Michelle Steel: “Professor Hamid Dabashi, who has made numerous anti-Semitic…”

“For over two decades, Colombia's Middle Eastern, south asian and african studies department has been extremely hostile to Israel and jewish students. Professor Joseph Massad, who vocally praised Hamas. Hamas. Professor Hamid Dabashi, who has made numerous anti-Semitic remarks, including that Israelis have a vulgarity of character and that is born deep and structured to the skeletal vertebrae of its culture. And Rashid Khalidi, a professor of university now and former PLO spokesperson, called Columbia Anti Semitism task force bigots and fanatics and right wingers and extremists. This is all on the record.” (00:27–00:51)

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