts against a president as against Trump.
Violence always originates at the extreme fringe. But the overall frequency of fringe violence is driven by the tolerance – even celebration of that violence by those distant from the fringe.
Here we have an act of violence – almost certainly by the left, and almost certainly targeting jews.
And YOUR response is “the victims are exagerating” or the most probable motive is just speculative.
Even if you are right – and the odds are against that, your MESSAGE, is violence si OK if you merely make people FEAR they have had Acid thrown on them.
John Say,
Well said.
One thing to note, and NPR inadvertently pointed this out, “According to a White House official, Allen’s sister told the Secret Service and local law enforcement that her brother was known to make “radical” statements. The official was not authorized to speak publicly and NPR has not confirmed this with Allen’s family members. But this characterization has puzzled some experts who track extremism, who say that it does not align with writings and social media activity that are believed to link to the defendant.
“You look at the social media profiles that have been attributed to this suspect and they’re really not that radical,” said Jared Holt, senior researcher at Open Measures, a company that tracks online threats and narratives. “Oftentimes it’s like quite centrist, pretty moderate left wing, if anything.”
With no radical footprint, what drove suspect to try and assassinate Trump?
So, is it seemingly “quite centrist, pretty modern left wing, if anything.” non-radical in an attempted assassination of the President?
Or has the “quite centrist, pretty modern left wing, if anything.” shifted to the types who would attempt an assassination of the President?
John, clearly you’re not paying attention. None of the alleged chemicals were tossed at anyone. Pay attention.
The alleged substance was left around the campus. Nothing was tossed at anyone. There are zero claims of anyone tossing these things at anyone. Period. What is known is containers with a substance not yet identified were placed around the area. One witness observed someone placing them, allegedly. If the ‘victim’ did get injured by someone tossing it then clearly the perpetrator would have been clearly identified by now.
You’re so eager to blame the left for this even though you have zero evidence of who actually did this. None.
Long-term data (1990–2024) indicates right-wing and jihadist attacks have historically been more frequent and significantly more lethal than left-wing attacks.
Despite the rise in incidents, left-wing violence remains statistically less lethal overall than right-wing or jihadist violence. Left-wing incidents often target property or specific individuals (like the 2025 assassination of Charlie Kirk) rather than seeking mass casualties.
Contrary to the claim that rioters “did not bring guns,” several individuals were arrested with or seen carrying firearms on Capitol grounds they did bring weapons. You have been shown multiple times that you are flat out lying about this.
Numerous J6 defendants were charged with carrying firearms, including handguns and rifles. One individual, Lonnie Coffman, was found with a “small armory” in his vehicle near the Capitol, including three guns, five types of ammunition, and 11 Molotov cocktails.
Many participants were seen wearing ballistic vests, helmets, and gas masks. Meaning they were going to get violent and they did.
J6 rioters frequently used bear spray and pepper spray to assault officers, leading to numerous injuries. Plenty of violence.
The right-wing J6 rioters used a variety of improvised weapons, including baseball bats, hockey sticks, metal crutches, and flagpoles (some modified with spearheads).
More than just a “few” participated in the violence.
“ Here we have an act of violence – almost certainly by the left, and almost certainly targeting jews.”
Of course you have zero evidence for that claim. For all we know it could have been Jews wanting to blame the left by planting a false flag operation. Isn’t that how it works in the right-wing conspiracy theory universe?
a. “If the ‘victim’ did get injured by someone tossing it then clearly the perpetrator would have been clearly identified by now. ”
^That kind of statement is how we know X is not a lawyer but pretends to be.
b. why does he hang out on a legal blog?
c. the anonymous with all the ugly retorts this a.m. disappeared. Shortly thereafter, X appeared (later than usual.) Hmmmm.
george
The alleged substance was left around the campus.
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Please define left around? In the open container? Let on a bench? Smeared some place.
Targeting of Jews because they are Jews is wrong.
Targeting supporters of the mass slaughter of nearly 100,000 and open air imprisonment and torture of millions of Palestinians is expected.
The main reason attacking the supporters of Israel is wrong is because it is ineffective and won’t stop Israel from murdering Muslims for being Muslim and it also makes those supporters seem sympathetic in the way that some soccer players drop and roll and writhe when touched. Worse, it plays into the myth that Jews in Israel are victims.
Imagine the fear of acid when the country being celebrated is using 2000 pound bombs against hospitals. I wonder what level of fear there is is Gaza from that, not to mention that in the previous decade Gaza had seen 7,000 Muslims murdered by the IDF, dwarfing the numbers on OCt 7th of primarily IDF non-active members.
Wether injury is superficial or serious is irrelevant, zero tolerance to any assault resulting in injury. Your position isvboth incorrect and inconceivable.
The purpose of terrorism is NOT to kill all your enemies. It is to sew terror to accomplish your political goal.
It does not matter whether water or sulfuric acid was used.
What matters is that fear was induced and fewer people will publicly support jewish causes.
John, you just described how ICE works. They do engage in terroristic tactics.
“ No matter who did something bad to you that screwed up your life – only you can put your life back together.”
Shouldn’t Jews follow your advice? It is up to them to recover from a mild rash or mild irritation if that was the case. Right? No need for revenge or anything. No?
But the perpetrators should definitely be prosecuted according to the law and according to the severity of the crime. Not according to what you feel should be the punishment. Right?
Goodness. Sewing terror?
Aside from the murderous regime running Israel, name any other Jewish cause that people would not support.
Gee, I suppose an attack at ISRAEL FEST could just be random, but really……
@X
I am bothering today, George, to remind you that I just blow past your posts everyday. Again, if you aren’t paid for haunting this blog for years, and we all know who you are, that means you are just sad. And it is sad. What a waste of a life.
You read all my posts. Everyone does. Then you decide to post to say you read past it. It’s the same thing every time. If you didn’t read them you wouldn’t be complainin. Yet, here we are. Thanks.
……….As X continues to copycat from others’ posts, with “Nope: and “Yup” and “Thanks” and “Right?” and “Good Grief” and “goin'” leavin’ the ‘g’ off the ends of words to feign casualness. X is truly a joke personified.
And of course blacks have never exaggerated an incident. Tawana Bradley. Michael brown from Ferguson. George Floyd incident. Trayvon martin. Etc etc
If you want to understand how 1930s Germans allowed the Nazis to come to power, just read the daily news. We could still stop this if we wanted. My fear is that there may not be enough sentient citizens willing to do what will be necessary to stop this leviathan.
Anonymous must be short on his posting count to earn his monthly stipend.
rcs must be short on his posting count to earn his monthly stipend.
In this day and age of lawyers throwing Molotov cocktails at NYPD, if any kind of chemical substance attack, even suspected, should be immediately brought to public attention for public safety. There should be an investigation done by the FBI. Those who conducted the act, should be questioned. If evidence yields criminal conduct, those people should be arrested and charged accordingly.
The university appears to be failing student and public safety.
Public safety? Its a private university. No one has a right to be there. Get that?
That makes no sense at all with regard to the personal safety of people who paid to be there. Is it the government’s duty to provide for the application of individual rights in a contained private environment? Please explain your logic here.
They accept public funding – only a handful of conservative colleges do not.
By accepting public funding they become agents of govenrment and are bound to comply with many restrictions that apply to govenrment but not purely private actors.
To give you an example – there is no first amendment rights in someone else’s home. Private employers can fire you for what you say – even what you say outside the job.
But nearly all colleges MUST conform to the first amendment.
John Say is wrong on the idea that if you take government funding you must conform to the first amendment. Not such thing exists.
Under current U.S. law, private universities are generally not bound by the First Amendment, even if they receive significant public funding.
The First Amendment only restricts government actors. For a private entity to be considered a “state actor,” the government must exercise a “coercive power” or significant encouragement over its specific decisions, which is rarely the case for university disciplinary actions.
By accepting federal funds, colleges must comply with Title VI (prohibiting discrimination based on race/origin) and Title IX (sex-based discrimination). These are separate from the First Amendment.
While the government can set content-neutral conditions on grants, the Supreme Court has ruled that it cannot use funding to force a private university to adopt a specific government viewpoint. A 2025 federal court ruling notably blocked the Trump administration’s attempt to freeze funding for Harvard, affirming the university’s right to independent speech despite its use of federal grants.
If a private college explicitly promises “First Amendment-style protections” in its handbook, it can be held to that promise in court—not because of the Constitution, but because of breach of contract.
Spill a beer and get a hazmat team on the spot with SWAT shooting at any else with a beer cup.
It appears to me that anger at the actions of the nation of Israel, because it is identified as a Jewish state, is being unjustly visited upon individual Jewish students at the universities. Probably simply because they are within reach.
That looks like Leftist violence to me. It is characteristically misdirected and irrational, at least at the level of the footsoldiers.
I am more of an independent than a Righty, though in recent years I see the Right as the best defense against the wonky, vicious insanity of the Left. My dislike of the nation of Israel is due to the appearance(and evidence) of undue influence over US domestic and foreign policy, not as a form of support for Israel’s Islamic enemies.
Many lame thinkers on the Right irrationally mistake mistrust of Israel for antisemitism. Or, at least they use that accusation to suppress criticism. In this regard they are unconsciously or consciously(tough to tell) pretty much the same as the Left, just with most of their digital bits flipped.
Neither sect is concerned with the truth. Dishonesty reigns. While free and open discussion ultimately produces more durable outcomes, it is painful.
“It appears to me that anger at the actions of the nation of Israel, because it is identified as a Jewish state…. and you’re just realizing that today? Meds must have just worn off I guess eh?
Comprehension issues? Or just ideological botting?
The logical problem with the Left:
Israel is visiting excessive violence on civilians, Israel is basically Jewish, therefore Jews are bad people.
The logical problem with the Right:
People criticise the US-Israeli relationship, Israel is basically Jewish, therefore people who criticise Israel are antisemitic and should shut up.
Essentially the same, stupid logical f***up.
I despise both.
“Israel is visiting excessive violence on civilians”
Old Fish: What excessive violence? Do you hate America because it was excessivley violent to civilians during WW2 far more excessively so than Israel? Should Israel not reply to missile attacks aimed at their civilians? Israel can’t help it that Hamas hides its missiles in schools, hospitals and under major UN buildings. Israel was quite careful protecting these quarters and even sought to keep a major hospital open and with electricity while Hamas was trying to shut the electric down. Israel also can’t help civilians when they house missiles in their homes and hold hostages there. It seems there is no end to your ignorance.
Re:” My dislike of the nation of Israel is due to the appearance(and evidence) of undue influence over US domestic and foreign policy, not as a form of support for Israel’s Islamic enemies.” An issue which is never considered in public conversations is that Islamist Iran and others of that ilk are to the Middle East as was Hitler’s view of Europe, and Imperial Japan’s view of South East Asia, as well as their aspirations for world hegemony going forward. A horrific conflict grew out of the need to put down them down. What Israel brings to the geopolitical table in that regard, as well as its contributions to the good and welfare of the human condition in general is reason enough for US domestic and foreign policy to be guided by it in some manner, shape, or form. Not only a balance of power, but ‘NEVER AGAIN’! Weigh the cost of a gallon of gasoline against those portents. One wonders if the present generations have the same ‘Right Stuff’ their forebears in the 1940’s walked into the jaws of hell with, to preserve their way of life. Personally, I have my doubts.
Old Fish, you need to examine your words. What did Israel influence the US to do while forgetting what the British, French and German influence was on the US.
I know one. Iran. Iran calls America the big Satan, not the smaller one. Iran clearly says death to America, and has responsibility for the deaths of Americans. I wonder what Iran did to get cargoes of cash delivered by Obama? I wonder what Hamas did to be paid off by the US? I guess you like Iran’s terrorism reaching the shores of the Western Hemisphere and most of all you probably love the idea of being held hostage by an Iranian nuclear weapon. You must be influenced by your masochism.
There you go again. Criticising the US-Israel relationship is like supporting the Nazis. The narrative control nonsense doesn’t fly anymore, the name-calling is ineffectual. Go back to GO.
OF – criticize Israel all you want – that does not change the Fact that there is not a single govenrment in the mideast that is not 100 times worse – even governments that we are also allied with.
Nor does it alter the fact that Israel’s enemies pose an existential threat. Few nations today face external existential threats on the scale of Israel.
I have no problem with Criticism of Israel. Just as I have no problem with Criticism of the US.
But I have major problems with people who think that for all the problems of Israel or the US there are better nations out there, or that the US and Israel are somehow guilty in some way that can only be repaired by their destruction while ignoring that ALL other nations are far worse.
Or with those who think everything is worse today than ever before. That is nonsense.
We live in am imperfect world with many problems.
We also live in the best moment in time, in the best country in the world that is only outdone by tomorow.
In my community, in my state, in my country, in the world everything is better than 10, 20, 100, 1000 years ago.
Work to fix what is broken – but not at the expense of destroying what is the best humanity has ever done.
“There you go again. Criticising the US-Israel relationship is like supporting the Nazis. “
Old Fish: Criticize Israel all you want, that is fine, but with the criticism, state the reasons and don’t forget to criticize other nations as well. Your problem is you are ignorant of the facts in the middle east and possibly the rest of the world as well. You focus negatively on Israel so much that you can easily be confused with an antisemite.
Do you hate America as well, since you don’t believe a nuclear weapon in the hands of a maniacal group who wishes to kill Americans, and has done so, is not a reason to applaud Israel for participating in the defanging of Iran? Do you realize the main reason Iran didn’t go nuclear earlier was because Israel stopped them multiple times over the years? Do you also love China, America’s enemy who lost big time because of the war in Iran. Do you love the Russians as well because this war has likewise reduced their power. Why are you so anti-American?
Same old same old. Ad hominem this, ad hominem that.
The evidence is there to see. You simply interpret it differently.
I never mentioned hating Israel. I simply said that in my judgement the Left and the Right make pretty much the same logical error. Both deserve disdain. To add to that, I think that the political relationship between the two nations is dishonest, toxic, and bad for my country. Israel no longer has my support.
Now, how do we constitutionally neuter Islam in the US?
“Same old, same old.”
That is because you dug yourself a hole and can’t climb out. It’s your fault. You could have defended what you said with facts, which you didn’t do, or you could have been critical of other nations, not just Israel. You could also defend America, something you seem to have no love for, especially where Iran and China are concerned.
“Now, how do we constitutionally neuter Islam in the US?”
First, by stopping the blame on Israel, which is mostly innocent. We started the process by neutering Iran, which spreads like a spider web, even at home.
We need to go after the organizations involved with terrorist activities in the US. You can read a bit about the Holy Land Foundation trial, where many popular Islamic organizations were linked to terror. The Memrandum is short enough, threatening and damning. Again, it’s a spider web. Part of the case revolved around Hamas and led to major convictions, followed by others for various reasons.
Here are three major organizations that were involved. You can see the spider web if you look up the memorandum document found. Quoting from the document on what they hoped to achieve: “Destroying Western civilization from within.” In saving ourselves from this disaster, our greatest ally is the State of Israel.
The cash was money Iran had put as a deposit to buy US military aircraft by the totalitarian dictator the US put into control of the country in order to gain access to Iranian oil. Since the contract was cancelled by the US, the US was obligated to return it. It was delivered as cash because Iran has been ostracized from the Western banking system. Iran’s actions have been against US military involvement in the Middle East, particularly in the American support of Iraq to attack Iran.
This response is a masterclass in sophistry, with fallacious reasoning, making the sponsor of terror into a victim. This represents the lowest form of anonymous thinking. it was Obama’s choice to bypass the billions in unpaid legal judgments owed to American victims of Iranian-sponsored atrocities. The money literally flew out of the country beyond the reach of our legal system, which had every right to withhold any Iranian funds in the US. You and Obama broke with the legal and financial rights of the people, demonstrating an awful dislike of America and its citizens.
S. Meyer, glad to see you’re using AI. You can tell.
Really? I was curious so I checked to see why I suddenly sounded like AI. I don’t like AI writing because I know what I want to say and AI isn’t very good at representing me.
Anyhow, here are the results:
We are highly confident this text is entirely human
Chance this entire text is…
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Old fish, there are approx 16 million Jewish people left worldwide and 8 million live in Israel. Let’s give Israel southern California as Zion. At least we’d save them from extinction. The US is fighting for their survival. It’s a commitment. There’ll never be peace in the middle east and Islam is to blame. Imo
There was peace between Jews and Muslims in the Middle East before the Zionists arrived and claimed it all belonged to them, starting with numerous terrorist attacks on Arab markets to drive the Muslims out.
It appears to me that anger at the actions of the nation of Israel, because it is identified as a Jewish state, is being unjustly visited upon individual Jewish students at the universities while they are carrying banners and cheering for the state of Israel to kill many Palestinians and force all the others from their homes with sustained terrorist actions.
That is the complete sentence.
“I am perplexed by when the university first learned of the incident and whether there was a police report on that day. The university clearly has enough information to characterize the incident as “criminal” in nature. If so, it is not clear why it was not immediately known to the campus, which has an alert system in place…It is also unclear why the Hatchet, our campus newspaper, did not report on this incident. ”
I would hope that is a rhetorical question, but fear it is not. Come now, Professor, if you do not allow yourself to see the obvious motivation for the far less than optimum response to the incident on the part of GWU (et al), I would wager that few or none of your readers operate under such self-induced myopia.
“I am perplexed by when the university first learned of the incident and whether there was a police report on that day. The university clearly has enough information to characterize the incident as “criminal” in nature. If so, it is not clear why it was not immediately known to the campus, which has an alert system in place…
It is also unclear why the Hatchet, our campus newspaper, did not report on this incident. “
The campus newspaper (most all in colleges and universities in the US) does not want publicity. . . unless it’s favorable to them.
Unlike Turley, they are likely waiting to get accurate information before writing a hit piece.
Somehow I suspect the GWU crime stoppers will come up with very little information and their summary of the case will consist of many shoulder shrugs. Why not call in the real pros. I hope that I am wrong but I have little faith in University Police. The FBI and ATF have often been called in to assist local police in chemical attacks. Why have we heard nothing from them?
Why not call in the real pros? and might that be, the DC police? Maybe, just maybe, GWU doesn’t want outside interference. And maybe, they have no evidence?
Or they want to hide this.
No shit-e Sherlock.
DustOff,
Exactly!! Cannot let it be commonly known of anti-Jew activity occurring on their campus.
Professor Turley says it’s unclear why Hatchet did not report violent anti-semitism. I couldn’t disagree more.
Democrats are violent people.
Their power needs to be DEFUNDED. End Federal Aid to cities, states, non-profits and colleges
Outlaw Public Unions, their army!
Conservatives are hate filled monsters always blaming liberals for their hate rage reactions… they made me do it. Whine, whine, whine …
Feel better, Anonymous? Sounds like you’re throwing a temper tantrum. Are you ok with the incident and the delay in reporting? Seems like you are.
Feel better Mary? Sounds like you’re throwing a temper tantrum. Again.
Explain, why should you care about the incident?
Why not care about the Gazans being slaughtered by jews?
I sense a racism that is always revealed stupid, hateful and ignorant old people.
Hmm about the Jews being slaughtered by the so called gazans
Opps, yeah, forgot about that. Got proof? Keep in mind before you respond that you used the word “being”.
Did you forget the missiles aimed by Hamas (Gaza’s) at Israeli citizens for years? The Israeli’s pay for bomb shelters to protect their citizens while Hamas fighters hide behind their women and children. Did you forget the Israeli school bus bombings, or the bombings in restaurants and elsewhere?
I feel sorry for you. It must be hard to be so ignorant.
Why not care about the Jews being slaughtered by Hezbollah and their ilk?
Where is Rodney King who famously said. . .”Can’t we all get along?”
Ah… sure, sure. You got proof? I’ll make it easy for the dumb crowd: Fox News is a starting point. Maybe you can use a different source?
What the —- is a gazan? And why are gazans allowed to slaughter human beings? Considering their behavior, they shouldn’t even be allowed to exist, whatever the —- they are.
Who just tried to kill our President?
Talk about hate filled libs
Wait, the Gazans or the GWU students? You say, tried to kill our president? When, where? Is that breaking news?
Some one on the left you fool. Jezzzzzzzzzz
This is just another part of the aggregation of American politics. For many decades we’ve seen political aggregation by race, gender, ethnicity to focus on aggregating voters. In the last twenty years, it has been though hate, particularly toward Trump and the Jews. The colleges now play on center stage, partly because the march with that youthful swagger that betrays no doubt. As well, they are so boldly messy. Universities form the stage because the stage managers (campus presidents) are generally feckless*. All suffer greatly from FOT**.
*This has been revealed yet again with their inability to address issues of AI, similar to their performance 25 years ago with distance ed.
** FOT = Fear of Termination. (Million dollar salaries are difficult to find for second rate academics.)
“This is just another part of the aggregation of American politics. For many decades we’ve seen political aggregation by race, gender, ethnicity to focus on aggregating voters”
Sounds about right. The world does not stand still. Change, as horrible as it is to old people, they have to comprehend that they are no longer needed by society. Youth comprehend the world – that old people built and manipulated, and caused such problems – with a different set of values. Just not yours.
Old people’s usefulness is negligible at best. Just fade away or waste time here all day long and scream and blames liberals for everything and rant at each other for no worthwhile purpose.
@Anonymous
The fact that you use the phrasing ‘old people’ kinda says it all. I’m sure without the ‘old people’ you’d still be happy to live rent-free in their house and enjoy the luxuries other people, not you, have created, just without the inconvenience of constantly being reminded of your own juvenility.
The sentiment you express is typical for nascent adults throughout history, but ‘young people’ did not used to be this ignorant or petulant much beyond their teen years. It’s Mommy’s Little Monster brought to life, and often beyond the age of 35 for many.
So true
Without the old people that created him he would not be here. Now wouldn’t that be nice?
@rcs
Excellent point, and yet another that just doesn’t register in an underdeveloped brain. Impossible to take seriously. We’ve seem this show before, kids (and in 2026, that is anyone under 40, and with modern lifespans, that gives the rest of us at least another 50 years to péé in your Cheerios), and we won’t let it happen again. Suck it up and acknowledge that if you don’t have something truly useful to offer other people, even if its simple and modest but useful, yes, service to others is a thing, but authentic and not an ego stroke, whatever you are doing now is what you will be doing when you are 60, if you are lucky, because the world moves fast.
Meanwhile, your peers that were not butt-hurt little idiots, yes, people from your own generation, will blow right past you, and later in life, will have authority over you, and they will not care about your nonsense. They’ll just hand you a mop. Imagine someone *your own age* handing you a mop and telling you what to do, because that is where you are headed, and your parents or grandparents will no longer be around to bail you out.
James,
There was an expectation for young people that once they graduated high school, reached the age of 18 they were adults. And they were expected to behave accordingly.
Not with some of failure to launch Gen Z nowadays. Behaving like a angst filled teen is the norm for them. That and still dependent on mommy and daddy.
@Upstate
Yup! And it is pervasive.
Are y ou foreshadowing your own future. Or,perhaps you think you won’t age.
If old people usefulness is negligible at best, then why is Gen Z, failures to launch, so dependent on those very old people?
77% of Gen Z job seekers have brought a parent to an interview—they’re even getting them to negotiate pay rises and take their hiring tests
https://fortune.com/2025/08/14/gen-z-job-seekers-have-brought-a-parent-to-interview-research-reveals/
Less than half of young adults are financially independent of their parents: Pew analysis
“Gen Z’ers were the most likely to financially depend on their parents in some way.”
https://thehill.com/changing-america/respect/poverty/4429552-less-than-half-young-adults-financially-independent-of-parents-pew-survey/
And you believe everything you read? Everything?
I’m guessing you’re never seen that with you own eyes – right?
I am just that much more informed than you.
Yes, I have seen that with my own eyes.
Some Gen Z cannot even hold a job, Bosses are firing Gen Z workers in record time: ‘Yeah, checks out’
https://www.dailymail.com/yourmoney/consumer/article-13886905/bosses-firing-gen-z-workers-record-time.html
Own eyes? And you a liar.
Maybe .,… so your mom & dad were at your recent job interview? You’re like 80… must be, you actually read daily mail?
Ohhh! Poor, poor annony! I bring facts to the table, proving you wrong, and by your own comments proving how dependent you are on mommy and daddy still.
But if you actually read the article, you would see it is based on a survey of managers. But that would be too much effort for you?
I am closer to 40 than I am 80.
Morning Prof. Turley, why should the readers here care about what happened at GW University?
Why should readers care what you have to say?
Why should readers care what you have to say?
You see James, we can read it or not read it, that is what freedom is all about. Feel free to never come to this site again.
Not my comment. Just saying, you obviously incapable of understanding the comment; why Turley even posted it. Do you really care about the world called GW U?
I’m sorry that you’re ignorant and lack intelligence.
Would anyone care if a trans student was stabbed? Gay student? Muslim student? I guess since it was only a Jew why should anyone care? Ooops, your bigotry against Jews is showing.
Thanks, hullbobby. You nailed it.
Bigotry shows? Again, you show a lack of intelligence and resort to ignorant children’s word games.
And how do you know there were no gays or muslims among the alleged victims? In your hate filled mind that couldn’t be possible?
Opps… your stupidity is showing You give readers here insight into the stupidity and ignorance of conservatives.
Referring to some who “lack of intelligence” and play “ignorant word games”, maybe you need to look in the mirror and ask yourself if you are achieving anything, other than chastising anyone who has differing opionions.
Maybe you need to look in the mirror and ask yourself if you are achieving anything, other than chastising anyone who has differing opionions [sic].
Yeah, and what are you achieving?
I try to offer plausible replies without attacking the one who posts their comments. On the other hand, you just can’t help yourself. . .almost as if you want to have the last word. I’d guess a sizeable number of people who may have connected with you are being chastised, versus giving you kudos for your replies.
Oh oh, another one of those home grown psychiatrists dishing out stupid noise. Was that plausible enough for you?
phantomboldly5cb0d04b6f,
Just another one of those failure to launch Gen Z, still living at home with mommy and daddy, dependent on them for nearly everything. To them, insults are their way of proving to the world they have worth.
Professor Turley’s parrot got out of his cage, and is now on the blog repeating things. Parrots are not known for being smart, and this one proves it.
Good Lord.
Here you are, 8:00-8:30 in the morning, -already spewing insults and bile from your ACIDIC reflux disease.
Take two Tums. Lie down. Call us tomorrow morning. And STAY AWAY from things that produce this acidic response–like this blog site. Do you enjoy victim-induced victimhood? Is that why you suffer anonymity?
And now, to return to our substantive topic, what do YOU believe was the motivation for the chemical attack?
Motivation? At this point in time, there is ZERO proof it was a chemical attack? Unless of course you have some sort of mind reading capability?
Do you enjoy victim-induced victimhood? Is that why you suffer anonymity? BTW, that anonymity nonsense you idiots spew here all the time,… you do realize that you’re anonymous too? Maybe not eh …. stupid is as stupid does.
Wow. I must’ve struck home.
(p.s. re: you responded with, “Do you enjoy victim-induced victimhood? Is that why you suffer anonymity? ”
Do you enjoy copycatting table-turning tactics that you learn on this site?
Maybe a little originality might buoy your reputation here—using an identifiable name/moniker, n’est ce pas?
Go ahead, hit me with your best ORIGINAL shot. I will not respond and will lie down and feign injury.
Thanks.
Wow. I must’ve struck home! Good. Are you really as stupid as you sound? How old are you… 12?
Listen stupid one, no one cares if you don’t respond. But knowing how silly yo old people are, I’ll bet you’re waiting for a response.
To repeat, you do realize that you’re anonymous too? You’re welcome.
(quick addendum. Professor Turley stated, above, that “A student was reportedly injured by chemicals contained in dropped vials containing an unknown substance.”
For your benefit, Forrest, “All matter is made of chemicals, regardless of whether it is natural or synthetic. A chemical is any substance with a definite composition and distinct properties.” https://sciencenotes.org/what-is-a-chemical-definition-and-examples/
I suspect he knows more than both of us.
On cue…. and there you are, 4 minutes later. Exactly F O U R minutes……
Oh no, here comes the definition word czar… a chemical is a natural or synthetic … seriously, that’s your response. How dumb can anyone be?
Lin,
HAHAHAHAAHAHHAHAHAHAHA!!
Good one! You really owned the annony one today!
Lin,
Good one!
As for possible motivation for a possible chemical attack, to strike fear into the Jewish community. To try to intimidate them into cancelling celebration of Israeli food, music, and culture.
Unfortunately, unless the university does something real like get the FBI involved, we will likely never find out.
And that took you how long to figure that out after Turley stated as such? You’re an Einstein for sure, man.
aw, baby anonny tries to strike back. He doesn;t even realize that “lin” was not responding to him, but was likely writing “addendum” to earlier comment while he was posting his rag about F O U R minutes. He definitely got owned by Lin. poor baby, probably a juvenile student, like James says.
We read and are interested or care about what is going on not only in our local communities, but in other states, the nation and the world.
For example, I am concerned about a 77-year old man who was randomly beaten in Seattle, ‘Clueless’ socialist Mayor Katie Wilson in hot seat after video of 77-year-old beaten in downtown Seattle goes viral
https://nypost.com/2026/05/05/us-news/clueless-socialist-mayor-katie-wilson-in-hot-seat-after-video-of-77-year-old-beaten-in-downtown-seattle-goes-viral/
but in other states, the nation and the world. … Why? And knowing a tidbit about what happens in Israel makes you, what?
Since are not directly affected, how is it your concern? There’s nothing you can do about it. You get that? Well, pretend outrage on this blog and spend the next 16 hours blaming liberals for all society’s ills? Wow, you are fing stupid dude, with a lot of time on your hands.
I like to be up on current events.
Never said anything about blaming liberals for anything.
It is not our fault far leftists, not liberals, are doing hateful things, like this one, Hateful anti-Israel mob descends on historic NYC synagogue, clashes with cops in rowdy protest
https://nypost.com/2026/05/05/us-news/hateful-anti-israel-mob-descends-on-historic-nyc-synagogue-clash-with-cops-in-chaotic-protest/
Or, how about this one, Violent attacks on Jewish Americans reached a record high in 2025, report finds
https://nypost.com/2026/05/06/us-news/unsettling-adl-report-show-antisemitic-assaults-against-surging/
Never said anything about blaming liberals for anything. Really? Ever read your comments? Seriously, are you really that stoo_pid?
If you actually ever read my comments, you will know that I have stated, many times, that I do not blame liberals like Bill Maher, Elon Musk, the good professor, my own sister for all society’s ills.
Now, pointing out the stupid and crazy of the far leftists that have taken over the Democrat party? That is what Bill Maher, the good professor and myself are merely doing. It is not our fault they do and say crazy and stupid things. And it is not outrage. It is, “Did they really just do that?” Or, “Did they really just say that?” Usually followed with a face palm or shaking of the head.
Just look at the recent take down of Gavin Newsome by Bill Maher.
Because many GWU students go into national politics or government work. As a retired GWU faculty member who had two children graduate from GWU I am appalled at what the university has become.
You do own the university. You had your fun there. Time to let loose. Its a new world. Time to move on and focus on issues that make a real difference to society. If you can.
“Time to let loose. Its a new world. ”
So, in this “new world” of yours, if someone whose political viewpoint differs from yours elected to dox you, track you down, and pour a quart of concentrated H2SO4 over your head, that would be acceptable? I would advise you to take care about what you blithely ignore (if not outright advocate). Are you familiar with the phrase “what goes around, comes around”?
Whoa dude… don’t take the BS here so seriously. Its just a bunch of old farts venting – with a lot of time on their hands. Like you.
Turley posted it as an e ample of on going leftist rage. Duh
On-going? Got proof of the “onging leftist rage” Duh!
Sure! Inside NYC’s upwardly mobile Gen Z agitator groups and how they target ICE enforcement
https://nypost.com/2026/05/06/us-news/inside-nycs-upwardly-mobile-gen-z-agitator-groups-and-how-they-target-ice-enforcement/
You don’t care about what happened? That’s says it all.
Lets see if I get this right. Free speech for thee but not for GW students?
I always ignore comments by people who post as “Anonymous.”
I always ignore comments by people who post as “Stephen C. Schwarz”.
Just couldn’t help yourself, could you. My advice. . .get out of your mother’s basement and volunteer at a local health or mental health agency. You may find you can learn something other than to disparage the posts made by others.
Um… you seem to know what your talking about. So what’s it like being crazy?
Seems to us readers, you didn’t ignore anon’s comment, you commented about it. Now that’s what one calls stupidity. Sorry, has to be said.
No it doesn’t. He was commenting about the tiresome use of Anonymous for God knows how many different commenters.
Mary, the “Anonymous” thing is the only negative this site has. Well, that and the far left people that won’t acknowledge that 2+ 2=4 when debating.
Wow, fing brilliant insight and logic. You should teach at GWU.
HullBobby,
It is hard to debate someone who thinks 2+2=5. Or a man is a woman. Or biological males should be allowed in biological women’s spaces and sports. Mutilating children is a good idea.
So says “mary” who thinks she’s not anonymous. Gawd, your kind is so dang stupid.
I’m getting to that point now.
The hate from the left just keeps growing.
The ignorance and hate from the right just keeps growing eh? You’re a prime example man.
👎👎
Amen that brother.
That is not hate. DustOff is just making an observation. An accurate one at that.
So you’re his interpreter? Do you wipe his a_s_s too?
How is it my fault you do not know the difference?
Where… A full blown leftist tried to Kill Prez Trump (again)
Full blown? Maybe just half-blown? Quarter blown, maybe? or not all all?
Again, you mean she it tried it before?