Columbia bans student protest leader who said ‘Zionists don’t deserve to live’

Columbia University banned Khymani James, a 20-year-old pro-Palestinian student protest organizer, from its campus on Friday after it was reported he previously made violent remarks toward Zionists.

“I want to make clear that calls of violence and statements targeted at individuals based on their religious, ethnic or national identity are unacceptable and violate university policy,” the university spokesperson said.

Earlier this week, it emerged that James, who is a student spokesman for the Columbia University Apartheid Divest coalition, made anti-Zionist remarks during a disciplinary hearing in January. 

In the video recording, James said that “Zionists don’t deserve to live” and people should “be grateful that I’m not just going out and murdering Zionists.”