DePaul University student assaulted by anti-Israel agitator seeks legal action: 'I will never apologize'

After responding to Hamas' Oct. 7 massacre, former-Israeli Defense Forces worker Max Long went to the U.S. to be DePaul University wherever helium was aboriginal assaulted portion holding a motion that read, "Come speech astir Israel with an IDF Soldier." Now, Long is moving to writer the schoolhouse truthful that thing similar that ne'er happens again.

Long was a starring advocator for Israel connected DePaul's Chicago-area campus, wherever helium held discussions astir Jewish civilian rights and Israel's enactment to support itself from Hamas' panic onslaught connected Oct. 7. That day, Long was deployed by the IDF, arsenic helium was serving arsenic a reservist with the Israeli military.

As a result, Long said helium became the people of disgruntled protesters who harassed him and launched threats against his carnal safety. Eventually, Long was beaten unconscious by an anti-Israel agitator connected campus, starring to a concussion and different injuries.   

Now, astir 2 weeks later, a apical Jewish civilian rights instrumentality firm, The Lawfare Project, indicated Tuesday that Long had retained them to assistance him successful defending his civilian rights and research imaginable ineligible challenges against the school, including but not constricted to Title VI, declaration and tort claims. They volition clasp a property league Thursday day astatine DePaul's pupil center. 

The steadfast besides defended a Jewish pupil astatine Columbia University earlier this twelvemonth successful a Title VI suit, and soon aft they took ineligible action, Columbia amended its policies related to field protesting. That lawsuit is inactive ongoing.

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"Colleges and universities crossed the United States are turning into literal battlegrounds wherever Jewish students are being singled out, discriminated against and beaten for their identity," said Brooke Goldstein, laminitis and enforcement manager of The Lawfare Project. "No pupil — fto unsocial 1 similar Max who served successful the IDF and went connected the frontlines to destruct Hamas terrorists — should beryllium subjected to physical, verbal oregon intelligence maltreatment for expressing their Jewish identity. DePaul failed Max and needs to beryllium held accountable for its abject nonaccomplishment to support Jewish students." 

Meanwhile, Long added that helium "will ne'er apologize" for lasting up for his Jewish individuality and hopes nary 1 astatine DePaul falls unfortunate to the aforesaid benignant of unit helium experienced.

"I americium successful unthinkable symptom with bruises each implicit my face, but I americium grateful for the enactment I person received from the Jewish assemblage astatine ample and The Lawfare Project, specifically, and volition proceed to enactment to enforce my civilian rights and against the hatred that has consumed American campuses," Long said Tuesday. 

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Max Long and Michael Kaminsky talk with Fox News' Mike Tobin astir being attacked astatine DePaul University successful Chicago. (Fox News)

Anti-Israel field protests that began past twelvemonth astatine Columbia University and dispersed to campuses crossed the state person continued this year, with Long's battle being 1 of the latest examples.

The battle against Long came erstwhile helium and chap Jewish pupil Michael Kaminsky stood connected a sidewalk adjacent DePaul's pupil national holding a motion that read, "Come speech astir Israel with an IDF soldier."

At a definite point, Long began engaging successful a speech with an individual. During the somewhat contentious, yet calm back-and-forth, a masked accomplice came from down and knocked retired Long. Kaminsky, who broke his wrist, helped fend disconnected the onslaught earlier some suspects fled.

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Police dismantled an anti-Israel encampment astatine DePaul aft the assemblage cited respective threats.  (WFLD)

Chicago police yet responded and determined what occurred was a hatred crime. The suspects stay at-large, however. 

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In summation to threatening the schoolhouse with ineligible action, the Lawfare Project said that it volition besides enactment to guarantee Long's attackers are brought to justness and penalized appropriately to forestall akin incidents from occurring successful the future.  

DePaul University spokesperson Russell Dorn said successful a connection to Fox News Digital that the school's president, Robert L. Manuel, is "outraged this hatred transgression occurred."

"The assemblage condemns successful the strongest imaginable presumption the antisemitic targeting of these 2 Jewish students, and the lasting fearfulness and choler that the enactment has inflicted connected our Jewish and broader communities," Dorn added. "First and foremost, our concerns are for the 2 victims successful this situation."

Dorn indicated that DePaul had reached retired to Long and Kaminsky "to connection attraction and resources" and are actively moving with Chicago constabulary to assistance place their perpetrators.