Universities have notoriously had a problem with antisemitism since the terrorist organization Hamas attacked Israel with student-led protests and vandalism plaguing campuses. While this should be concerning, the root of the problem is often ignored.

Beneath the boisterous students deriding Israel and, in some cases, threatening their Jewish peers are faculty members who use their positions of authority and expertise to promote antisemitic sentiments to their students and beyond. This problem cannot be overlooked any longer. (RELATED: CASEY RYAN: Time For Universities To Put Americans First)

In one of the worst instances of faculty promoting antisemitism at an institution of higher learning, a significant number of professors at the University of California, Berkeley joined together to officially condemn Israel.

Less than two weeks after Hamas attacked Israel and killed 1,200 civilians, more than 170 UC Berkeley faculty signed onto a “Statement of Solidarity with Palestinians.” The faculty claimed in this letter that they stood “in solidarity with our fellow educators in occupied Palestine.”

University staff accused Israel of “systematic genocide” and “apartheid” in the letter. Signatories included professors in numerous........

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