Columbia University suspends pro-Israel professor over alleged harassment of employees

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Columbia University suspends pro-Israel professor over alleged harassment of employees
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The professor has been an outspoken advocate of Israel, a controversial stance given repeated anti-Israel demonstrations by Columbia students.

Freeze warning Wyoming County. Frost advisory for the rest of WNY tonight. Scattered frost may harm some of your plants without protection.FILE - Student protesters gather inside their encampment on the Columbia University campus, on April 29, 2024, in New York.

The spokesperson added Davidai has acted in a threatening way toward other employees, causing the school to suspend him. He will undergo behavioral training during his suspension. The professor on October 7 of this year posted a series of videos to X showing himself at a campus pro-Palestine protest. In that thread, he shared a video of himself confronting Columbia Chief Operating Officer Cas Holloway for allegedly allowing the demonstrations to take place.

Columbia University Apartheid Divest , a pro-Palestine group which apologized after one of its members said “Zionists don’t deserve to live,” rescinded that olive branch last week in an apparent call for violence.

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