Billionaire donors rethink Columbia University support amid pro-Palestinian protests
Billionaire donors like Robert Kraft and Leon Cooperman are weighing their support for Columbia University amid rising campus tensions over pro-Palestinian protests. Friction at Columbia has escalated in recent days, amid reports of antisemitic speech on and around the campus, where students have set up a tent encampment to protest Israel's bombardment of Gaza. Kraft, who has donated millions to the school, condemned the protests on Monday, hours after Columbia President Nemat "Minouche" Shafik announced that classes would be held virtually "to deescalate the rancor" of the protests. "I am not comfortable supporting the university until corrective action is taken," Kraft said in a statement. "It is my hope that Columbia and its leadership will stand up to this hate by ending these protests immediately and will work to earn back the respect and t