Outspoken pro-Israel Columbia professor denied entry into ‘liberated zone’ encampment

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An assistant business professor at Columbia University and Israel native, Shai Davidai, was dumbfounded Monday morning after he was barred from entry into the campus’s “liberated zone.” 

Davidai and other pro-Israel demonstrators were outside the campus gate, hoping to enter, video footage posted to X showed. The encampment was set up at the university in opposition to Israel and in support of Palestinians amid the conflict in Gaza.

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