Oh, really???
Columbia Professor Shai Davidai's Family Tied to Weapons Manufacturing - CounterPunch.org counterpunch.org/2024/04/22/col…

Another tragic story from Gaza. When will it end?

Amazing the amount of attention this ridiculous guy is getting. Can you imagine a Black or Muslim professor being accused of what Davidai is accused of, of harassing and smearing his students, then throwing a hissy fit, and then getting this kind of coverage?

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50 years after Vietnam, we still ask: why did our leaders authorize so much death?

In 50 years, Columbia University in 2024 will be forgotten, but not the destruction of every university in Gaza and the death of 13,000 Palestinian children by bombs supplied by President Biden.

We welcome the results of the independent review of UNRWA by Catherine Colonna.

It shows that we have a framework to safeguard our neutrality - a key humanitarian principle - and we act when breaches occur.

This is crucial for our aid operation in Gaza and our work across the region.

New statement from Columbia student protestors:
'We are frustrated by media distractions focusing on inflammatory individuals who do not represent us…Our members have been misidentified by a politically motivated mob.'

'We firmly reject any form of hate or bigotry…'

This is a key point from Eric. We have to be able to recognize growing & actual antisemitism, anti-Jewish hate, of the type described below, & condemn+tackle it, while also recognizing, separately, how bogus antisemitism charges are used to smear pro-Palestine activists & chants.

When Edward Said was a professor at Columbia, he received so many death threats that his office had to be fitted with bulletproof glass. There were no Congressional investigations into that.

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A Protest in Berkeley Escalated Into Antisemitism thenation.com/article/activi…

This is Shukri Joudah; his pregnant wife and their daughter were all killed in an Israeli airstrike. The only survivor was the child in Shakri's wife's womb. Doctors managed to save the baby.

Given the numerous similar crimes in Gaza, we'll inevitably encounter those who seek

My latest Palestinian film that I shot in the West Bank and is extremely pertinent to the current time, is screening in San Francisco very soon…(and I intend to be there). Please share far and wide so the people in California know we are coming.
This IS my resistance, my active

'Israel is increasingly worried by the prospect of the International Criminal Court...issuing arrest warrants against PM Benjamin Netanyahu & other Israeli political and military leaders for alleged breaches of international law in Gaza.' As it should be. timesofisrael.com/netanyahus-off…

'You can't polish a turd'--why this Israeli says hasbera is failing.....haaretz.com/israel-news/20…

Columbia Spectator editorial board to university President Minouche Shafik on today's events:

'Hundreds of campus affiliates stood witness as the NYPD disgracefully arrested over 100 of our classmates, friends, and colleagues for peacefully protesting. Similar scenes unfolded

If I recall correctly, the German SS introduced the gas chambers to kill Jewish prisoners because they did not have enough room to hold them. Another historical parallel in the making?