{"id":2223395,"date":"2024-04-17T15:26:03","date_gmt":"2024-04-17T19:26:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/columbia-university-president-says-two-professors-under-investigation-for-antisemitic-remarks\/"},"modified":"2024-04-17T15:28:42","modified_gmt":"2024-04-17T19:28:42","slug":"columbia-university-president-says-two-professors-under-investigation-for-antisemitic-remarks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/columbia-university-president-says-two-professors-under-investigation-for-antisemitic-remarks\/","title":{"rendered":"Columbia University is reportedly investigating two professors for making alleged antisemitic comments, as stated by the university&#8217;s president"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcolumbia-university-president-says-two-professors-under-investigation-for-antisemitic-remarks%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2223395&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Columbia University President Nemat Shafik confirmed during a campus antisemitism hearing that two professors are\u2064 under investigation for discriminatory remarks.\u2064 The professors in question are Arab\u2062 politics professor Joseph Massad and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/from-impeaching-incitement-to-canceling-conservatism\/\" title=\"From Impeaching Incitement to Canceling Conservatism\">law professor<\/a>\u200b Katherine Franke. Massad faced criticism for referring to a Hamas terrorist attack on Israel as &#8220;awesome&#8221; in\u200b an article, sparking controversy. Columbia University President Nemat Shafik disclosed during \u2063a campus antisemitism hearing that two professors, Arab politics \u200bprofessor Joseph Massad and \u200claw professor Katherine Franke, are being \u2062investigated for\u200c making\u2064 discriminatory remarks. Massad&#8217;s comment on a Hamas \u200cterrorist \u2064attack as &#8220;awesome&#8221; in an article has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/three-controversial-cardi-b-moments\/\" title=\"Three Controversial \u2018Cardi B\u2019 Moments\">stirred significant controversy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nearly-7500-sign-petition-demanding-uk-govt-continue-publishing-daily-illegal-boat-migrant-arrivals\/\" title=\"Nearly 7,500 Sign Petition Demanding UK Govt Continue Publishing Daily Illegal Boat Migrant Arrivals\">drawn widespread criticism<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/columbia-university\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Columbia University<\/a> president Nemat Shafik confirmed during a hearing Wednesday on campus antisemitism at her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/education\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>school<\/a> that two professors are \u201cunder investigation for discriminatory remarks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shafik was asked by multiple members of Congress about allegedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/antisemitism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>antisemitic remarks<\/a> from several faculty members, and she confirmed during her testimony that Arab politics professor Joseph Massad and law professor Katherine Franke are under investigation by the school.<\/p>\n<p>Massad, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nikole-hannah-jones-university-tenure-is-now-back-on-the-table\/\" title=\"Nikole Hannah-Jones\u2019 University Tenure Is Now Back On The Table\">tenured professor<\/a>, had been mentioned by Democrats and Republicans alike in the House Education and Workforce Committee hearing titled \u201cColumbia in Crisis: Columbia University\u2019s Response to Antisemitism.\u201d The professor <a href=\"https:\/\/electronicintifada.net\/content\/just-another-battle-or-palestinian-war-liberation\/38661\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>referred<\/a> to the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attack on Israel as \u201cawesome,\u201d \u201castonishing,\u201d \u201castounding,\u201d and a \u201cresistance offensive\u201d in an Oct. 8 <em>Electronic Intifada<\/em> article.<\/p>\n<p>His article drew widespread criticism, and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.change.org\/p\/petition-for-the-immediate-removal-of-joseph-massad-from-columbia-s-faculty\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>petition<\/a> for his removal was circulated by Columbia students that gained nearly 80,000 signatures. The bar for tenured professors to be fired is extremely high, due to the purpose of the tenure system as the a way to provide the strongest possible level of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-k-education-secretary-prioritizing-emotional-safety-over-free-speech-is-dangerous\/\" title=\"U.K. Education Secretary: Prioritizing \u2018Emotional Safety\u2019 Over Free Speech Is \u2018Dangerous\u2019\">academic freedom<\/a> for faculty without fear of repercussion.<\/p>\n<p>However, when pressed by Rep. Elise Stafanik (R-NY) about Massad\u2019s status as the chairman of the academic review committee, Shafik committed to removing him if he was not already removed \u2014 a status that remains unclear.<\/p>\n<p>Franke is under fire for having said, \u201cAll Israeli students who served in the [Israel Defense Forces] are dangerous and shouldn\u2019t be on campus.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The law professor, who has been teaching at the school since 1999, recently wrote an op-ed in <em>The Nation<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/article\/society\/columbia-lawsuit-israel-antisemitism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>criticizing<\/a> Columbia for threatening academic freedom, writing, \u201cThe university is under pressure to root out any students or faculty critical of Israel \u2014 and it\u2019s already caved.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another professor targeted for criticism in the hearing was Dr. Mohamed Abdou, who was hired as a visiting scholar after the Oct. 7 attack after having posted on social media, \u201cI\u2019m with Hamas &#038; Hezbollah &#038; Islamic Jihad.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI share with you your repugnance at those remarks,\u201d Shafik said in response to a line of questioning from Stefanik about Abdou. \u201cOn my watch, faculty who make remarks that cross the line in terms of antisemitism, there will be consequences.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shafik confirmed that Abdou \u201chas been not just terminated, but his files will show that he will never work at Columbia again,\u201d although, she said, he will finish grading student papers before departing.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During a campus antisemitism hearing at Columbia University, President Nemat Shafik revealed that two professors are under investigation for discriminatory remarks. 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