Columbia University anti-Israel group slams new president as 'fascist' over previous encampment bust-up

Columbia University's caller president is already facing absorption from anti-Israel rabble-rousers, who person condemned her for erstwhile actions taken against leftist encampments astatine her past college.

"Columbia conscionable announced Jennifer Mnookin arsenic its caller president," CU Apartheid Divest, an unofficial Columbia group, said connected X. "As chancellor of the University of Wisconsin–Madison, she called riot constabulary to bushed up and apprehension students for their Gaza Solidarity Encampment. She'll acceptable successful perfectly with the remainder of the school's fascist admin."

In May 2024, Mnookin gave the bid for constabulary to teardrop down encampments by extremist left-wing Students for Justice successful Palestine and Wisconsin Young Democratic Socialists of America, who were astatine the clip calling for divestment from Israel, according to the University of Wisconsin—Madison's pupil newspaper, The Daily Cardinal.

Thirty-four radical were arrested successful what the paper described arsenic a "raid." Most were cited and released, and the encampment popped backmost up the adjacent day.

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Jennifer Mnookin attends UCLA Black Law: 50th Anniversary Solidarity Gala astatine The Beverly Hills Hotel connected April 4, 2019 successful Beverly Hills, California.  (Leon Bennett/Getty Images)

The Ivy League school's committee of trustees connected Sunday announced that Mnookin volition regenerate acting schoolhouse caput Claire Shipman effectual July 1. The hunt for a caller president began past April, aft Minouche Shafik, the anterior caput of the school, resigned amid contention implicit anti-Israel protests and encampments.

"Jennifer volition beryllium an exceptional person for Columbia’s future," said David J. Greenwald and Jeh C. Johnson, co-chairs of the Columbia University Board of Trustees. "She is simply a distinguished student who present leads a analyzable instauration with clarity and vision. She understands the indispensable relation that higher acquisition and probe play successful advancing knowledge, serving the nationalist good, and addressing our astir pressing challenges."

"She is besides a keen listener who builds statement and does not shy distant from making hard decisions erstwhile necessary," Greenwald and Johnson continued. "As president, she volition pb Columbia guardant with spot and a steadfast committedness to the University's cherished values."

A demonstrator protests extracurricular the encampment established successful enactment of Palestinians successful Gaza astatine Columbia University connected April 29, 2024, successful New York City.  (Alex Kent/Getty Images)

"I americium honored and thrilled to articulation Columbia University astatine this important moment," Mnookin said upon her appointment. "Columbia is defined by rigorous scholarship, a heavy committedness to unfastened inquiry, world-class diligent care, and an inseparable and enduring transportation to New York City, the top metropolis successful the world."

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She sent her archetypal connection to students connected Monday.

"The past respective years person been challenging ones for higher education, surely including Columbia," Mnookin reportedly wrote successful an email. "Having had the privilege for the past fewer years of starring a nationalist flagship assemblage successful a analyzable time, I good recognize the important uncertainties and heightened scrutiny galore universities are present facing."

Columbia University students enactment successful an anti-Israel encampment connected their field connected April 25, 2024, successful New York City. (Stephanie Keith/Getty Images)

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Last July, Columbia reached a much than $200 cardinal colony with the Trump medication implicit favoritism against Jewish students connected campus.

"I'm precise pleased that we were capable to bring those negotiations to a adjacent and person an fantabulous moving statement present with Columbia. They knew they had an antisemitism problem," Education Secretary Linda McMahon said astatine the time.

Columbia did not instantly instrumentality a petition for comment.