“Free Palestine has become the greatest, like, con job in the history of the planet,” John Ondrasik, also known as singer-songwriter for Five for Fighting, said at Bailey Hall on Monday night to an audience of approximately 60 people. 

Ondrasik and Patricia Heaton, an Emmy-Award winning actress also known for founding the October 7th Coalition — a group of Christians who stand against rising antisemitism in America — were invited to speak and perform at “Combating Antisemitism through the Arts, on Campus and Beyond” in support of the Jewish community amid the Israel-Hamas war. ...

The Veterans’ Day protest at Columbia, Ondrasik commented, proved that the conflicts worldwide and tense political climates at prestigious universities were not because of religion, but rather “Marxism and far-left agenda,” going as far as to call it “anti-Americanism.”

In an interview following the event, Ondrasik labeled current college campuses as a “ground zero for antisemitism,” questioning the morals of the administrations at prestigious colleges in ensuring safety for Jewish students on campus.