The chancellor of New York City Public Schools on Wednesday told lawmakers on Capitol Hill that there have been 281 antisemitic and Islamophobic incidents within his school system since Hamas launched its attack on Israel on Oct. 7, but one case troubles him the most.  David Banks made the admission to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education during a hearing titled “Confronting pervasive antisemitism in...

House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., grilled New York City Public Schools Chancellor David Banks on Wednesday about a pro-Hamas teacher and the principal of Hillcrest High School, where an antisemitic riot unfolded in the hallways following the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attacks in southern Israel, having so far remained on the payroll despite promised consequences.  During a line of questioning by Rep. Brandon Williams, R-N.Y., Banks...

Democrat Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer was swarmed by a group of anti-Israel protesters last week as she celebrated her daughter’s college graduation at a local restaurant. The exchange occurred at Bobcat Bonnie’s, a brunch-style restaurant in Ypsilanti, Michigan, not far from the University of Michigan, when a group screaming about “genocide” in Gaza approached Whitmer. “How do you justify genocide?” the protesters repeatedly screamed as Whitmer’s security detail...