Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has promised Jewish leaders he will work to pass the Anti-Semitism Awareness Act by the end of the year, Axios reported Tuesday.

The bill would protect Jewish students on campus by adding protections to anti-discrimination laws, after countless incidents of harassment and violence have been reported since the start of the Israel-Hamas war in late 2023. The purpose is sauce told Axios. Schumer reportedly plans to attach the legislation to the National Defense Authorization Act, which is responsible for setting the Pentagon’s defense budget and will be voted on after the Nov. 5 election.

of activity According to Axios, the bill passed the House in May with bipartisan support, but there were many objections to the bill’s language defining anti-Semitism, saying it was too broad and constituted rampant anti-Semitism. argued that it was not enough to resolve the crisis. Bill too divided Many Democrats object to the bill’s defining statements as anti-Semitic, such as “denying Jews the right to self-determination” and “comparing modern Israeli policy to that of the Nazis.”

Pro-Israel groups are frustrated by Schumer’s inability to pass the bill in the Senate, Axios reported.

The scoop: Chuck Schumer recently promised Jewish leaders that he would work to pass the Anti-Semitism Awareness Act this year.

This bill gives the DoE more tools to enforce anti-discrimination rules.

Schumer said he plans to attach this to the NDAA. with @Hans Nichols https://t.co/sYe3iFBe4V

— Stephen Newcombe (@stephen_neukam) October 30, 2024

Anti-Semitism has plagued college campuses since October 7, 2023, with record anti-Semitic hate crimes reported and several accused of not doing enough to protect Jewish students from harassment. That university is under fire. Hundreds of students have been arrested for participating in anti-Israel protests.

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