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House Republicans grill Columbia president over employment of prof who called Oct 7 Hamas attack ‘awesome’
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House Republicans grilled Columbia University president Nemat Shafik on consequences for certain professors over antisemitic remarks they have made.
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In the aftermath of Oct. 7, Massad penned an article praising "the innovative Palestinian Resistance" and Hamas militants for attacking Israel and glorifying Hamas's slaughter of nearly 1200 Jews. He described the terror attack on southern Israel as "awesome," "astonishing," "astounding," and "incredible."
"Professor Massad has also been known to have called Israelis, quote, ‘cruel and bloodthirsty colonizers,’ end quote. And who join them? Israeli military as, quote, ‘baby killing Zionists, Jewish volunteers for Israeli Jewish supremacy,’ end quote," Walberg said. "In 2005, an investigation by Columbia corroborated allegations that Massad yelled at a Jewish student who questioned his views to, quote, ‘Get out of my classroom.’ Can you imagine free speech diversity on campus?"