Key findings:

1. Coordinated Network: Activism is not isolated or grassroot but highly coordinated, with National Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) serving as a central hub.

2. Strong Correlation: The presence of anti-Israel groups on campus is strongly and consistently associated with higher levels of antisemitic incidents.

3. Radical Influence: Messaging from some campus groups mirrors rhetoric from Hamas and other designated terrorist organizations.

4. Normalization of Extremism: Content glorifying violence and “martyrdom” is framed in social justice language, garnering wide engagement, especially since 10/7.

5. Faculty and Allies: Professors, graduate student unions, and anti-Zionist Jewish groups lend academic legitimacy to extreme views.

6. External Ties: Groups like the Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM), radical left off-campus organizations, and foreign actors aligned with Iran attempt to influence campus messaging.

7. Threat to Open Discourse: The climate stifles dissent and undermines free, nuanced debate, replacing it with ideological conformity.

8. Call to Action: Universities must firmly reject the glorification of terrorism and violence and protect pluralism in thought and identity.