Columbia, hotbed of antisemitism

hearing. The quartet aimed to sound calm, concerned, and likable. But their performance only put lipstick on an ugly situation., including Shafik. And while Shafik sounded reluctant mentioning Columbia investigating vocally anti-Israel professors, she didn’t hesitate when sharing that Columbia is investigating the Israeli professor who has regularly exposed Columbia’s antisemitism.

When asked to define antisemitism, Shafik said it’s discrimination based on someone’s “Jewish faith.” This overly narrow definition conveniently excusedif Columbia has antisemitic professors. Shafik replied, “I certainly hope not,” before allowing that “we have seen some cases.” Meanwhile, almost 180 members of Columbia’s facultyColumbia, Kiley asked if he is antisemitic.

Rep. Bob Good asked whether any Columbia protests could be categorized as “anti-Islamic,” “anti-Muslim,” or “anti-Arab.” Revealingly, Shafik responded, “There have been many pro-Israeli demonstrations on our campus.” But supporting Israel is not the same as opposing Muslims or Arabs. if there were protests “against Jewish people.” Shafik said no. When queried by Rep. Elise Stefanik , the other three witnesses disagreed.

Stefanik subsequently read chants from Columbia protests, including, “F*** the Jews, death to Jews, f*** Israel, no safe place — death to the Zionist state, Jews out.” Shafik agreed those were “anti-Jewish,” but “the protest wasn’t labeled as an anti-Jewish protest.” Finally, Shafik acknowledged, “anti-Jewish things were said at protests.

This hearing was a no-win for Columbia. Shafik was evasive, misleading, and untruthful. And the days since have proven that Columbia is pervasively

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