Arab-Israeli Journalist Assaulted at Columbia University, Forced to Cancel Speech
20th April 2024
An Arab-Israeli journalist was forced to cancel his Thursday speech at Columbia University after campus agitators pushed him, punched him in the face, and told him to kill himself.
Yoseph Haddad was on his way to meet a Columbia Public Safety officer and a member of campus group Students Supporting Israel (SSI) when he encountered a group of what he called “pro-terrorist protesters.” One of the agitators wore a keffiyeh over his head, a Palestinian flag around his neck, and waved a bloodied and tattered Israeli flag in Haddad’s direction, a video of the encounter shows. Another repeatedly told the journalist to “take a gun to your head,” “kill yourself,” and “shoot yourself.”