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Jewish college students are praising President-elect Donald Trump for his pick to lead the Justice Department’s civil rights division.

Earlier this week, the incoming president announced that attorney and member of the Republican National Committee, Harmeet Dhillon, was his choice for the role. Students across campuses who have been in fear for their safety in the wake of anti-Israel activists and protesters are now breathing a sigh of relief.

“Because the university does not exhibit moral clarity and refuses to stand up for what’s right, the environment at Yale has and will continue to be unsafe for Jewish students,” Sahar Tarktak, a junior at Yale, told Fox News Digital. “It is so important and such a relief to have someone of her stature and role not only stand up for Jewish students but stand up for our country and our civilization. I wish she didn’t have to.”

Trump’s pick puts Yale and other universities “on notice,” in the opinion of Tartak who posted on X in April that she was hospitalized after being attacked by an anti-Israel mob on campus.

“Sue Yale. Sue every university that refuses to keep students safe based on their religion. Make them regret their choices,” Dhillon responded on X. “Deplete their endowments. Sue each and every violent protester and organizers. Drain their bank accounts. Sow salt in their career plans.”

“We are proud to extend our unwavering legal support to Jewish individuals who have encountered discrimination, retaliation, or harassment in their school or workplace environments,” a page on the website of Dhillon’s law firm reads. “Our firm is ready to allocate extensive resources to support individuals who have suffered due to antisemitism.”

Shabbos Kestenbaum, a Harvard University graduate, is also happy with Trump’s pick of Dhillon.

“Harvard should be very, very nervous,” he warned.

“This has been a consistent theme within the Trump transition team namely, that promises made will be promises kept,” Kestenbaum, who is suing the university, told Fox News Digital. “There is a moral and legal imperative for institutions of higher learning that have betrayed the American taxpayer, discriminated against Jewish students, and enabled the culture of political indoctrination, to finally be held accountable.”

He called it “a damning indictment on the current administration that we Jewish students are counting down until January 20 for justice to finally be served.”

He told Fox News Digital that nationwide, students are “incredibly relieved” with her nomination, describing Dhillon as “someone who has been at the forefront, not just on social media but within the political landscape, amplifying the voices of Jewish students and encouraging them to hold their colleges accountable.”

“Come January 20th, Harvard, Columbia, Yale, and any other university that has failed to sufficiently address campus antisemitism, should expect to have it coming,” he forewarned.

“If they’re not shaking in their boots, then they’re not paying attention,” Kestenbaum said. “The American people in November repudiated the Ivy League values, the sense of moral hypocrisy and elitism and absolutely, Harvard in particular, will feel the sting of the Trump Administration if they continue to act in this way.”

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