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ZOA to donors: Stop funding Columbia University

Arutz Sheva Staff

Arutz Sheva 7

Sat Sep 28 2019

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has condemned Columbia University for inviting anti-Semitic "Israelophobic" Malaysian Prime Minister Dr. Mahathir Mohamad to address the University’s World Leaders Forum this week.

ZOA noted that "other enemies of the Jewish people, like Iran’s former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, have been welcomed by Columbia, giving it the perverse distinction of being a pioneer in the Western hemisphere in seeking out and honoring vicious anti-Semitic leaders."

In his remarks on Wednesday at Columbia, Dr. Mahathir resorted to repeating numerous of his earlier statements and positions on Jews: he used insulting anti-Jewish language, calling Jews "hook-nosed," insisted that Jews "rule the world by proxy," questioned the number of Jews murdered in the Holocaust, and conflated his right to free speech with immunity from criticism when criticized for vicious Jew-hating statements....

ZOA to donors: Stop funding Columbia University
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