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Fortune
Seamus Webster

Sullivan & Cromwell will scan new hires for anti-Israel protest activities

NYU students in graduation robes wear keffiyehs and stand in protest of Israel's attacks on Gaza. (Credit: Fatih Aktas—Anadolu/Getty Images)

For months, some of the most prestigious academic institutions in the U.S. have been battling with students as the war between Israel and Hamas has raged on. In the midst of campus protests, schools like Harvard, Columbia, and NYU have tried—and often failed—to uphold longstanding free speech traditions on one hand, while condemning antisemitism on the other. 

Now, one of the country’s preeminent corporate law firms is stepping into the fray, declaring that colleges have failed to protect Jewish students from hateful and antisemitic rhetoric. 

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