Columbia University is embroiled in controversy with accusations of racism and Islamophobia against Shai Davidai, calls for his removal from Columbia Business School, and student protesters claiming they were attacked with chemicals. An unauthorized pro-Hamas protest advocating for the destruction of Israel and involving previously banned groups has sparked further outrage. FIRE and the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) have criticized restrictions on speech related to the Israel-Hamas conflict. President Minouche Shafik, who is Egyptian-born, faces demands for accountability, including covering medical bills after the chemical spray attack.
The measure comes amid widespread campus debates and protests about the war between Israel and Hamas. https://t.co/NkMEvkhz4h
This ridiculous hypocrite is the most Islamophobic racist in the Columbia community. He regularly falsely smears Muslim students as Hamas collaborators. @Columbia @Columbia_Biz Shai Davidai is a dangerous bigot and beneath the university's prestige and reputation. He has to go. https://t.co/ctH1T851Dr
Screaming “Go back to Brooklyn” at random Jews in California - the crucial first step towards achieving a ceasefire and lasting peace. https://t.co/SaUN1Xffym
Hamas supporters glorifying martyrdom and demanding an expanded terrorist intifada — on campus at an Ivy League school in NYC: https://t.co/7vEFvdX3ga
Stanford campus anti-semite protestors shout "Go back to Brooklyn" to jewish students Alas angry misled miseducated young woman I'm sure you will have a very promising future. Brooklyn? We go hard. https://t.co/7TbCAeC5E1
Antisemitic Palestinian protesters at Stanford https://t.co/QrOLiHfWjm
Stanford: Jewish student chants “rape is not resistance” only to be met by the pro-Hamas “free Palestine” crowd with “resistance is justified” They’re not even hiding it anymore. The is not pro-Palestinian, they’re supporting rapists and murderers. https://t.co/21ebdBk9qF
Gwyneth Paltrow: "Rape is not resistance" Pro-Palestinians: "Her comment is support for pro-Israel genocide" 🤯 _ https://t.co/gRAcwdvx1a
#BREAKING: Footage shows anti-Jewish protesters at Stanford screaming “go back to Brooklyn” at Jewish students. https://t.co/q67ZkkDe0o
Princeton is letting students who dislike student reporting slap the journalist with a no-contact order, without a modicum of due process, and where the reporter has done nothing wrong. And by the way, this has been going on, and Princeton's known about it, for OVER a year. https://t.co/SMrlONQYTd
WATCH: Last night, during a forum with Stanford University's leadership meant to address the rise of antisemitism on campus, demonstrators outside shouted "go back to Brooklyn!," "Zionists you can't hide!" and "Israel will fall!" Jewish students on campus are already… https://t.co/MaNC4RpuAH
"Go back to Brooklyn!" "We will ensure Israel will fall and America too!" "You are either a nazi sympathizer or are naïve" Pro Palestinian radical caught mid tirade verbally accosting Jewish students at @Stanford University 🎥 @StopAntisemites https://t.co/oi65L72qCI
"Go back to Brooklyn!" "We will ensure Israel will fall and America too!" "You are either a nazi sympathizer or are naïve" Pro Palestinian radical caught mid tirade verbally accosting Jewish students at Stanford University. https://t.co/9pc38uKXZ9
JUST SENT: FIRE and the @ADL are challenging @Princeton’s ongoing improper use of no-contact orders, allowing them to be weaponized against student journalists. https://t.co/MiVnYZNLHV
Crazy world: @Columbia University is permitting a protest, right in the middle of its campus, advocating for the destruction of the state of Israel 🇮🇱 by violent revolution! The group which is protesting was previously banned from campus. https://t.co/z7lmJ3XDaP
Columbia students walk out of class, seek end to Tel Aviv University program after chemical spray attack “Minouche Shafik, you must pay! Medical bills are on the way!” students chanted in videos posted to social media. Shafik is Columbia’s president. https://t.co/smhvVVOC9d
When I attended @Columbia as an undergrad in the 80s, it was a haven for brilliant Jewish intellectuals. Now, it's become a breeding ground for vicious antisemitism & Jihadist sympathizers -- with the support & protection of the new university president, Egyptian-born Minouche… https://t.co/CB2YcDpqR1
The fanatically pro-Israel professor at Columbia who has become a folk hero among some for spending 4 months demanding campus censorship of Israel critics today lamented the lack of "safe spaces" for Ivy League Jewish students, arguing that more campus safe spaces are needed. https://t.co/h3wdxjkgcE
Right now at @Columbia: An UNAUTHORIZED pro-Hamas protest By refusing to hold the organizers accountable, Columbia is sending a big fuck you to every Jewish and Israeli student, faculty, or staff. The President of Columbia needs to be held accountable. (thread w/ videos)
Free speech fallout continues as more universities apply vague restrictions on speech surrounding the Israel-Hamas conflict. Join FIRE in urging @Stanford, @Yale, @Cornell, @Columbia, and @SUNY to rethink their decisions to censor student expression! https://t.co/Ddx9fc6QUb
Hey @Columbia — really? Permitting a protest right in the middle of your campus advocating the destruction of Israel by violent revolution? From groups previously banned from campus? I am sickened by this! https://t.co/pFv4J0QUPN
Don’t care whose side, physically or chemically attacking people exercising their right to free speech is wrong and must be deterred. “At Columbia, Student Protesters Say They Were Attacked With Chemicals” https://t.co/qkIRTeoah6
Shai Davidai has to be removed from his position @Columbia @Columbia_Biz. His open racism and Islamophobia is unprofessional and outrageous. https://t.co/bBjPqrCpYV