{"id":2227553,"date":"2024-04-22T18:43:04","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T22:43:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/outspoken-pro-israel-columbia-professor-denied-entry-into-liberated-zone-encampment\/"},"modified":"2024-04-22T18:46:01","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T22:46:01","slug":"outspoken-pro-israel-columbia-professor-denied-entry-into-liberated-zone-encampment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/outspoken-pro-israel-columbia-professor-denied-entry-into-liberated-zone-encampment\/","title":{"rendered":"Columbia professor supporting Israel barred from &#8216;liberated zone&#8217; camp"},"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\">18<\/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%2Foutspoken-pro-israel-columbia-professor-denied-entry-into-liberated-zone-encampment%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=2227553&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>Assistant business professor Shai Davidai, of Columbia\u200b University and an Israeli native, encountered a surprising barrier when attempting\u2063 to enter the campus&#8217;s\u200c &#8220;liberated zone.&#8221; Alongside other pro-Israel\u2064 activists, he found himself \u2062outside the gate, captured in footage on X. The encampment, \u200ca stance against\u200b Israel in \u2062support of Palestinians amid the\u200d Gaza conflict, prompted security concerns. The incident unfolded with Columbia University&#8217;s COO intervening,\u200d offering an alternate campus entry point. Davidai&#8217;s vocal objection to being barred contrasted with his strong criticism of pro-Palestinian protests, branding \u200cthem as &#8220;terrorism.&#8221;  <\/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>An assistant business professor at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/columbia-university\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Columbia University<\/a> and Israel native, Shai Davidai, was dumbfounded Monday morning after he was barred from entry into the campus\u2019s \u201cliberated zone.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Davidai and other pro-Israel demonstrators were outside the campus gate, hoping to enter, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ScooterCasterNY\/status\/1782413946110066811\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/god-loves-me-10-year-old-trans-child-quotes-bible-to-tell-tx-legislators-why-they-shouldnt-ban-trans-surgeries-procedures-for-minors\/\" title=\"\u2018God Loves Me\u2019: 10-Year-Old Trans Child Quotes Bible To Tell TX Legislators Why They Shouldn\u2019t Ban Trans Surgeries, Procedures For Minors\">video footage posted<\/a><\/a> to X showed. The encampment was set up at the university in opposition to Israel and in support of Palestinians amid the conflict in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>Davidai claimed his identification card had been deactivated as school officials said they could not ensure his safety. An estimated 200 pro-Palestinian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/protests\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>protesters <\/a>were on the campus at the time, with the students likely needing to have their IDs to get in. <\/p>\n<p>Standing outside the gate to speak with Davidai was Columbia University Chief Operating Officer Cas Holloway, who told Davidai he could gain access to the university from a different part of campus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am a professor here; I have every right to be everywhere on campus; you can not let people that support Hamas on campus, and me, a professor, not go on campus. Let me in now,\u201d Davidai shouted.<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>The pro-Israeli protesters surrounding Davidai started chanting \u201cLet Shai in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Davidai has been a strong opponent of the university\u2019s handling of the pro-Palestinian protests on campus. He went so far as to go on an Israeli news show and say the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/montana-state-university-professors-faculty-harass-students-over-mask-mandate-protest\/\" title=\"Montana State University Professors, Faculty Harass Students Over Mask Mandate Protest\">students protesting<\/a> were engaging in \u201cterrorism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we are seeing now at Columbia, and I don\u2019t use this word lightly,\u201d Davidai <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoshuaPHilll\/status\/1782192638931919314\">said<\/a>. \u201cWe are seeing terrorism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Davidai\u2019s characterization of the protesters comes after a Jewish student <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/04\/22\/us-news\/columbia-professor-and-outspoken-israel-supporter-shai-davidai-says-hes-been-barred-from-the-main-campus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>filed a hate crime<\/a>, alleging he was hit in the head with rocks by pro-Palestinian protesters on\u00a0Saturday night due to arriving on campus with Israeli flags. The New York Police Department and New York City Mayor Eric Adams have <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NYCMayor\/status\/1782169502118969434\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>stated<\/a> there is little police can do to quell the protests without the university\u2019s approval since it is private property.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a general matter, and this goes back many years, Columbia does not want the NYPD on campus,\u201d Mike Gerber, NYPD deputy commissioner of legal matters, said.<\/p>\n<p>Davidai\u2019s plea has gained sympathy with Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL), who compared the move by the university to Nazi\u2019s antisemitic policies. <\/p>\n<p>While some, such as Dividai, are announcing their opposition to the encampment protests, other faculty are showing their support. Nearly a hundred Columbia faculty members <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/apr\/22\/columbia-university-protests-shutdown\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>held a mass walk-out<\/a> on Monday to protest the institution for calling the police last week on the students inside the pro-Palestinian encampment.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Columbia University President Minouche Shafik was accused of \u201cgross negligence\u201d in testimony before the House Education and Workforce Committee last week as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/decade-long-homeless-encampment-under-freeway-overpass-cleared-in-los-angeles\/\" title=\"LA's decade-long homeless encampment under freeway overpass finally cleared.\">encampment began<\/a> to be set up. All ten House Republicans from New York have called for her resignation.<\/p>\n<p>In person classes on Monday were canceled, and last week a rabbi called for Jewish students to stay home.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> reached out to Columbia University for comment.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Columbia business professor Shai Davidai, an Israeli native, was shocked Monday when denied access to the campus &#8220;liberated zone.&#8221; Along with other pro-Israel demonstrators, he stood outside the gate, as seen in video footage on X. 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