Among American Jews, a Schism Over ICE Arrest of Columbia Activist
The arrest of a former Columbia University graduate student who gained prominence amid that campus’s pro-Palestinian demonstrations has divided the American Jewish community, which finds itself trying to reconcile a longstanding focus on Jewish safety and support for Israel with a historical commitment to civil liberties.
Immigration authorities’ detention of the activist, Mahmoud Khalil, a legal permanent resident, has satisfied some American Jews who had wished for blunt action from Columbia in recent months as protest groups praised Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023 attack on Israel, in which the group killed about 1,200 people and abducted 250, and as masked protesters disrupted classes and occupied university buildings.
A few hours after news broke on Sunday of the arrest of Mr. Khalil, who has not been accused of having contact with Hamas, the Anti-Defamation League, a century-old organization c...
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