Columbia protest leader: ‘Be grateful that I’m not just going out and murdering Zionists’
A leader of the pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University had a video emerge on social media this week, threatening violence to “Zionists.”
“Zionists don’t deserve to live,” student Khymani James said in a video from January. He is also heard saying “Be grateful that I’m not just going out and murdering Zionists.”
The remarks happened around the time James had a meeting with school officials over a social media post about fighting a Zionist.
“I don’t fight to injure or for there to be a winner or a loser, I fight to kill,” he said.
In a post Friday on social platform X, James walked back on his comments and said they were “wrong.”
“Every member of our community deserves to feel safe without qualification,” James said.
He added that those comments occurred when he was “unusually upset after an online mob” targeted him for being “visibly queer and Black.”
He blames “far-right agitators” for editing the clip without context and noted the Gaza Solidarity Encampment at Columbia “made clear that my words in January” were not acceptable.
“I agree with their assessment,” James said, adding the words “do not represent me.”
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A leader of the pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University had a video emerge on social media this week, threatening violence to "Zionists." https://t.co/qnnnxZgQ8n
— The Hill (@thehill) April 26, 2024
What people are failing to grasp about this kid's mad hate speech rant is that the reason it's been captured on video is because he delivered it to the Columbia University administrators themselves during a disciplinary hearing. And they let him walk away right afterwards! https://t.co/XbOGjSj3LK
— Jeff Blehar is *BOX OFFICE POISON* (@EsotericCD) April 26, 2024
Columbia University has known for at least 3 months about this student’s threats, but barred him from campus only this week, after his diatribe was reported in the press.https://t.co/VHNBUtfOtr pic.twitter.com/nfh2Oy5T9q
— Bill Grueskin (@BGrueskin) April 27, 2024
If Columbia U kicked out Khymani James, it wasn't because he talked about killing Jews.
The University already knew that because he told it to its staff.
Columbia let him stay for months after the threats.
Khymani was kicked out because everyone found out about it.
— Daniel Greenfield – "Hang Together or Separately" (@Sultanknish) April 27, 2024
Definitely not cosplaying idiocy. Very serious advocacy by thoughtful young people https://t.co/iJDO5TCVQc
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) April 27, 2024
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