Columbia University

Academics & Education

Columbia promotes course at pro-Hamas People’s Forum featuring PFLP terrorist’s teachings Rashid Khalidi’s class accuses Israel of transforming Palestinians’ ‘homeland into an exclusive Jewish national home’

September 22, 2025   

(Free Beacon) Columbia University is promoting a course at the pro-Hamas People’s Forum taught by an anti-Israel professor emeritus, Rashid Khalidi, which requires students to read a Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) leader’s teachings. Khalidi was slated to teach […]

Demonstrations

Same network, new names: Terror front Samidoun secretly operates in US, Canada via proxies post-ban Most of the terror front's proxies were formed to have the same anti-Zionist, anti-US, Marxist-Leninist mission that defined Samidoun’s activism.

September 4, 2025   

(Jerusalem Post) The United States and Canada banned the terrorist front group Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network in October 2024, but the organization has continued to operate freely in these countries through a network of agents, shell organizations, and newly created proxy […]

News: North America

Controversial Pulitzer Prize winner set to appear at Detroit conference alongside terrorists Mosab Abu Toha defended Hamas’s Oct. 7 atrocities and assailed Israeli victims

August 21, 2025   

(Free Beacon) Palestinian “poet” and writer Mosab Abu Toha, the 2025 Pulitzer Prize winner for commentary, is scheduled to appear at an upcoming anti-Israel conference alongside several radical speakers with ties to terror groups. Abu Toha, who defended the atrocities of Oct. […]

Demonstrations

Mahmoud Khalil ripped over attempt to ‘justify’ Oct. 7 attack in Ezra Klein, NYT interview: ‘Must be immediately deported’

August 7, 2025 , , and   

(NY Post) Anti-Israel campus leader Mahmoud Khalil was ripped Thursday over his attempt to “justify” the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas terror attacks in a recent interview — with elected officials saying it boosts the Trump administration’s case seeking to kick him out […]

Academics & Education

Anti-Israel activist Mahmoud Khalil claims Oct. 7 terror attack was ‘desperate attempt’ for Gaza to be heard Mahmoud Khalil tells NY Times that targeting civilians is wrong but empathizes with Gazan rage toward Israel

August 5, 2025   

(Fox) Anti-Israel activist Mahmoud Khalil rationalized Hamas’ Oct. 7 terror attack in a new interview with the New York Times posted on Tuesday. Appearing on the Times‘ podcast, “The Ezra Klein Show,” the Columbia University graduate student said that though he thinks […]

Academics & Education

Mahmoud Khalil pushes back on claims of antisemitism at Columbia in Ezra Klein interview 'I would say there is this manufactured hysteria about antisemitism at Columbia because of the protests,' said Khalil.

August 5, 2025   

(JTA) Six weeks after being released by federal detention, Mahmoud Khalil, the first student pro-Palestinian protest leader to be arrested by the Trump administration last spring, said concerns about antisemitism at Columbia University reflected a “manufactured hysteria.” Khalil first made the allegation […]

Books

Mahmood Mamdani, credited with shaping son Zohran’s thinking, wrote of ‘moral equivalence’ between 9/11 and US war on terror Zohran Mamdani has said he edits his father's speeches and writings and has described his father as an intellectual influence

July 31, 2025   

(Free Beacon) New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani’s father wrote shortly after 9/11 that there was a “moral equivalence” between the al Qaeda attack and retaliatory U.S. bombing of Afghanistan. “There is an eerie similarity between the American bombing of Iraq […]

Academics & Education

State Department official defends canceling visas of pro-Palestinian academics The official testified at an ongoing trial that Trump’s deportation drive targets antisemitism and support for terrorism, not ideology or speech.

July 11, 2025   

(Politico) A top State Department official vigorously defended the Trump administration’s drive to cancel the visas of pro-Palestinian academics, arguing that the effort does not abridge free speech and targets students who are supporting terrorism or promoting antisemitism. John Armstrong, State’s top […]

Academics & Education

Mahmoud Khalil seeks $20 million — or an apology — from Trump for 3-month detention Khalil filed a claim against the government on Thursday in a bid to stop its continued deportation campaign against pro-Palestine protesters on college campuses.

July 10, 2025   

(Courthouse News) After 104 days in federal immigration custody, a stint that forced him to miss the birth of his first child, Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil is seeking $20 million from the Trump administration for his “politically motivated arrest,” according to his […]

Academics & Education

Trump admin waffles in court on whether pro-Palestinian foreigners have full First Amendment rights It’s a central question in the first major trial of Trump’s second term.

July 7, 2025   

(Politico) A trial on a First Amendment lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s drive to deport pro-Palestinian academics quickly confronted a thorny legal issue Monday: whether foreigners in the U.S. enjoy the same free speech rights as American citizens. The administration’s stance on […]

Academics & Education

Trump’s effort to deport pro-Palestinian activists goes to trial The case challenging the administration’s crackdown on pro-Palestinian academics marks the first major trial of Trump’s second term.

July 6, 2025 and   

(Politico) At least five times in recent weeks, federal judges have forcefully rejected President Donald Trump’s efforts to deport pro-Palestinian student activists, issuing one stinging ruling after another to declare the efforts unconstitutional — with one judge comparing the deportation drive to […]

Government & Politics

Former Obama staffer who wished death on Trump finds new work for Zohran Mamdani Zara Rahim, who formerly worked for Barack Obama's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns, said she hoped Trump would die following the president's coronavirus diagnosis

July 1, 2025   

(Free Beacon) A former Obama administration staffer who once publicly wished death on President Donald Trump has found new work as a communications consultant for Zohran Mamdani. Mamdani — a democratic socialist who has called for “seizing the means of production” — […]

Academics & Education

Mamdani supporters celebrate win with cries of ‘globalize the intifada’ Mamdani in a recent interview refused to condemn the phrase — understood as a call to violence against Jews and Israelis — leading to a rebuke from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum

June 25, 2025   

(Free Beacon) Far-left Zohran Mamdani supporters across the country celebrated their candidate’s victory in the New York Democratic mayoral primary on Tuesday with cheers of “globalize the intifada.” Mamdani made headlines over his refusal to condemn the phrase — a call for […]

Academics & Education

Anti-Semitic acts of terror are a ‘direct result’ of US support to Israel, Mahmoud Khalil says Khalil calls the attacks ‘desperate attempts to be heard’ during first broadcast interview since release from ICE custody

June 24, 2025   

(Free Beacon) In his first broadcast interview since his release from detention, Mahmoud Khalil blamed the United States’ “unconditional support” of Israel for the recent string of anti-Semitic attacks. “What is happening is a direct result of the U.S. unconditional [sic] support […]

Academics & Education

Anti-Israel protester Mahmoud Khalil bashes Columbia ‘hypocrisy’ in first NYC rally since being released from ICE detainment

June 22, 2025 and   

(NY Post) Anti-Israel protester Mahmoud Khalil on Sunday bashed his alma mater Columbia University over its “hypocrisy” in claiming to support international students while leaving him to rot in an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center for three months until his release […]

Discrimination & “Islamophobia”

Zohran Mamdani is running to be New York mayor. How his Muslim faith stirred the race Mamdani's focus on kitchen table issues has drawn interest across the Muslim spectrum, but his progressive positions on Gaza may alienate voters from other religious communities.

June 21, 2025 and   

(Religion News) On June 5, at the historic Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York’s mayoral candidates were invited by an interfaith panel of religious leaders to discuss their visions for the city and its religious communities. Only four candidates of […]

Academics & Education

UChicago prof, the brother of a convicted Iranian spy, says the ‘only hope for peace is the power and durability of Iranian missiles’ Alireza Doostdar is a member of the school's Faculty for Justice in Palestine chapter

June 20, 2025 and   

(Free Beacon) A University of Chicago professor whose brother was convicted of helping the Iranian regime spy on dissidents in the United States is cheering on Iran’s missile attacks against Israel. Alireza Doostdar, an associate professor of Islamic studies and a dual […]

Academics & Education

Columbia faculty members who signed letter defending Hamas among donors to Mamdani’s mayoral campaign Mamdani — who recently earned condemnation from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum — has long demonized the Jewish state and has refused to disavow the 'globalize the intifada' slogan

June 19, 2025   

(Free Beacon) A who’s who of Columbia’s most prolific Israel-haters — who sought to legitimize Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack weeks after the terror group’s massacres — has poured thousands of dollars into socialist Zohran Mamdani’s campaign for mayor of New York, a […]

Academics & Education

Student visa applicants with ‘hostile attitudes’ will be told they can’t come to the U.S. The State Department will start reviewing social media ‘to make America and its universities safer.’

June 18, 2025   

(Free Press) State Department employees who review applications from foreign citizens for student and exchange visas will be told to review their social media posts and search for signs that they “bear hostile attitudes toward our citizens, culture, government, institutions, or founding […]

Academics & Education

Sham Palestinian charity sanctioned over work with Hamas has also partnered with elite US universities Addameer, now on the Treasury Department's list of terror financiers, has partnered with universities like Harvard, Yale, and Cornell to spread anti-Israel propaganda

June 12, 2025   

(Free Beacon) A sham Palestinian charity added to the U.S. terrorist sanctions list this week has worked closely with elite American universities — including Harvard, Yale, and Columbia — to promote anti-Israel propaganda. The U.S. Department of the Treasury said the West […]

Academics & Education

Anti-Israel pamphlets from group behind Columbia encampments line Barnard library shelves Some of the zines are available online for Barnard and Columbia students and alumni

June 9, 2025   

(Free Beacon) Barnard College’s library shelves are stocked with anti-Israel pamphlets, including some from Columbia University Apartheid Divest (CUAD), the anti-Semitic student group behind last spring’s encampments. Others direct readers to content praising assassinated Hamas leaders like Yahya Sinwar and Ismail Haniyeh […]

Academics & Education

Trump admin cracks down on antisemitism as DOJ official exposes ‘violent rhetoric’ of radical protesters Civil Rights Division's Harmeet Dhillon says rabbis have her 'on speed dial' as administration prioritizes Jewish safety

June 7, 2025   

(Fox) The Trump administration has taken a more aggressive approach than its predecessor toward addressing the nationwide surge in antisemitic incidents, launching investigations, punishing elite universities, and intensifying its immigration enforcement practices. President Donald Trump, through the Department of Justice (DOJ) and […]

Academics & Education

Harvard commencement speaker lauds classmate who assaulted Israeli student — to whoops and cheers from the crowd Elom Tettey-Tamaklo was ordered to complete anger management course and perform 80 hours of community service

May 30, 2025 and   

(Free Beacon) A Harvard Divinity School graduate selected by faculty members to speak at the school’s commencement ceremony used her address to praise Elom Tettey-Tamaklo, a classmate who faced criminal charges for assaulting an Israeli classmate. “Class of 2025, Palestine is waiting for us […]

Government & Politics

Ilhan Omar refuses to answer reporter questions on fatal shooting of Israeli Embassy workers 'Hatred and radicalism have no place in the USA,' President Donald Trump says in response to the attack

May 22, 2025   

(Fox) Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., avoided answering questions from reporters regarding the shooting in Washington, D.C., that killed two Israeli Embassy staffers departing the Capital Jewish Museum on Wednesday evening. “I’m going to go for now,” Omar, the first Somali American elected […]

Academics & Education

Mohsen Mahdawi, in deportation battle with Trump admin, bragged to neighbors about building guns for terrorists According to a 2015 police report and locals who spoke with the Free Beacon, the Columbia University activist said he 'like[d] to kill Jews'

May 7, 2025   

(Free Beacon) A Palestinian activist at Columbia University spooked neighbors in his small Vermont town by bragging about his hatred of Jews and his background of building weapons for terrorist groups, according to interviews and 2015 police records obtained by the Washington […]