Outspoken Israeli Prof Denied Campus Entry as Columbia Tries to Avoid Protest Clashes

DE-ESCALATION?

Earlier in the day the Ivy League university shifted its classes online over safety fears.

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Published Apr. 22 2024 5:11PM EDT

Assistant Professor Shai Davidai is denied access to the campus grounds during his pro-Israeili rally at Columbia University on April 22, 2024 in New York City. — David Dee Delgado/Getty Images

A Jewish Israeli professor at Columbia found his access to campus denied on Monday morning as he attempted to join a planned counter protest, exacerbating tensions over competing pro-Israel and Palestine

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Outspoken Israeli Prof Denied Campus Entry as Columbia Tries to Avoid Protest Clashes

Earlier in the day the Ivy League university shifted its classes online over safety fears.

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