{"id":2225180,"date":"2024-04-19T12:26:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-19T16:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arab-israeli-journalist-assaulted-at-columbia-university-forced-to-cancel-speech\/"},"modified":"2024-04-19T12:32:10","modified_gmt":"2024-04-19T16:32:10","slug":"arab-israeli-journalist-assaulted-at-columbia-university-forced-to-cancel-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arab-israeli-journalist-assaulted-at-columbia-university-forced-to-cancel-speech\/","title":{"rendered":"Arab-Israeli journalist attacked at Columbia University, speech canceled"},"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\">16<\/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%2Farab-israeli-journalist-assaulted-at-columbia-university-forced-to-cancel-speech%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=2225180&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>Yoseph\u2064 Haddad, an Arab-Israeli\u200b journalist, faced physical assault by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/proud-of-what-has-occurred-scenes-from-inside-philadelphias-pro-hamas-rally\/\" title=\"Inside Philadelphia's pro-Hamas rally: Proud of recent events.\">pro-terrorist protesters<\/a> at Columbia\u2062 University, forcing him to\u2064 cancel his speech and file a police complaint. The \u2062incident\u2064 sparked outrage, highlighting the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iran-continues-nuclear-program-aims-to-enrich-uranium-to-20\/\" title=\"Iran continues nuclear program, aims to enrich uranium to 20%\">escalating tensions<\/a> on \u200bcampus. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trans-activists-allegedly-assault-threaten-demonstrators-at-let-women-speak-rally-shuttering-event\/\" title=\"Trans Activists Allegedly Assault, Threaten Demonstrators At \u2018Let Women Speak\u2019 Rally, Shuttering Event\">assault led<\/a> \u2064to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kyle-rittenhouse-makes-first-in-person-court-appearance\/\" title=\"Kyle Rittenhouse makes first in-person court appearance\">chaotic protests<\/a> and a significant response from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/6-campus-hate-crimes-that-turned-out-to-be-hoaxes\/\" title=\"6 Campus \u2018Hate Crimes\u2019 That Turned Out To Be Hoaxes\">campus authorities<\/a> in handling the situation. Yoseph Haddad, an Arab-Israeli journalist, experienced a physical\u200c attack by pro-terrorist demonstrators at Columbia University, compelling him \u2064to \u200chalt his speech\u200c and report the incident to the \u2063police. This alarming \u2064event\u2063 stirred widespread indignation, shedding light on the escalating campus tensions. Consequently, the assault triggered tumultuous protests and prompted a substantial\u2062 reaction from university officials.  <\/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<h2>&#8216;Instead of a lecture, I went to file a police complaint,&#8217; Yoseph Haddad said<\/h2>\n<figure><figcaption> \t\t\t\t \t\t\t\tL: Yoseph Haddad (Twitter) R: Pro-Palestinian protesters at Columbia (Spencer Platt\/Getty Images)\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>An Arab-Israeli journalist was forced to cancel his Thursday speech at Columbia University after campus agitators pushed him, punched him in the face, and told him to kill himself.<\/p>\n<p>Yoseph Haddad was on his way to meet a Columbia Public Safety officer and a member of campus group Students Supporting Israel (SSI) when he encountered a group of what he <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/YosephHaddad\/status\/1781157003110277509\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">called<\/a> &#8220;pro-terrorist protesters.&#8221; One of the agitators wore a keffiyeh over his head, a Palestinian flag around his neck, and waved a bloodied and tattered Israeli flag in Haddad&#8217;s direction, a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/YosephHaddad\/status\/1781157003110277509\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">video<\/a> of the encounter shows. Another repeatedly told the journalist to &#8220;take a gun to your head,&#8221; &#8220;kill yourself,&#8221; and &#8220;shoot yourself.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Haddad told the group that they &#8220;have no idea what&#8217;s going on&#8221; and that he would &#8220;keep telling the truth about all of you.&#8221; At that point, a keffiyeh-clad individual pushed and then punched Haddad, according to the video.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was physically attacked by pro-terrorist protesters before my lecture at Columbia University,&#8221; Haddad <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/YosephHaddad\/status\/1781157003110277509\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>. &#8220;Instead of a lecture, I went to file a police complaint.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"iw\" dir=\"rtl\">\u05d4\u05d5\u05ea\u05e7\u05e4\u05ea\u05d9 \u05e4\u05d9\u05d6\u05d9\u05ea \u05e2\u05dc \u05d9\u05d3\u05d9 \u05de\u05e4\u05d2\u05d9\u05e0\u05d9\u05dd \u05ea\u05d5\u05de\u05db\u05d9 \u05d8\u05e8\u05d5\u05e8 \u05dc\u05e4\u05e0\u05d9 \u05d4\u05e8\u05e6\u05d0\u05d4 \u05e9\u05dc\u05d9 \u05d1\u05d0\u05d5\u05e0\u05d9\u05d1\u05e8\u05e1\u05d9\u05d8\u05ea \u05e7\u05d5\u05dc\u05d5\u05de\u05d1\u05d9\u05d4. \u05d1\u05de\u05e7\u05d5\u05dd \u05d4\u05e8\u05e6\u05d0\u05d4 \u05d4\u05dc\u05db\u05ea\u05d9 \u05dc\u05d4\u05d2\u05d9\u05e9 \u05ea\u05dc\u05d5\u05e0\u05d4 \u05d1\u05de\u05e9\u05d8\u05e8\u05d4. \u05d0\u05d5\u05dc\u05d9 \u05d4\u05d5\u05e8\u05d9\u05d3\u05d5 \u05dc\u05d9 \u05d3\u05dd, \u05d0\u05d1\u05dc \u05d4\u05dd \u05dc\u05d0 \u05d9\u05e2\u05e6\u05e8\u05d5 \u05d0\u05d5\u05ea\u05d9 \u05dc\u05e2\u05d5\u05dc\u05dd! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rkunO11Keb\">pic.twitter.com\/rkunO11Keb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u05d9\u05d5\u05e1\u05e3 \u05d7\u05d3\u05d0\u05d3 &#8211; Yoseph Haddad (@YosephHaddad) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YosephHaddad\/status\/1781157003110277509?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 19, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The incident occurred shortly before Haddad was scheduled to speak to a group of students on Columbia&#8217;s campus. SSI, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ssi_columbia\/p\/C54vxbyt4tl\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">organized the event<\/a>, said the assault shows that the &#8220;situation on campus has become utterly and categorically untenable.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Weeks ago, SSI planned an event with Israeli-Arab journalist Yoseph Haddad,&#8221; the group said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ssi_columbia\/p\/C57G-oQtKHa\/?hl=en&#038;img_index=8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a>. &#8220;On his way to meet a Public Safety officer and members of SSI, Yoseph was shoved and punched in the face by an anti-Israel protester while walking through the protest outside of the 116th street gates.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Following the assault, Yoseph voluntarily went to the precinct with local law enforcement and is pressing charges. The event had to be canceled.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Chaotic protests plagued Columbia&#8217;s campus Thursday, one day after the school&#8217;s president, Minouche Shafik, testified to Congress on her response to campus anti-Semitism.<\/p>\n<p>Anti-Israel students, many of whom wore hats, hoods, masks, and keffiyehs in an attempt to conceal their identities, formed an unsanctioned tent encampment on a campus lawn. After protesters ignored repeated warnings from the school to leave the area, Shafik authorized police officers to arrest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/04\/18\/nyregion\/columbia-university-protests-antisemitism.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more than 100 participants<\/a>. In addition to the arrests, the school suspended a number of student activists, <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/campus\/jamaal-bowman-defends-ilhan-omars-daughter-after-suspension-for-her-role-in-anti-israel-tent-city-at-columbia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">including<\/a> Rep. Ilhan Omar&#8217;s (D., Minn.) daughter.<\/p>\n<p>Protests nonetheless continued throughout the afternoon and evening. In some cases, participants made explicit calls for terrorism against Jews.<\/p>\n<p>One female protester, who covered her face and head with a keffiyeh, yelled, &#8220;We are Hamas,&#8221; &#8220;We&#8217;re all Hamas,&#8221; and &#8220;Long live Hamas&#8221; at passersby as she banged a pot against a security fence. Another protester pledged to repeat Hamas&#8217;s Oct. 7 attack on Israel &#8220;every day.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Never forget the 7th of October,&#8221; the protester yelled to two Jewish students standing near the entrance to Columbia&#8217;s campus.<\/p>\n<p>Columbia did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;Never forget the 7th of October. That will happen not one more time, not five more times, not 10&#8230;100\u20261000\u202610,000&#8230;The 7th of October is going to be every day for you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Protestors screamed this at two Jewish <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Columbia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Columbia<\/a> students right outside campus gates tonight. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VYp0tFudGj\">pic.twitter.com\/VYp0tFudGj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jonas Du (@jonasydu) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jonasydu\/status\/1781178975147917797?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 19, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udccd NYC &#8211; &#8216;We are Hamas \u2026 We\u2019re all Hamas \u2026 Long live Hamas&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Recognize these terror supporters? DM us! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RmjQL7678q\">pic.twitter.com\/RmjQL7678q<\/a>\t<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 StopAntisemitism (@StopAntisemites) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StopAntisemites\/status\/1780760408116359601?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 18, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yoseph Haddad had to file a police complaint instead of giving a lecture as pro-Palestinian protesters at Columbia University assaulted him, forcing the cancellation of his speech. 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