Mahmoud Khalil Suing Columbia for Allegedly Failing to Protect Anti-Israel Students
“We are suing because no student, regardless of their background, should go through the hell that Columbia put us through over all these years”
How is this guy even still in the United States?
Reuters reports:
Mahmoud Khalil sues Columbia for alleged failure to protect pro-Palestinian students
Mahmoud Khalil and other pro-Palestinian student activists sued Columbia University on Monday, accusing the Ivy League school of being deliberately indifferent to years of pervasive harassment because of their advocacy.
Khalil became a face of the Trump administration crackdown on students’ pro-Palestinian protests after U.S. immigration agents arrested him in March 2025 in the lobby of his university residence, though he was a lawful permanent resident — or green card holder — and not accused of a crime.
The complaint filed in Manhattan federal court by Khalil, the SIPA Palestine Working Group and its president, Mohammad Zubairi, said Columbia violated federal civil rights law through its failure to protect students from threats, doxxing and other harassment based on their perceived Arab or Muslim ancestry, or their advocacy for Palestinian rights.
The war in Gaza still sparks fierce debate at schools including Columbia, where the central pedestrian walkway across campus has been closed for nearly three years as the university tries to balance safety concerns against the desire for greater normalcy and openness.
At a press conference at Columbia announcing the lawsuit, Khalil said the university exhibited a “rotten, institutionalized anti-Palestinian bigotry” entrenched in every department and backed by its board of trustees.
“We are suing because no student, regardless of their background, should go through the hell that Columbia put us through over all these years,” Khalil said.
Columbia declined to comment on the lawsuit, but a spokeswoman said: “Creating a campus environment where every member of our community feels welcome, supported, and safe is fundamental to who we are as a university. It is also a responsibility we take seriously.”
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We are suing because no student, regardless of their background, should go through the hell that Columbia put us through over all these years”
Paraphrase: It is our inalienable right to attack and harass Joos.
Wow, this guy knows no shame or capacity to not endlessly play the victim. He literally paralyzed the whole university, caused mass destruction to campus, traumatized several Columbia employees, made students lose class time and their rights to campus, and an education, disrupted graduations, exams etc etc. And he thinks he’s the victim? And in a nutshell you have the whole palestinian mindset, kill/mame/rape destroy and then blame everyone else when their are consequences for your destruction.
But, but…! He has rights!
Rights.
No brain or common sense, and massive ego. Moslem poster child. Satan’s kid.
King of DARVO.
ESAD, Mahmoud!
I’m so weary of the canned language about providing a safe and welcoming environment that is parroted in every statement relating to someone’s aberrant behavior that is issued by an educational institution and most corporations and governmental agencies. It would be refreshing to hear that “we have standards that have been violated.”