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While anti-Israel activists have long said that they had been attacked with military-grade chemical weapons, Columbia University said that a pro-Israel student had used novelty fart spray.

The report, the second one released by the investigatory body made up of faculty, illustrated the breadth of anti-Jewish discrimination at the Ivy League campus.

Columbia SJP said on X on Monday that its account of 124 thousand followers was removed at the same time as its backup account, and when they attempted to make a new account it was soon deleted.

Activists in keffiyehs shouted and banged drums and pots outside the gate of the university in an attempt to cause noise that would disrupt the Columbia University convocation.

While some outspoken pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian activists cheered her departure, others said that Shafik deserved a chance to setter the school through calmer waters this year.

“I write with sadness to tell you that I am stepping down as president of Columbia University effective August 14, 2024,” Shafik wrote.

Columbia University is restricting campus access to prevent disruptions from expected anti-Israel protests as the new semester begins.

The incident comes two months after vandals defaced the home of the Jewish director of the Brooklyn Museum in a similar manner, painting a red triangle on her door.

The message exchanges took place during an event on campus titled "Jewish Life on Campus: Past, Present, and Future" and followed weeks of protests at Columbia.

American and European institutions of higher learning harbor academics promoting the idea of the West as a sinful civilization, irremediably guilty of the most horrific crimes.