Two years after Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel, antisemitic “venom” infecting America’s colleges hasn’t faded – it’s evolved, a professor said.

The protests may have quieted, but “venomous” hatred has gone underground, and it’s spreading through classrooms, faculty lounges, and student groups, William Jacobson, a Clinical Professor of Law at Cornell Law School, said. 

He says universities have learned to mask the problem, cracking down on encampments and visible disruptions while the ideology driving the hate has only hardened.

“There has been a gross campaign at the international level to demonize Israel,” he told Fox News Digital. “False accusations of genocide. These are all percolating under the surface on the campuses. In some ways, the situation’s worse underneath.”

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators protest during a House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government hearing on antisemitism on college campuses, at Capitol Hill, in Washington, D.C., May 15, 2024.  (JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

He said campuses tolerated disruptive tactics for months, creating what he called a “Palestinian exception to the rules.”

“All I have ever called for is to enforce the rules evenly,” he said. “You don’t get to set up checkpoints like they did at UCLA and weed out Zionist students. You don’t get to declare Zionist-free zones on a campus because you’re denying other students their right to education.” 

‘It’s still brewing’

The professor said that despite public statements, few universities have truly reckoned with how antisemitism became normalized in their classrooms and administrative culture.

“I don’t believe the schools have changed their world outlook at all,” he said. “They’re just waiting it out. They’re playing hide-and-seek with the administration.”

Students at Columbia University participate in an anti-Israel and pro-Palestinian protest. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Fox News Digital reached out to the White House for comment on Jacobson’s remarks.