Palestinian professor cancels Columbia course, citing Trump-era policy shift

Prof. Rashid Khalidi slams “crushing repression” at Columbia, cancels course over Trump settlement

Rashid Khalidi, the renowned Edward Said professor emeritus of modern Arab studies at Columbia University, says he is withdrawing from teaching his fall course after the school has agreed to pay a $200 million settlement in a major new deal with President Trump, who accused the university of failing to protect Jewish students during campus protests against Israel’s assault on Gaza.

Palestinian professor cancels Columbia course, citing Trump-era policy shift

Professor Rashid Khalidi said one of the university's reforms was adopting the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of antisemitism, arguing it conflates criticism of Israeli policy or Zionism with antisemitism. He also accused the university of showing 'contempt' to faculty and students, who he says are 'enormously heroic'