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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.

Three Columbia University staff members had been suspended after a text chat had been leaked in which they mocked a panel on Jewish campus life and safety concerns.

The exchanges show the university officials downplaying students’ concerns about antisemitism and bashing the head of the school’s Hillel.

Charges were dropped against 30 students, and 13 more were offered an adjournment in contemplation of dismissal.

During the May 31 panel, titled “Jewish Life on Campus: Past, Present, and Future,” four administrators texted each other while the panelists discussed campus antisemitism.

Jewish Voice for Peace Columbia,  Students for Justice in Palestine Columbia, and CUAD, a coalition of around 100 students groups, published on Instagram a statement of support for Casey Goonan.

The suspect, Maxwell Friedman, who also goes by Malaika, was charged with four counts of assault and other offenses for allegedly striking the Israeli student with a stick on October 11.