AYFKM: Columbia president told Congress this prof was 'terminated.' Now it appears he's 'holding class' INSIDE Columbia's gates among pro-Hamas camp
Meanwhile, Shai Davidai, a pro-Israel Columbia professor, reported Monday that his key card wouldn't work to access campus.
Columbia University canceled in-person classes Monday in light of the days-long pro-Hamas occupation that has overtaken the school. But photographs posted to social media by a group supporting the occupation show “professors holding class on the lawn.”
Images show an individual identified by Columbia University Apartheid Divest as a “professor” speaking to students among tents that make up the anti-Israel encampment.
Several individuals on Twitter pointed out that the “professor” at the encampment resembles Mohamed Abdou, who Columbia University President Minouche Shafik said was “terminated” during a Congressional hearing under oath on Wednesday.
”He has been terminated and not just terminated, but his files will show that he will never work at Columbia again,” said Shafik during the hearing, referring to Abdou.
[RELATED: COLUMBIA IN CRISIS: Anti-Israel encampment overtakes campus lawn, in-person classes canceled, admin agrees to meet with protesters]
As Campus Reform previously reported, Abdou praised Hamas and the tactics it used during an interview in November 2023.
“The warriors, the resistance fighters that were in Hamas, numbered less than 1,500 and look how they flipped the table—not only on an entire settler colonial state with no definable borders, but rather on the whole world,” Abdou said, referring to the Oct. 7 attack in Israel.
“You don’t need mass movements to change the world,” he continued. “You need a dedicated thousand, 1,500, a few thousand, that really are organized and know what it is that they’re doing, what they’re fighting for.”
via Columbia University Apartheid Divest Instagram
It appears some professors at Columbia University are holding classes at the anti-Israel tent encampment despite classes being shifted online today.
Just a reminder that the Columbia protesters pushed out a group of Jewish students who attempted to enter the quad last night.… pic.twitter.com/Ldbhajg3je— Adam Sabes (@asabes10) April 22, 2024
via Columbia University Apartheid Divest Instagram
Abdou has also been seen on campus at the protest several times over the past week.
Looks like Professor Mohamed Abdou hasn’t lost his campus privileges after all. Here he is with the pro-terror mob on Columbia’s campus today.
Days ago, Columbia president Dr. Shafik said that Abdou “will never work at Columbia again.”
After the Oct. 7 attack, Abdou announced:… pic.twitter.com/5Avz9up0lQ— Aviva Klompas (@AvivaKlompas) April 19, 2024
While Professor @ShaiDavidai has been barred from @Columbia’s campus, pro-terrorism Professor Abdou is free to roam around. Here he is at the illegal pro-Hamas camp on Monday morning.
Recall that this is the professor who President Shafik said no longer works at Columbia last… pic.twitter.com/sHz73rTE5N— Documenting Jew Hatred on Campus (@CampusJewHate) April 22, 2024
Abdou was seen on Monday teaching class in the same jacket he wore earlier in the week, pictures posted by Columbia University Apartheid Divest Instagram show.
While individuals like Abdou are allowed onto campus, Columbia University faculty have reported being unable to access campus or school buildings.
Shai Davidai, a pro-Israel Columbia professor, reported Monday that his key card wouldn’t work. The National Review obtained an email from Columbia COO Cas Holloway telling Davidai that he isn’t permitted to enter the West Lawn.
NEW: @NRO has obtained an email from @Columbia COO Cas Holloway to @ShaiDavidai telling the professor he is “not permitted to enter the West Lawn,” citing “the obvious risk to the safety of students and other members of our community.” https://t.co/fqtwwv9QEh pic.twitter.com/ljtYvNdEJs
— Zach Kessel (@zach_kessel) April 22, 2024
Campus Reform has reached out to Columbia for comment.
