{"id":2230505,"date":"2024-04-25T20:17:01","date_gmt":"2024-04-26T00:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/zionists-dont-deserve-to-live-meet-the-leader-of-columbia-universitys-anti-israel-encampment\/"},"modified":"2024-04-25T20:19:37","modified_gmt":"2024-04-26T00:19:37","slug":"zionists-dont-deserve-to-live-meet-the-leader-of-columbia-universitys-anti-israel-encampment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/zionists-dont-deserve-to-live-meet-the-leader-of-columbia-universitys-anti-israel-encampment\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Head of Columbia University&#8217;s Anti-Israel Encampment: &#8216;Zionists Unworthy of Existence"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fzionists-dont-deserve-to-live-meet-the-leader-of-columbia-universitys-anti-israel-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=2230505&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>Khymani James, a\u2062 vocal \u200dactivist at Columbia University&#8217;s Gaza \u200dSolidarity \u200dEncampment,\u200d made alarming remarks\u200c during a university inquiry, stating that &#8220;Zionists don&#8217;t\u200d deserve to \u2064live.&#8221; Despite facing questioning about his views, James stood firm on his beliefs. He has been a leading figure \u200bin the anti-Israel protests on \u200ccampus. Khymani James, a \u200cprominent figure at Columbia University&#8217;s Gaza\u200b Solidarity Encampment, sparked controversy by \u2062declaring in a university \u2063inquiry that &#8220;Zionists don&#8217;t\u200c deserve to live.&#8221; \u200dDespite scrutiny, James remained steadfast in his stance. His significant role in anti-Israel demonstrations on campus is notable.  <\/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<p>One of the most vocal student activists leading the anti-Israel Gaza Solidarity Encampment at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/columbia-university\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Columbia University<\/a>, Khymani James, openly stated in an live-stream of an official university inquiry in January that \u201cZionists don\u2019t deserve to live.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>James, who states in the hearing that he goes by \u201che\/she\/they\u201d pronouns, live-streamed his meeting with Columbia\u2019s Center for Student Success and Intervention, where he doubled down on an Instagram post that sparked the report. In the report, which he reads aloud at the start of the meeting, James warned Zionists who may want to \u201cmeet up and fight\u201d and that he \u201cfights to kill.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo you see why that\u2019s problematic in any way?\u201d a Columbia employee asked James during the hearing, to which he responded: \u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Meet Khymani James, a student leader of Columbia University\u2019s anti-Israel Gaza Solidarity Encampment who openly states that \u201cZionists don\u2019t deserve to live\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He made the comments during a meeting with the school that he live-streamed.<\/p>\n<p>We put together the highlights: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JFlxnRkNC2\">pic.twitter.com\/JFlxnRkNC2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDailyWire\/status\/1783638100700172365?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 25, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>James, a junior and spokesperson of the Columbia University Apartheid Divest group, has been the visible face of the protests that have garnered national attention. He appears to still be a student at the university, and has been one of the key organizers of the encampment. He was one of the students who held <a href=\"https:\/\/www.columbiaspectator.com\/news\/2024\/04\/24\/cuad-holds-press-conference-confirms-university-commitment-to-no-nypd-involvement-for-next-48-hours\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a press conference<\/a> on Wednesday, where he claimed that the school conceded it would not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oregon-governor-encourages-people-to-call-police-on-neighbors-violating-covid-orders\/\" title=\"Oregon Governor Encourages People To Call Police On Neighbors Violating COVID Orders\">call law enforcement<\/a> on the encampment.<\/p>\n<p>In the video James posted to social media of his January interaction with school officials, he defends his belief that all Zionists deserve to die.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel very comfortable, very comfortable, calling for those people to die,\u201d James says. \u201cAnd with that being said, Khymani is signed out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In another post on his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/isis-inspired-nyc-bomber-sentenced-to-life-in-prison\/\" title=\"ISIS-Inspired NYC Bomber Sentenced to Life In Prison\">public social media profile<\/a>, James stated that he \u201ccarry that tool\u201d and that he is \u201cmoving like I\u2019m in an open carry state.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_729029\" style=\"width: 865px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-729029\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Khymani James attended a meeting with Columbia University over a post he made to social media saying he \u201cfights to kill.\u201d (Instagram)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>When asked about the seriousness of taking someone\u2019s life, James said that sometimes it is necessary to murder people.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that taking someone\u2019s life in certain case scenarios is necessary and better for the overall world. I personally have never killed anyone,\u201d he said. \u201cThank the Lord that no one has put me in that position.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He compared the need to kill Zionists to killing Hitler or Haitian revolutionaries who had to \u201ckill their masters in order to gain their independence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese were masters who were white supremacists. What is a Zionist? A white supremacist. So let\u2019s be very clear here, I\u2019m not saying that I\u2019m going to go out and start killing Zionists. What I am saying is that if an individual who identifies as a Zionist threatens my physical safety in person, i.e., puts their hands on me, I am going to defend myself and in that case scenario, it may come to a point where I don\u2019t know when to stop.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI understand what you are saying,\u201d the Columbia employee responds. \u201cWhat resources do you think you have to make sure that you feel protected as a student here?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy hands and my brains are my resources,\u201d James responded, before going on to call the meeting \u201cinstitutional violence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>James went on to say that \u201cthere should not be Zionists anywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople who hold those types of ideologies, the world is better without them. That is what my comment is indicative of, and I will stand with that,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>During a break in the meeting, James looked at his camera and called the meeting \u201ca joke.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey definitely were hoping that I was going to walk back the \u2018I fight to kill,\u2019\u201d he said, cackling. James said he does \u201cfight to kill\u201d and that is why no one has fought him since middle school.<\/p>\n<p>When the employees returned from the break, they told him he would hear from their office again. It\u2019s unclear what the result of the proceeding was. Neither James nor Columbia University responded to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_729043\" style=\"width: 874px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-729043\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pro-Palestinian student protesters, including Khymani James, host a press conference on the eighth day of the \u2018Gaza Solidarity Encampment\u2019 at Columbia University in New York, United States on April 24, 2024. (Photo by Fatih Aktas\/Anadolu via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>James continued to rant on his livestream after the meeting concluded and made some of his most unhinged statements.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cZionists don\u2019t deserve to live comfortably, let alone Zionists don\u2019t deserve to live,\u201d he said. \u201cThe same way we are very comfortable accepting Nazis don\u2019t deserve to live, fascists don\u2019t deserve to live, racists don\u2019t deserve to live, Zionists, they shouldn\u2019t live in this world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBe grateful that I\u2019m not just going out and murdering Zionists,\u201d James also said. \u201cI\u2019ve never hurt anyone in my life, and I hope to keep it that way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>James said he welcomed getting kicked out of Columbia because he wants to travel to South America and \u201clive my best life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also contemplated what would happen if the United States supported the murder of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis death would theoretically mean that many people would live,\u201d James states. \u201cAnd so murder can absolutely be justified.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On the day after Hamas\u2019 massacre of more than 1,000 Israelis, James began his anti-Israel activism on X, declaring \u201cFree Palestine\u201d while terrorists were still in civilian communities in southern Israel.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"et\" dir=\"ltr\">FREE PALESTINE \ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf8<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Khymani James (@KhymaniJames) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KhymaniJames\/status\/1711175044271845428?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 9, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>On November 10, 2023, James posted his opposition to any two-state solution.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no \u2018two-state solution,&#8217;\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KhymaniJames\/status\/1723195193204117698\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">he said<\/a>. \u201cPalestinians need all their land back, full stop.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>James accused Israel of not caring about Jews in a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KhymaniJames\/status\/1730550831722721299\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">December 2023 post<\/a> with a screenshot of a New York Times article claiming the government dismissed intelligence about the Hamas attack before it happened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI knew this was gonna come out sooner or later \u2014 I quite literally called it a month ago,\u201d James said. \u201cThis should tell you that Israel doesn\u2019t really care about its citizens or Jewish people. They just want any reason at all to speed up its genocide of Palestinians. Sickening.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s giving, \u2018We\u2019re gonna let Hamas attack and kill\/capture our citizens so that we can finally start killing Palestinians in large numbers again, and the international community will have no choice but to support us,\u2019\u201d he wrote in a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KhymaniJames\/status\/1730552413390623161\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">follow-up post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_729019\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-729019\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Khymani James became active in anti-Israel activism on X last year, following Hamas\u2019s terrorist attack on civilians in Israel.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>James has also posted frequently about being present in the Gaza encampment, including writing \u201cf*** that dumb a** graduation\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KhymaniJames\/status\/1780996386911146159\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in a post<\/a> about Columbia trying to clear the area to set up for the upcoming graduation ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[T]hat graduation next month is NOT happening as planned,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KhymaniJames\/status\/1781097394743988519\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">he said in another post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_729021\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-729021\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Khymani James posted \u201cf*** that dumb a*** graduation\u201d in response to Columbia University wanting the anti-Israel encampment to disband before graduation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>On Monday, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KhymaniJames\/status\/1782444976254701736\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">James said<\/a> that Zionists \u201ctricked the world this much into believing zionism=Judaism and anti-zionism=antisemitism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>James also went viral earlier this week for leading a human chain of protesters to push pro-Israel students out of the encampment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne step forward,\u201d James was seen shouting before the crowd repeated after him in unison and stepped forward.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Why are my friends and I being run off our own campus? We are not moving. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2T5JLSI0OH\">pic.twitter.com\/2T5JLSI0OH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jessica Schwalb (@jessicaschwalb7) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jessicaschwalb7\/status\/1782248103216594996?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 22, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In 2021, the Boston Globe wrote <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/2021\/08\/11\/metro\/speak-your-truth-how-one-student-leaders-confrontational-approach-reflects-generational-shift-fighting-injustice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a glowing article<\/a> about James and his \u201cconfrontational approach.\u201d It said that James was a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-education-sec-on-womens-school-sports-we-have-a-legal-responsibility-to-include-transgender-athletes\/\" title=\"Biden Education Sec On Women\u2019s School Sports: We Have a \u2018Legal Responsibility\u2019 to Include Transgender Athletes\">high school student<\/a> at the prestigious Boston Latin Academy, and a student member of the Boston Public Schools committee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/2021\/03\/06\/metro\/boston-student-school-committee-member-resigns-saying-district-tried-silence-his-voice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">before resigning<\/a> because the adult members were \u201cracist and adultist.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Just a few months later, he called into a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nuBJ45chVYI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">school committee meeting<\/a> and stated, \u201cI, too, hate white people,\u201d while defending two members accused of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/students-want-professor-to-resign-after-expressing-concern-over-anti-white-sentiment-on-campus\/\" title=\"Students Want Professor To Resign After Expressing Concern Over Anti-White Sentiment On Campus\">anti-white racism<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At Columbia University, Khymani James, a prominent student activist at the Gaza Solidarity Encampment, made a controversial statement during a live-streamed university inquiry in January. James boldly expressed, &#8220;Zionists don\u2019t deserve to live.&#8221; Preferring &#8220;he\/she\/they&#8221; pronouns, James documented the encounter with Columbia\u2019s Center for inquiry<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3030,"featured_media":2230506,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/04\/Cover-images-19.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2230505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/04\/Cover-images-19.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2230505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3030"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2230505"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2230505\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2230506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2230505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2230505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2230505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}