{"id":2232796,"date":"2024-04-29T15:09:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-29T19:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-columbia-professor-says-student-protesters-have-not-called-for-violence-against-civilians\/"},"modified":"2024-04-29T15:11:25","modified_gmt":"2024-04-29T19:11:25","slug":"fact-check-columbia-professor-says-student-protesters-have-not-called-for-violence-against-civilians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-columbia-professor-says-student-protesters-have-not-called-for-violence-against-civilians\/","title":{"rendered":"Verification: Columbia professor asserts student protesters have not advocated for harm towards civilians"},"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\">26<\/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%2Ffact-check-columbia-professor-says-student-protesters-have-not-called-for-violence-against-civilians%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=2232796&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 \u200bhumanities\u2063 professor Bruce Robbins stated that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/french-schoolgirl-admits-lying-about-teacher-who-was-murdered-for-showing-class-muhammed-cartoons\/\" title=\"French Schoolgirl Admits Lying About Teacher Who Was Murdered For Showing Class Muhammed Cartoons\">student protesters<\/a> at the school have not called for the &#8220;destruction of civilian \u2064lives,&#8221; contrasting with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bill-barr-did-not-see-fraud-because-he-refused-to-look\/\" title=\"Bill Barr Did Not See Fraud Because He Refused To Look\">video featuring<\/a> a protest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-ends-negotiations-with-nancy-pelosi-on-coronavirus-relief\/\" title=\"Donald Trump Ends Negotiations with Nancy Pelosi on Coronavirus Relief\">leader<\/a> advocating violence \u200dagainst &#8220;Zionists.&#8221; The leader, Khymani James, \u2062was \u200dbanned from campus after making\u200b controversial remarks and \u2062inciting actions against individuals he labeled as &#8220;Zionists.&#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<h2>&#8216;They have not shouted out slogans \u2026 in support of Hamas or the wanton destruction of civilian lives,&#8217; says Bruce Robbins<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"main-video-embed\"> \t\t \t\t \t<\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Columbia University humanities professor Bruce Robbins said student protesters at the school have not called for the &#8220;destruction of civilian lives&#8221;\u2014just two days after a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/obamas-longest-serving-cabinet-member-confirmed-to-bidens-cabinet\/\" title=\"Obama\u2019s Longest-Serving Cabinet Member Confirmed To Biden\u2019s Cabinet\">video surfaced showing<\/a> a student protest leader calling for the death of &#8220;Zionists.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The people in the encampment, what we call the encampment\u2014that&#8217;s the protesters at Columbia\u2014they have not shouted out slogans, chanted slogans, in support of Hamas or the wanton destruction of civilian lives,&#8221; Robbins said during a Saturday CNN appearance.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have not heard anything even remotely like that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Just two days earlier, on Thursday, a resurfaced video showed Columbia student protest leader Khymani James saying Zionists &#8220;don&#8217;t deserve to live.&#8221; James also likened Zionists to white supremacists and Nazis, saying, &#8220;These are all the same people.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The existence of them and the projects they have built, i.e. Israel, it&#8217;s all antithetical to peace,&#8221; he said in a video he posted to Instagram. &#8220;And so, yes, I feel very comfortable, very comfortable, calling for those people to die.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Be grateful that I&#8217;m not just going out and murdering Zionists.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>James was a regular presence in the encampment before Columbia barred him from campus on Friday, addressing reporters during student press conferences. At one point, he mobilized students in the encampment to remove &#8220;Zionists&#8221; who he said entered the space.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Repeat after me! We have Zionists! Who have entered the camp!&#8221; James chanted. He went on to lead students to form a &#8220;human chain&#8221; and slowly push the &#8220;Zionists&#8221; out of the area.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is what happens when you walk onto <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Columbia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Columbia<\/a> Gaza Solidarity encampment\u2026happened just now <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/R3C82q5TjE\">pic.twitter.com\/R3C82q5TjE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jessica Schwalb (@jessicaschwalb7) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jessicaschwalb7\/status\/1782252789625663770?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 22, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Robbins did not respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>The declaration from James that he was &#8220;comfortable&#8221; calling for Zionists &#8220;to die&#8221; came &#8220;during and after a disciplinary hearing with Columbia administrators that he recorded and then posted on Instagram,&#8221; according to the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/04\/26\/nyregion\/columbia-student-protest-zionism.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Times<\/a><\/em>. Columbia only barred James from campus after the video went viral online.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to James, one keffiyeh-clad student protester was photographed holding a sign pointing at a group of Jewish students with the caption &#8220;Al-Qassam&#8217;s Next Targets,&#8221; a reference to the Hamas military wing that carried out the terror attacks in Israel on Oct. 7. Another live streamed a speech that called for &#8220;escalation&#8221; and glorified the attacks.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Next time you wonder what &#8216;globalize the intifada&#8221; means, let this domestic terrorist in the middle of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Columbia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Columbia<\/a> campus remind you that it means kill Jews everywhere. The &#8216;Al-Qassam Brigade&#8221; is Hamas\u2019s military wing. Get these people off our campus and off our streets\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XCYTslpr5D\">pic.twitter.com\/XCYTslpr5D<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elisha (Lishi) Baker (@LishiBaker) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LishiBaker\/status\/1781877756034208205?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 21, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8 Watch how Columbia protestors idealise Oct. 7th.<\/p>\n<p>  &#8216;I am here to talk about escalation.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>What has happened to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Columbia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Columbia<\/a>? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WyRBbA2fim\">pic.twitter.com\/WyRBbA2fim<\/a>\t<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Eyal Yakoby (@EYakoby) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EYakoby\/status\/1782062777302925433?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 21, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bruce Robbins, a humanities professor at Columbia University, stated that student protesters there have not expressed support for Hamas or the destruction of civilian lives. 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