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Student Protester Is Suspended After Anti-Zionist Video [1]
['Katherine Rosman']
Date: 2024-04-29
Columbia University officials are now weighing what final disciplinary action to take against a student leader of the pro-Palestinian movement after an inflammatory video resurfaced in which the student said “Zionists don’t deserve to live.”
The university said last week that it was banning the student, Khymani James, from campus, after intense criticism and uproar over the video. According to a notification the university sent to Mr. James that was examined by The New York Times, he was placed under an “interim suspension.”
That means that Mr. James could potentially return to class, despite the remarks that have been widely condemned. Or he could be expelled.
The sequence of events has brought scrutiny and questions about the school’s disciplinary approach to Mr. James, given that at least some administrators have been aware of the remarks for several months. This weekend a Columbia spokesman sought to make clear that it is taking the matter seriously.
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