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Friday, March 8, 2024
Israeli professor at Columbia says university ‘has opened probe into my advocacy’
An Israeli professor at Columbia University in New York says the school “has opened an investigation into my advocacy for the Jewish and Israeli students, faculty and staff at the university.”
“This is a clear act of retaliation and an attempt to silence me,” Shai Davidai tweets.
It is unclear what the investigation is specifically about.
A video of the Columbia Business School assistant professor denouncing university president Minouche Shafik’s “cowardice” for allowing the proliferation of “pro-terror student organizations” on campus and telling parents that students were not safe went viral in October.
???????? IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT????????@Columbia has opened an investigation into my advocacy for the Jewish and Israeli students, faculty, and staff at the university.
This is a clear act of retaliation and an attempt to silence me.
If you want to know more, read my statement below pic.twitter.com/vouAtf1nHq
— Shai Davidai (@ShaiDavidai) March 8, 2024
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