Patriots' Robert Kraft: Anti-Israel protests 'scaring a lot of people'

New England Patriots team owner Robert Kraft implored Americans to speak out against hate at college campuses across the U.S. in recent weeks. Kraft appeared on Fox News Channel’s 'Hannity' Wednesday night as he prepares to release full-page ads in several newspapers across the country later this week. 'I think our universities were one of our competitive advantages as a country, and I think what’s going on now throughout America is scaring a lot of people,' Kraft said.

The reason I took these ads out I want people to know that good people — and they’ve come to our foundation — they really care, and they have to speak up and not be silent – the way Martin Luther King spoke about it with ,' he explained. 'I’m the biggest beneficiary of what America has to offer. I got a full academic scholarship to Columbia. I dreamt big dreams. I went through tough times, but it’s the greatest country in the world.

The Patriots owner pulled his support from his alma mater last month as the anti-Israel violence at Columbia raged. Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.

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