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Jessica Costescu
Yale University students support divesting from Israel over the oppressive and authoritarian regimes of Russia, Iran, and China, according to a survey the Ivy League school’s Buckley Institute released Monday.
A crowd of terror supporters at Yale University chant “VIVA VIVA PALESTINA” as they tear down an American flag on campus, cheering when it hits the floor.
American universities have become cesspools of extremism. pic.twitter.com/o0lCdwK1t6
— Eyal Yakoby (@EYakoby) January 2, 2025
The largest share of students (36 percent) opposed divestment from any nation, the survey, conducted during the fall semester, found. But among those who favored divestment, Israel—a democracy and America’s greatest ally in the Middle East—topped the list with 31 percent support, surpassing Russia (27 percent), Iran (20 percent), and China (12 percent).
BREAKING: Hamas supporters at Yale University have taken over the main library, obstructing students from studying during finals week.
The Ivy League is prioritizing the student intifada over education. Likewise, the federal government should prioritize revoking funding. pic.twitter.com/qdtz2b3eAL
— Eyal Yakoby (@EYakoby) December 11, 2024
That finding falls in line with recent sentiment at Yale. Students overwhelmingly passed a referendum last month calling on the university to divest from weapons manufacturers arming Israel. More than three-quarters of the 3,000 voting undergraduates favored divestment, while nearly 80 percent said Yale should invest in “Palestinian scholars and students.”
The Buckley Institute survey also found that 55 percent of Yale undergraduates believe “Israel’s war in Gaza is morally wrong and genocidal, even if [they] think the October 7 terror attacks were wrong as well.” In contrast, only 34 percent said “Israel has the right to defend itself and its people from terror, even if [they] don’t agree with every action Israel has conducted in the war.” Another 8 percent consider Hamas’s Oct. 7 terrorist attack, which killed over 1,200 Israelis, justified resistance.
Student protesters at Yale block a Jewish student from entering the campus, in scenes reminiscent of Nazi Germany.
— Oli London (@OliLondonTV) April 21, 2024
Like many elite universities, anti-Israel and anti-Semitic fervor has roiled Yale. In April, student agitators occupied a World War II memorial, tore down an American flag, and sent a Jewish student to the hospital. They refused to vacate an encampment for days, eventually resulting in 48 arrests.
Nearly 60 percent of Yale students said the university should have let the protest continue “as long as the students wanted without interference,” the Buckley Institute survey found.
The university, meanwhile, spent a year investigating a Jewish professor after he published an op-ed describing anti-Semitism in the Yale Postdoctoral Association, a group that runs social and academic events for researchers, the Washington Free Beacon reported in May. In April, school officials stood by as students unveiled a large “Free Palestine” banner during an official class photograph for the School of the Environment.
Yale also failed to disclose $15 million in contributions from Qatar in violation of federal reporting laws, the Free Beacon reported in June. The Middle Eastern nation has provided funding and shelter to Hamas’s top leadership.
Yale did not respond to a request for comment.
