George Washington University has suspended its chapter of Jewish Voice for Peace just days before the start of the new semester.

The private university in Washington, D.C. also suspended Students for Justice in Palestine and put six other pro-Palestinian student groups on probation, in a preemptive move that signals the school expects campus protests against the Israel-Hamas war to resume as students return to campus in the coming days.

The groups were temporarily suspended last fall after pro-Palestinian students projected inflammatory messages on campus buildings, including “Glory to our martyrs” and “Free Palestine From The River To The Sea,” weeks after Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack on Israel. The school’s chapter of JVP, the anti-Zionist Jewish group, supported that protest and said on social media that it stood behind every message.

The new suspension means that the groups will not receive official university recognition, funding or any other forms of institutional support this semester. In the spring, they will go on probation and will have to seek permission to hold any on-campus events.

Multiple other universities have changed their policies around campus protests over the summer, anticipating future standoffs with pro-Palestinian groups as classes reopen with fighting ongoing in Gaza.

The suspended GWU groups, which frequently work together, shared news of the suspensions in an Instagram post on Monday and said they would not be deterred.

“GW administration may suspend our organizations and strip us of our funding, but they will never quell the student movement,” the student groups wrote on Instagram. They vowed to “return a hundred times stronger in the face of their repression.”

Neither GWU nor JVP’s national organization immediately returned a Jewish Telegraphic Agency request for comment.

Addressing violations of university policy

But a university spokesperson told Jewish Insider that the school has “an obligation to address violations of university policy, and does so without regard to the content of the message those demonstrating seek to advance. It does so through a Code of Student Conduct that provides a fair review process that includes student peers.” The spokesperson would not specify what campus policy the groups had violated. 

GWU is at least the second major university to suspend its JVP chapter since the Oct. 7 attacks in Israel. Columbia University took a similar action last fall and renewed the suspension in the winter, months before it became the epicenter of the pro-Palestinian encampment movement. JVP has been a prominent force in the movement, often providing Jewish representation for a student movement whose calls to divest from Israel have been accused of veering into antisemitism.

GWU’s own encampment was cleared by D.C. police in May under pressure from Congress and some Jewish faculty.

Since the Washington Nationals won the World Series in 2019, they have been forced to undergo a rebuild when they weren’t able to defend their title the following year after they finished last place in the NL East division.

Eventually trading away some of their best players like Trea Turner, Max Scherzer, Juan Soto and others, the Nationals were able to get back some star prospects who are now on the verge of becoming impact players on their Major League roster.

The hope is that these youngsters will turn into the core that helps them get back into contender status like the one they had back in 2019.

Someone who played a massive role in Washington winning their franchise’s first championship was Patrick Corbin.

He signed a massive six-year, $140 million contract that was looking great in the first season when the left-hander had a 14-7 record and 3.25 ERA across 33 starts. Although his numbers were inflated in the playoffs, Corbin was the starting pitcher who picked up the win in Game 7 of the deciding World Series contest, earning him some legendary status for this franchise.

Since that point, though, things have not gone well.

The left-hander has led the league in losses for three consecutive years starting in 2021, and with a 2-12 record currently, he’s on pace to make that four in a row.

That has prompted Kerry Miller of Bleacher Report to say he’s one of the most overpaid pitchers in the game.

“Mercifully for Washington, this six-year, $140M contract is almost over … Since the beginning of 2021, he has a 5.79 ERA, a 1.55 WHIP and a bWAR of -4.1. He seldom misses a start, though, consistently taking his lumps every five days over the past four years,” he wrote.

It has to be tough for Corbin to continually go out there and get shelled after being a major reason why the Nationals hoisted their first ever World Series trophy.

But this is a results-based business, and the 35-year-old continues to not get things done.

Once his contract expires, there likely won’t be a single thought between the two parties to search for a reunion in free agency, marking the end of his tenure that started off strong and has ended in disaster.

Love Island USA‘s Kendall Washington and Nicole Jacky have called it quits.

On Tuesday, Aug. 20, the day after the Love Island USA reunion episode was released on Peacock, Nicole announced via Instagram Stories that she and Kendall had split two days after they decided to give their relationship another go.

“Today, on August 20th, he called and ended things,” she wrote. “While I understand and respect his decision, It’s hard to process this one. I opened up to him in the villa, and still love and care for him now. I’m struggling mentally and all l ask for is privacy during this time.”

Kendall also posted that he and Nicole had “reached a point where it was not healthy for us to continue the relationship.”

“I still love and care for Nicole. I’ve never developed such strong feelings for a woman in my life. I have no regrets for the connection I made with her in the villa and it was real,” he continued.

“She does not deserve any hate,” he wrote. “Please stop with the negative comments/DM’s. We’re taking this time to focus on our mental health. Thank you guys.”

After placing fourth in the July 21 season 6 finale, Kendall and Nicole’s phones were returned to them and they discovered leaked private videos of Kendall had surfaced while they were in the villa.

Kendall quickly released a statement on his Instagram Stories. “What a way to get my phone back y’all,” he wrote. “I just want to address the content that came out from my past, that was something I shared to someone in confidence and trust.”

“It’s unfortunate that it’s no longer private but it is what it is,” he later added.

After Kendall addressed the video, he and Nicole were noticeably distant from each other on social media. Fans began to wonder if they were still a couple. Kendall revealed on the July 30 episode of Nick Viall’s The Viall Files podcast that they were still together but were working on things.

On Aug. 2, Nicole released her own statement and alluded to the video leak.

“While Love Island was an amazing experience, things have not been easy since leaving the villa,” she wrote in her Instagram Stories. “There’s much more to share on what has happened since coming home, and for now, I’ve been taking time to process – these are real feelings and my real life,” she continued before concluding with a message of gratitude to her fans for “understanding.”

The couple publicly reunited during the season 6 reunion, which dropped on Monday, Aug. 19. The episode provided insight into the couple’s initial reaction to the videos.

During the reunion, host Ariana Madix asked them about the status of their relationship, and Kendall replied that they’ve had some “space.”

However, Nicole quickly interjected and said she learned from fellow cast member JaNa Craig that the person who released the video was someone from a dating app — not an ex, as Kendall had told her — and Kendall sent it to them days before he went to Fiji for the show.

As a result, an argument unfolded, with Kendall apologizing to Nicole for not telling her the “full truth.”

“I 100 percent should’ve been honest with Nicole in that moment, but I honestly wasn’t ready. My life was turned upside down, and all I wanted to do was to have you there,” Kendall told her.

As he continued, Nicole remarked that she’s since taken “a lot of heat” for not addressing the videos, which she explained was to protect Kendall. Several cast members came to Kendall’s defense, asking Nicole to give Kendall some grace with his reaction to the difficult situation. 

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At the end of their conversation, Nicole said that she and Kendall are still together before adding, “even though he let the whole world think we’re not together.”

“All I want to do is mend the lie that I said to you to start that went into this whole s— show the last couple of weeks,” Kendall said. He noted that he should have made a statement to social media on behalf of Nicole. 

Madix then asked if Nicole still wanted to be with Kendall. She said she does, but “there’s a lot of conversations to be had.”

Love Island USA is available to stream on Peacock.