Mahmoud Khalil downplays campus antisemitism, accuses students of 'participating in genocide'
Mahmoud Khalil accused Columbia University of creating a "manufactured public hysteria about antisemitism" and likened the school to a Nazi collaborationist government.
Muslim protesters pray outside the main campus of Columbia University during a demonstration to denounce the immigration arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, a pro-Palestinian activist who helped lead protests against Israel at the university, in New York City, US, March 14, 2025.(photo credit: REUTERS/David Dee Delgado)ByGRACE GILSON/JTA