Testifying before the same panel on Wednesday, she readily agreed with Republicans’ premise that pro-Palestinian activism at Columbia is shot through with anti-Jewish bigotry, and explained how, under her leadership, Columbia is cracking down.
Fifteen students, she said, had been suspended, and six more were on disciplinary probation.
If it had been up to her, she said, the stridently anti-Zionist professor Joseph Massad would never have gotten tenure.
(Columbia later confirmed that his chairmanship was scheduled to end after this semester.)
By bending over backward to be agreeable, Shafik emerged from the four-hour grilling largely unscathed.
Persons:
Nemat Shafik, Mohamed Abdou, “, ”, Joseph Massad, Massad, Shafik, that’s, Claire Shipman, David Greenwald, David Schizer, Shipman
Organizations:
Harvard, University of Pennsylvania, Columbia, Hamas, Islamic