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Tom Perkins

MYSTERIOUS: Northwestern students blocked from enrollment after refusing controversial antisemitism training - You Need To See This

Students outside university building
Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. Photograph: Vincent Alban/Reuters

At least 300 students have been prohibited from registering for classes at Northwestern University because they refused to watch a controversial antisemitism training video that they said was biased in favor of Israel, contained factual inaccuracies and could inflame campus tension over Gaza.

The university’s decision puts jobs, visas, stipends and health insurance at risk, students said during a press conference in Chicago on Friday morning, but those who spoke said they were still unwilling to do the training.

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