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Wednesday, October 16, 2024
Pro-Israel Columbia professor suspended from campus after confronting campus official over Oct. 7 anti-Israel rally
Shai Davidai, a pro-Israel assistant professor at Columbia Business School has been temporarily banned from the university’s campus.
This comes after Davidai filmed himself following the campus’s chief operating officer, Cas Holloway, questioning him about how he allowed anti-Israel protests to go ahead on the anniversary of Hamas’s October 7 massacre.
In a statement announcing the suspension, the university says Davidai “repeatedly harassed and intimidated university employees in violation of university policy,” but did not elaborate on the specific action that led to the ban.
Accusing Holloway of allowing anti-Israel demonstrations on campus that have created an atmosphere of violence, the outspoken professor vows in a video posted to Instagram: “I’m not going anywhere.”
Davidai said in April he was barred entry to campus, claiming it was due to his Jewish identity.
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