{"id":231192,"date":"2026-08-01T01:43:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T01:43:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/231192\/"},"modified":"2026-08-01T01:43:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T01:43:19","slug":"columbia-university-to-open-tel-aviv-center-students-drop-divestment-demand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/231192\/","title":{"rendered":"Columbia University to open Tel Aviv center, students drop divestment demand"},"content":{"rendered":"

Columbia University<\/a> will open its global center in Tel Aviv this summer, adjunct professor Nadav Eyal announced Monday on the \u201cCall Me Back\u201d podcast with Dan Senor.<\/p>\n

The center was first announced by the school in April 2023 and quickly drew dueling letters from faculty supporting and opposing the move.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter what we saw on university campuses across the US, including, of course, at Columbia University, got a lot of traction in media and our criticism, it\u2019s really nice to know that this is opening,\u201d Eyal said, referring to campus pro-Palestinian protests that some said crossed into antisemitism<\/a> and intimidation.<\/p>\n

The Columbia student workers’ union dropped its demand at the bargaining table Tuesday for the university to divest from Israel.<\/p>\n

The concession by the Student Workers of Columbia-United Auto Workers marked a sharp reversal for the group, which played a key role in the pro-Palestinian protest movement that roiled the campus during the war in Gaza<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"PeoplePeople attend a vigil and protest for Palestine outside of Columbia University on October 7, 2025 in New York City. (credit: Adam Gray\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

\u201cYou start off a campaign with one thing, and then as you bargain, you have to face the realities of where you are,\u201d union president Grant Miner told the Columbia Spectator.<\/p>\n

End Jew Hatred, an antisemitism advocacy group founded by pro-Israel conservative activists in 2020, has launched a petition calling on New York Gov. Kathy Hochul to remove Mayor Zohran Mamdani<\/a> from office.<\/p>\n

Mamdani petition follows Upper West Side stabbing attack<\/p>\n

The petition comes one week after several New York Jewish leaders condemned the mayor\u2019s rhetoric following a stabbing attack that left two men wounded on the Upper West Side, including a Jewish man.<\/p>\n

\u201cMayor Mamdani has been made acutely aware of the public safety concerns of the Jewish community, including those about his own rhetoric,\u201d the petition reads. \u201cHe has failed to act, failed to lower the temperature, and failed to adequately govern New Yorkers. Accordingly, we ask the Governor to commence removal proceedings for his malfeasance in office.\u201d<\/p>\n

In May, the group also organized a protest outside Gracie Mansion calling on Hochul to remove Mamdani from office.<\/p>\n

Raul Morales, the man accused of stabbing a Jewish man and an Asian man on the Upper West Side last Thursday, was indicted by a grand jury Thursday.<\/p>\n

Morales, 51, pleaded not guilty to all charges handed to him last Friday, including two counts of attempted murder as a hate crime.<\/p>\n

The indictment will be unsealed on Sept. 22 during Morales\u2019 next court appearance.<\/p>\n

Police investigate racist graffiti in New York suburb<\/p>\n

The police in Irvington, a suburb of New York City, are investigating what was described as \u201canti-Black, antisemitic and racist graffiti\u201d discovered at Halsey Pond.<\/p>\n

The discovery of the graffiti comes months after antisemitic graffiti was also discovered in the Irvington Train Station, prompting a communal rally.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is no place in our community for antisemitism, racism, hate, or any act that seeks to divide us,\u201d the mayor, board of trustees, and police chief said in a statement. \u201cWe are a community built on respect, inclusion, and mutual understanding, and we will not allow acts of hate to define who we are.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Columbia University will open its global center in Tel Aviv this summer, adjunct professor Nadav Eyal announced Monday…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":231193,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[33],"tags":[2492,15034,15723,5143,496,37,33588],"class_list":["post-231192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-antisemitism","tag-antizionism","tag-columbia-university","tag-diaspora","tag-gaza","tag-israel","tag-pro-palestinian-groups"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/117017720084520311","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=231192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231192\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/231193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}