Cornell was roiled after an associate professor of history, Russell Rickford, spoke at a pro-Palestinian rally in Ithaca, N.Y. The Cornell Daily Sun, a student newspaper, and others published video of his remarks. In the speech, Rickford cited “many Gazans of goodwill, many Palestinians of conscience, who abhor violence — as do you, as do I.” But he also said many who support the Palestinian cause had strong feelings after learning of the Oct. 7 attack. “It was exhilarating,” he said. “It was energizing. And if they weren’t exhilarated by this challenge to the monopoly of violence, by this shifting of the balance of power, then they would not be human. I was exhilarated.”
Finding the right School in the Age of Campus Anti-Zionism
