Mamdani’s Father Blasts Columbia University Over Antisemitism Policies, Says Anti-Israel Students ‘Terrorized’
by Dion J. Pierre
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s father — Mahmood Mamdani — denounced Columbia University’s efforts to combat antisemitism on Friday, exacerbating concerns that the incoming Mamdani administration will be an anti-Zionist coterie bent on fostering a hostile climate for Jews and supporters of Israel.
“Well, students are terrified; they are terrorized,” Mamdani — who was the Herbert Lehman Professor of Government at Columbia University before going on leave in September — said on the Substack of Peter Beinart, a prominent anti-Israel writer. Beinart earlier this year refused to classify Hamas as a terrorist organization, arguing that the designation carries racial undertones.
“In the smallest move they make, they are targeted,” Mamdani continued. “They are expelled. They are suspended. They are warned. Which means we have less and less of an idea of what they think and how they might respond to their situation.”
https://www.algemeiner.com/2025/12/17/mamdanis-father-blasts-columbia-university-antisemitism-policies-says-anti-israel-students-terrorized/
