The tweet from Shay Davidei, a professor at Columbia University’s business school, beginning with a desire to send a message to Mr. Cass Holloway at Columbia University highlighted the issue of being banned from entry despite seeing Holloway as a good person. The professor expressed confusion as to why he was not allowed entry while pro-Hamas protesters were allowed to demonstrate.
The background context includes recent protests by pro-Palestinian students and activists at elite universities in the US. At Columbia University, in-person classes were canceled due to campus protests, and dozens were arrested at Yale University for setting up a tent camp advocating for the liberation of Gaza.
In response to the protests, Mayor Eric Adams of New York condemned rising anti-Semitism around the Columbia University campus and directed the New York Police Department to arrest anyone found to be trespassing or violating the law.
The demonstrations at Columbia University came after over a hundred pro-Palestinian protesters were arrested, demanding the university to end its ties with Israel and the US to stop sending weapons and money to Israel. A congressional hearing was held to address the protection of Israeli and Jewish students at the university, where the university president, Minush Shafik, responded to concerns and vowed to address issues related to the pro-Palestinian movement and the university lecturers involved.
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