Columbia campus protester apologises for 'kill Zionists' comments - BBC News

The student who said "Zionists don't deserve to live" has since been barred from the Columbia campus.

12 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingRelated TopicsIsrael-Gaza warImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Khymani James, shown in this photo from 2021, apologised for the commentsBy Mike Wendling & Max MatzaBBC NewsA leader of students protesting the war in Gaza at Columbia University has apologised after video emerged of him saying "Zionists don't deserve to live".

Khymani James, 20, said he was "unusually upset" and "misspoke in the heat of the moment".

On Friday, Columbia announced that he had been banned from campus.

Protests which began at Columbia in New York City have since spread to campuses across the US.

Mr James, who has acted as a spokesman for the protesters, posted the comments to Instagram in January. He also said: "Be grateful that I'm not just going out and murdering Zionists."

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