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Mahmoud Khalil turns around and sues Columbia — says school failed to protect him

September 15, 2026 | | Print Article

Keffiyeh-clad lawfare found a mayoral chum alleging “deliberate indifference and discrimination” by Columbia University as many wondered about his deportation delay.

On top of the horrific tragedy that unfolded in Israel on October 7, 2023, when Hamas committed a terror attack, dragging the suffering of some on for months via kidnapping, many Israelis, Jews, and allies were victimized by terrorist sympathizers.

Now, graduate student and anti-Western civilization activist Mahmoud Khalil had no issue using America’s legal system to paint himself a victim, once again suing Columbia — this time for the supposed harassment of anti-Israel protesters.

“Columbia laid the groundwork for my targeting by the Trump administration through its deliberate indifference and discrimination aimed at intimidating Palestinian students for over two years,” said Khalil at a press conference Monday announcing the lawsuit. “We are suing because no student, regardless of their background, should go through the hell that Columbia put us through over all these years.”

Reporting on the contents of the legal filing, ABC News detailed the suit that read, “Defendants’ deliberate indifference towards this harassment enabled the coordinated persistent doxxing of multiple PWG (Palestine Working Group) members and directly led to Mr. Khalil’s March 8, 2025, illegal detainment and attempted deportation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.”

The suit also claimed Columbia became “increasingly complicit in tolerating and fomenting a campus atmosphere that was rife with harassment” and insisted “institutionalized racism surfaced” as a result of the October 7, 2023 Hamas terror attack on Israel, accusing the university of pushing “a false narrative about the nature of our protests.”

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It’s worth remembering that the Ivy League school was among a number of universities that decided to cancel commencement ceremonies in 2024 as protests and occupations had carried on, repeatedly resulting in students being blocked from classrooms and, on some occasions, even finding Jewish students barricaded in buildings, concerned for their safety from the mobs of terrorist sympathizers.

Though the school did not react directly to the lawsuit, it did issue a statement to the media insisting, “Creating a campus environment where every member of our community feels welcome, supported, and safe is fundamental to who we are as a university.”

“Columbia is committed to protecting our community from discrimination and harassment, and responding promptly and appropriately when concerns arise,” added the school.

Before the current suit, Khalil had taken Columbia University to court while seeking to prevent student records from being released to Congress for a committee hearing. As for the challenge to a final order of removal by the Board of Immigration Appeals submitted by the once-guest of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) at the official residence of Gracie Mansion, it remains ongoing.

Efforts to portray himself as the victim found little sympathy on social media for Khalil, as Columbia was likewise derided for letting the pro-Hamas protests escalate to the point that law enforcement intervention was required.

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