Khymani James, a junior at Columbia and a self-described spokesperson for the pro-Palestinian encampment there, made the comments in a January meeting with a…
Khymani James, a junior at Columbia and a self-described spokesperson for the pro-Palestinian encampment there, made the comments in a January meeting with a school administrator.Columbia University said Friday that it has banned a student protest leader from campus after a video resurfaced Thursday that showed the student saying Zionists"don't deserve to live."
"Chants, signs, taunts, and social media posts from our own students that mock and threaten to 'kill' Jewish people are totally unacceptable, and Columbia students who are involved in such incidents will be held accountable," the statement said.James, a junior and member of the group Columbia University Apartheid Divest, or CUAD, and a self-identified spokesperson for the student encampment at Columbia, is seen making the comments in a clip of the video verified by NBC News.
James added that they wish they had said instead that,"Zionism is an ideology that necessitates the genocide of Palestinian people. I oppose that in the strongest terms.","Zionism is the movement for the self-determination and statehood for the Jewish people in their ancestral homeland, the land of Israel.
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