Despite warnings from university administrators that such speech and demonstrations would not be permitted, an unauthorized pro-Hamas protest erupted on Columbia University’s campus on Wednesday.
Israeli Columbia professor Shai Davidai — who has previously sounded the alarm regarding openly anti-Semitic activity at the prestigious school — shared some details about the event in a thread posted to X, noting that the university still appeared reluctant to take even the smallest steps to put a stop to it.
“An UNAUTHORIZED pro-Hamas protest,” Davidai began. “By refusing to hold the organizers accountable, Columbia is sending a big f*** you to every Jewish and Israeli student, faculty, or staff. The President of Columbia needs to be held accountable.”
Everything is so egregious, I don't even know where to begin.
So let's start with this:
Here is one of the main organizers, riling up the crowd by telling them that there is nothing more honorable than dying for a noble cause.
Where have I heard that one before? pic.twitter.com/fGlgbMRWVA
— Shai Davidai (@ShaiDavidai) January 24, 2024
He then shared the first of several videos, which featured a speaker who told the crowd that there was “nothing more honorable than dying for a noble cause.”
“Where have I heard that one before?” he asked.
The next video featured a chant calling for the genocide of all Jews and the elimination of Israel as a Jewish state.
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“From the river to the sea, Palestine will be Arab,” he quotes the speaker as saying. “According to this person, my 93 year old Jewish grandmother and 4 year old Jewish niece do not have a right to exist in Israel. So much for ‘peaceful’ protests.”
Here's a third organizer at @Columbia, calling for an armed resistance in NYC!
Remember: during the 5 years of the 2nd Intifada in Israel, there were 144 suicide bombing.
Almost 700 Israeli civilians were murdered.
How is it OK to call for killing civilians in the U.S? pic.twitter.com/5QGKnRbbJf
— Shai Davidai (@ShaiDavidai) January 24, 2024
A third organizer riled the crowd further, calling for “armed resistance.”
”How is it OK to call for killing civilians in the U.S.?” Davidai asked.
Remember:
EVERYTHING you just saw is against @Columbia's rules.
6 weeks ago, the President of @Columbia said that speech like this "will not be tolerated."
Well, guess what? Not only does she fucking tolerate it, she is REFUSING to do anything about it. pic.twitter.com/hh86HxzIUj
— Shai Davidai (@ShaiDavidai) January 24, 2024
Davidai shared one additional video of the chants, after which he again pointed out that everything said and done at the protest was in violation of stated university policy.
“Remember: EVERYTHING you just saw is against @Columbia’s rules. 6 weeks ago, the President of @Columbia said that speech like this ‘will not be tolerated.’ Well, guess what? Not only does she f***ing tolerate it, she is REFUSING to do anything about it.”
Davidai then stated that the university was aware of who was leading the protests, saying that alumni and donors — as well as prospective students — should be paying close attention to the school’s repeated failure to address anti-Semitic protests and demonstrations.