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  • Columbia President Condemns Terrorism 'Full Stop' After Video Surfaces of Her Calling it 'Form of Protesting'

    04/23/2024 1:45:08 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 20 replies
    MSN ^ | April 22 | Bradford Betz
    As Columbia University President Dr. Nemat "Minouche" Shafik faces scrutiny from ongoing campus protests over Israel’s war with Hamas, a more than 20-year-old video is getting renewed attention for remarks on the causes of terrorism. The video, filmed just two months after 9/11, shows Shafik – who was then vice president at the World Bank – discussing the economic roots of terrorism with UC Berkeley’s Harry Kreisler on the program, "Conversations with History." Shafik argued that although terrorism has sprung up in "fairly rich and open societies," its most fertile ground is in countries beset by "economic stagnation and political...