{"id":9454,"date":"2024-04-22T10:27:46","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T10:27:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/?p=9454"},"modified":"2024-04-22T10:27:46","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T10:27:46","slug":"debate-over-anti-israel-protests-columbia-university-faces-congressional-scrutiny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2024\/04\/22\/debate-over-anti-israel-protests-columbia-university-faces-congressional-scrutiny\/","title":{"rendered":"Debate Over Anti-Israel Protests: Columbia University Faces Congressional Scrutiny"},"content":{"rendered":"

Watan-A wide debate was sparked after a congressman warned of the “curse of the Lord” befalling Columbia University, following protests by its students in support of Gaza and against unlimited U.S. support for the Israeli war.<\/p>\n

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Republican congressman Rick Allen appeared in a video speaking during a questioning session with Columbia University President Minouche Shafik just days before her decision to allow police to raid the university building to suppress student protests and arrest over 100 of them.<\/p>\n

The Republican congressman directed his question to the university president, who is of Egyptian descent: “Do you want God to curse Columbia University?” Shafik replied, “Certainly not.”<\/p>\n

Earlier, Shafik appeared before Congress in protest against the student protests on campus against the war on Gaza, which some lawmakers see as increasing anti-Semitism.<\/p>\n

Minouche Shafik, president of Columbia University, appeared besieged and uncertain as members of Congress attacked her one after another for her institution’s alleged failure to prevent what some have termed a “hotbed of anti-Semitism and hatred.”<\/p>\n

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The level of the debate in the US today. Calling it Wahhabism would be an insult to Wahhabismpic.twitter.com\/9qRTYdxPIn<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Bruno Ma\u00e7\u00e3es (@MacaesBruno) April 21, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n