For a long time, I’ve been quietly working on something deeply personal.

I wasn’t quite ready to share it publicly.

But here we are.

(a thread) Much of my public life revolves around antisemitism, Israel, universities, and the Jewish experience.

But underneath all of that, I kept coming back to a deeper question:

What exactly are we trying to preserve?

We need to talk about the hunger in Gaza.

(a thread) I know this thread will make some people angry, and I accept that.

All I ask is that you delay judgment, read until the end, and comment civilly.

We must find ways to have difficult conversations in a respectful manner.

I am an Ashkenazi Jew.

Yet, when I moved to the U.S in 2010, I was told that I was White and accepted it as fact.

In 2023, I realized that the same people who told me that I was White were doing so to erase my Jewish identity. So no, I’m not White. I’m Jewish. Always have been, always will be.

This might shock my haters, but having worked closely with incarcerated men, I too worry about the dangers of a state apparatus acting in haste and potentially targeting people unchecked.

(a thread) Ideology has no place in the U.S. legal and judicial systems.

Legal and judicial decisions must be based solely on people’s legal rights and the truth, with no influence from political bias.

The most important thing that you need to have in a negotiation in leverage.

(A thread) Currently, Hamas has two sources of leverage in the negotiations for a ceasefire or an armistice:

The hostages and the moral support on U.S. campuses.

Sylvie Tuder, a Hamas supporter at @UNC, is openly calling for the removal of Jewish institutions (Hillel) from campus.

Her wealthy parents are Jeff and Regan Tuder, from Princeton, NJ.

They pay for her to go to school and spew hate against Jews.

(video by @SloanRachmuth) Her parents can't be blamed for their daughter's antisemitism.

Yet, they also can't be let off the hook.

📢📢Body cam footage from yesterday's Hamas-supporting riot at @Columbia.📢📢

(a thread with pretty damning videos) After an Imam told the Hamas supporters at @Columbia to go after me, and after the administration refused to do anything about that, I decided to by a body camera.

I wanted to protect myself from their lies and hatred.

.@Columbia University capitulated today to Hamas supporters.

(a long thread with videos)

(tldr; it's a shit show) An amazing group of Jewish students at @Columbia organized two incredible memorials on campus:

a) A beautiful immersive art installation commemorating October 7

b) A memorial service with speakers and songs.

This is how we mourn.

We create.

I'm so proud of these students.

https://x.com/gil_zussman/status/1843310870493048972/photo/1

When Universities Fail to Enforce Their Own Rules: A Case Study in Institutional Indifference to Antisemitism

(A long but hopefully eye-opening thread about the behind-the-scenes hypocrisy at @Columbia University) A couple of months ago, @Columbia's previous president resigned and made way to a new, interim president, Ms. Katrina Armstrong.

Pro-terror student organizations at @Columbia University held a protest in support of Hezbollah, a U.S. designated terrorist organization that has murdered more than 400 *American* citizens.

What does anti-American hatred on U.S. soil look like?

(A thread) Hatred at @columbia looks like this, with calls for globalizing terrorism and suicide bombings

The Infiltration of Terror Supporting and anti-American Ideology into North American Universities: A case study

Sorry for the long thread, but trust me - it's worth it.
Seriously. On September 26, 2001, (just fifteen days after 9/11), @SamiAlArian (a professor at @USouthFlorida) was a guest on the @BillOReilly show.

Prof. Al-Arian was asked about a statements he had made, saying that "Jihad is our path. Victory to Islam. Death to Israel. Revolution. Revolution until victory. Rolling to Jerusalem."

Hey @Columbia,

Are you OK with a pro-terror student organization inviting a Hamas-supporting imam that's telling students to "take out" one of your Jewish professors?

A thread with damning videos. Students for 'Justice' in Palestine at @Columbia invited an imam who instructed them to target me and "create a situation" that gets me in trouble

Will the coming academic year at @Columbia be different than the previous one?

Yes.

It will be worse.

Just these past three days expose all you need to know about the moral rot at @Columbia University.

A long but informative (and alarming) thread. Five days ago, it was revealed that @Columbia's refusal to disperse the pro-terror illegal encampments from campus cost American taxpayers $200,000 in overtime for NYPD officers.

When asked to foot the bill, @Columbia refused to do so.

https://x.com/RepDesposito/status/1823785512446124431

I know the big news is the resignation (not firing) of @Columbia's president, but it's important to remember that antisemitism at the university runs deep and is perpetuated by indoctrinating professors.

A thread, in which I name names: A few caveats:

1. Most of these names and incidents are taken from a lawsuit @Columbia is facing in the Southern District of New York alleging systemic antisemitism.

2. These professors are just the tip of the iceberg. There are many more, all of whom deserve to be exposed.

Yesterday, I testified in front of the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee about antisemitism and support for terrorism at @Columbia and many other American universities.

The members of Congress asked some really thoughtful questions.

Here were my responses:

(a thread) My answer to the question:

What are the main factors that led students to feel emboldened to essentially take over @Columbia's campus?

Today, a mob of terrorist supporters came to protest the Hillel at @BaruchCollege.

Hillel is the foundation for Jewish campus life.

The clear antisemitism wasn't the worst of it.

It was the open support for terrorism that did me in.

(a thread) Let's start with the worst of it.

Here's a guy pointing to his PFLP headband and shouting "Long live the PFLP".

The PFLP is a terrorist organization that has killed and injured hundreds of Israeli and American civilians.

This is happening, out in the open, in New York City.

Last night, I spent time with the Jewish students @Columbia.

They were willing to be recorded, as long as they are not identified.

Take a listen to all the recordings below.

This is not my story. This is their story.

Please amplify their voices and tell their stories. Recording #2

Journalists, I can't speak to all of you, but if I could, this is what I would say:

Within Our Lifetime is the organization whose members beat to pulp a Jewish man in the streets of New York in 2021. Why? Because he was the first Jew they could find. (see below, in the thread)

Guess what Within Our Lifetime used to be called before they changed their name in 2018? Students for Justice in Palestine, NYC. (yes, it's the evidence is in the thread below)

The leader of Within Our Lifetime - Nardeen Kiswani - is a Jew hater who openly support Hamas and the annihilation of Israel. Last Saturday night, she got married. Do you know where? Inside the pro-Hamas illegal encampment at @Columbia. (see below, also in the thread)

Nardeen Kiswani does not have a Columbia ID, yet she is allowed to be on campus. Yet I, a Columbia *professor*, am barred entry because the university cannot guarantee my personal safety from the pro-Hamas mob.

Also, remember those videos of protestors burning the American flag, chanting "down with the U.S.A.", and saying that Bin Laden "did what had to be done"? Do you know who organizer those protests? Within Our Lifetime. (see below, also in the thread).

All the evidence is out there. It's clear as day. You just have to let the world know about this. These are not "peaceful protests" like Rashida Tlaib and the New York Times would have you believe. You have a responsibility for the truth, and it is laid right there for you. @CampusJewHate and I have been documenting this for six months. All you have to do is report it.

And by the way - stop calling these protests pro-Palestine. They are not pro-Palestine, they are pro-Hamas. They even say so themselves. And Hamas doesn't care about the Palestinian people. You know it and I know it.

But don't take it from me. Take it from people like @afalkhatib. Ahmed and I may not agree about everything, but I respect his courage, his humanity, his moral backbone for speak for the Palestinian people and against Hamas.

Palestinian people like Ahmed - who was born and raised in Gaza and lost many family members in this horrible, horrible war - speak for the Palestinian people. Not some radicalized White student from Wisconsin who has no skin in the game and who thinks that buying a keffiyeh on Amazon Prime makes them a liberator.

And if you take even one thing from people like Ahmed, let this be it: can be pro-Palestine AND anti-Hamas. By calling these protestors pro-Palestine, the media does a disservice to all the Palestinians who oppose Hamas and spreads a lie that supporting Palestine requires supporting violence and terrorism.

Start calling it as it is: pro-terror.

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And journalists, one more thing:

Please stop treating this like the "Shai Davidai Show." This is not my story. This is OUR story. This is the story of all the Jewish and Israeli students, staff, and faculty at @Columbia and all other U.S. and Canadian universities. Start interviewing them. Ask them how *they* are feeling. Ask them what they've been seeing and hearing on campus. This is the story about how antisemitism and an ideology that glorifies terrorism snaked their way into academia and the illiberal left.

It's all there on my feed. Just scroll back to October 12th and start from there. I know it might take long to go over everything, but please do. Look at how the pro-Hamas professors and a few radical extremists on campus brainwashed latently antisemitic protestors into a terrorist idolizing mob.

(seriously: they have posters of suicide bombers in this illegal encampment on campus. There is nothing peaceful about that)

So, just read all the threads, watch all the videos, and listen to all the speeches. It's all there.

This is the story of what it's like being Jewish at @Columbia.

All you have to do is tell it. About Within Our Lifetime:

They are domestic terrorist threat, and they operate right here, in New York City.

https://twitter.com/ShaiDavidai/status/1737512539536138368

This what's happening at @Columbia right now.

I know it's confusing, so let me spell it out for you:

(a) Terrorism is an ideology.
(b) They are openly supporting terror.
(c) They are terrorists.

Terrorists have taken over Columbia University.
The government needs to take over @Columbia.

This is important. Repost if you agree.

(videos below) This is the Chabbad Rabbi (!) and a group of Jewish students being scared off of @Columbia's campus.

I've seen and shared many disturbing videos over the past six months, but I've never seen anything like this.

These were the sights today in New York City. Not in Rafah. Not in Kabul. In New York City.

This is domestic terrorism.

(a thread) Protestors waving the yellow and green Hezbollah flag.

Hezbollah is an Iranian-backed foreign terrorist organization based in Lebanon.

And now in New York City.

A suspended pro-Hamas student organization at @Columbia makes up a lie about me.

A prominent pro-Hamas organizer at @ColumbiaSSW with thousands of follower retweets the lie.

This is modern day Hitler Youth.

But this Jew will not be scared away.

(see below for the truth) Here is a video of the event, taken by a brave Jewish student.

You can clearly see that:
1. I am facing away from the protest
2. I am calling out my colleague, Prof. Joseph "October 7 was awesome" Massad for participating in an unauthorized protest.