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Europe is again failing the Jews: Campus antisemitism reaches Maastricht and beyond - opinion

Maastricht is not the outlier. It is the European Columbia, an institution that traded enlightenment for tribalism, critical thinking for fashionable activism, and universal human rights for purges.

SYRIAN ZIONIST Mohammed Sadek shows support for Rawan Osman on the day of her speech at Maastricht University on March 12, in Maastricht, Netherlands.
 Pro-Palestinian protesters demonstrate outside the main campus of Columbia University during the commencement ceremony in Manhattan in New York City, May 21, 2025.

Columbia ends uncertainty with Trump deal, head says

 Pro-Palestinian protesters demonstrate outside the main campus of Columbia University during the commencement ceremony in Manhattan in New York City, May 21, 2025.

Columbia University, Trump administration reach deal over funding

 Pro-Palestinian protesters take part in a demonstration at Butler Library on the Columbia University campus in New York, U.S., May 7, 2025.

Columbia University disciplines dozens of students for pro-Palestinian library protest


'I hate this selective conversation': Mahmoud Khalil 'refuses to condemn' Hamas in CNN interview

During the CNN interview, Khalil said, "It’s disingenuous to ask about condemning Hamas while the Palestinians are the ones being starved now by Israel."

Protestors gather to demand the release of Mahmoud Khalil at Foley Square on March 10, 2025 in New York City. Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia University graduate and Palestinian activist arrested Saturday, received a temporary reprieve from deportation.

Columbia adopts IHRA definition of antisemitism, ADL programming amid battle with Trump admin.

Columbia's Interim President Claire Shipman stressed that there was "no place for intimidation, hateful language, or targeting of Jews or Israelis at Columbia."

 Protesters supporting Mahmoud Khalil march in Manhattan the day after a US immigration judge ruled that Columbia student Khalil, who led pro Palestine student protests on campus last spring, can be deported, in New York City, New York, US, April 12, 2025.

US Republicans grill university leaders in latest House antisemitism hearing

Many of the reps. echoed President Donald Trump's recent attacks on universities, and questioned whether the presidents were doing enough to protect Jewish students.

 Demonstrators in support of Gaza raise red hands behind Rabbi Mark Goldfeder, CEO of National Jewish Advocacy Center, a witness at the House Judiciary Subcommittee hearing on "Antisemitism on College Campuses", on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., May 15, 2024.

Zohran Mamdani’s father calls suicide bombers ‘soldiers,’ intifada ‘meaningful’

Mahmood Mamdani, the Herbert Lehman Professor of Government at Columbia University, is one of The Gaza Tribunal’s 29-member advisory policy council.

 Zohran Mamdani reacts next to his parents Mahmood Mamdani and Mira Nair and wife Rama Duwaji during a watch party for his primary election, which includes his bid to become the Democratic candidate for New York City mayor in the upcoming November 2025 election, in New York City, US, June 25, 2025.

'They want to make an example out of me': Mahmoud Khalil sues Trump admin. over arrest - CNN

“From the moment that I was detained, I knew that I would eventually prevail,” he said. “What I simply did is protesting a genocide.”

 Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil gestures next to his wife Dr. Noor Abdalla and U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) at Newark airport, a day after he was released from immigration custody, in Newark, New Jersey, U.S., June 21, 2025.

Mahmoud Khalil seeks $20 million from Trump administration over immigration arrest

A DHS spokesperson called Khalil's claim "absurd" and said the Trump administration acted well within its legal authority to detain Khalil.

Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil gestures as he is released from immigration custody in Jena, Louisiana, U.S. June 20, 2025.

Israeli prof. Shai Davidai quits Columbia, as university drops harassment investigation

A letter Davdai posted shows that Columbia closed the inquest on July 8, "without any findings or conclusions of wrongdoing and without imposing discipline or penalty."

Israeli professor Shai Davidai outside of Columbia University, April 22, 2024.

Columbia University’s computer systems shut down by ‘hacktivist’ with political agenda

The outages, which started on June 24, caused a smiling image of US President Donald Trump to appear across monitors on campus. 

 A timed exposure shot of Columbia University's main academic library (and the largest building on campus), Butler Library, at dusk.

Acting Columbia president Claire Shipman apologizes for texts suggesting removal of Jewish trustee

Columbia faced intense pressure from the federal government to address allegations of discrimination by some Jewish and Israeli students.

Claire Shipman testifies before the House Committee on Education & the Workforce at Rayburn House Office Building on April 17, 2024 in Washington, DC.

Acting Columbia president suggested ousting Jewish trustee in favor of Arab one, House c'mttee says

Acting president of Columbia University suggested ousting of Jewish trustee while advocating for the appointment of “Arab on our board."

 Columbia University Acting President Claire Shipman speaks during the Commencement Ceremony at Columbia University in New York on May 21, 2025

Mahmoud Khalil says detainment ‘felt like kidnapping’ in first interview since release

Khalil, a 30-year-old Columbia University graduate and permanent US resident, was the first student pro-Palestinian protest leader to be detained by the Trump administration.

 Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil stands next to U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), a day after he was released from immigration custody, at Newark airport in Newark, New Jersey, U.S., June 21, 2025.