Overview

• Palantir Technologies, co-founded by Peter Thiel, has announced an initiative to hire students who are facing antisemitism on college campuses.
• The company is setting aside 180 positions for these students, who are said to be 'terrified' and have been advised to hide their Judaism.
• The move comes in response to what Palantir describes as 'egregious levels of antisemitism in our society, especially at our most elite educational institutions'.
• CEO Alex Karp has criticized universities and other institutions for failing to respond to antisemitism and defend Israel.
• The announcement follows a recent incident where the presidents of Harvard University, UPenn, and MIT were accused of dodging questions about antisemitism on their campuses.