{"id":2406,"date":"2026-08-18T19:37:48","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T19:37:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=2406"},"modified":"2026-08-18T19:37:48","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T19:37:48","slug":"a-radical-columbia-student-threatened-the-lives-of-zionists-a-judge-just-tossed-his-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=2406","title":{"rendered":"A Radical Columbia Student Threatened The Lives Of Zionists. A Judge Just Tossed His Lawsuit."},"content":{"rendered":"

A former Columbia University student who went viral in 2024 after saying \u201cZionists don\u2019t deserve to live\u201d during a livestream of a disciplinary meeting has lost his lawsuit against the university.<\/span><\/p>

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Khymani James initially accused Columbia of discriminating against him because of his race and support for Palestinians, violating his rights under New York and New York City human rights laws, and failing to follow its own disciplinary procedures when it suspended him.<\/span><\/p>

James\u2019 suit then argued that Columbia violated his \u201cTedeschi rights,\u201d which stem from a 1980 New York case requiring private universities to comply with their own disciplinary procedures. He also argued that the university punished him twice for conduct related to his January livestream and allowed outside pressure to influence its disciplinary decisions.<\/span><\/p>

New York State Supreme Court Justice Kathleen Waterman-Marshall dismissed James\u2019 complaint on July 3, 2026, ruling that he could not pursue his \u201cTedeschi rights\u201d claim as a standalone lawsuit and that he had failed to adequately plead his discrimination claims.<\/span><\/p>

During the 2024 livestream of a meeting with Columbia\u2019s Center for Student Success and Intervention, which had summoned James to discuss earlier antisemitic comments, he said \u201cthere should not be Zionists anywhere\u201d and \u201cthe world is better without them,\u201d while comparing killing Zionists to killing Adolf Hitler.<\/span><\/p>

James was initially placed on disciplinary probation after Columbia determined in April 2024 that he violated university policies by livestreaming a January disciplinary meeting without permission and using language that \u201cdenigrates or shows hostility or aversion toward group members of a protected class.\u201d The probation period allowed him to continue his academic progress on the condition that further violations could lead to additional disciplinary action.<\/span><\/p>

Columbia then <\/span>suspended<\/span> him one day after The Daily Wire reported his comments on April 25 of that year. At the time, James was participating in the university\u2019s ongoing anti-Israel encampment, where he served as a media liaison and \u201cmember of the safety team.\u201d<\/span><\/p>

His request to re-enroll for the fall 2025 semester was denied because of what Columbia described as \u201cinsufficient\u201d reflection on the conduct that led to his suspension.<\/span><\/p>

In the <\/span>lawsuit<\/span>, James claims the university only suspended him to save face amid national backlash.<\/span><\/p>

\u201cThe timing and language of the sanction letter makes it clear that Columbia acted in response to external forces and national media attention,\u201d the suit stated. \u201cThe university is allowing external forces, applying pressure to it, to dictate outcomes in individual student disciplinary cases.\u201d<\/span><\/p>

When announcing the lawsuit, James accused Columbia of discrimination, as well as \u201ccowering\u201d to \u201cbillionaire donors\u201d and \u201cfascist politicians.\u201d In a follow-up tweet, he posted a picture of himself flipping off the camera on a jet ski.<\/span><\/p>

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Since leaving Columbia, James has continued making incendiary statements, including posts that appeared to praise the killing of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk in September.<\/span><\/p>

On the day Kirk was assassinated, James tweeted a heart-eye emoji alongside \u201cdown with all the fascists\u201d and \u201cMore. MORE!!!\u201d<\/span><\/p>

Khymani James \u2014 the former @Columbia encampment leader of \u201cYou\u2019re lucky I\u2019m not going around murdering Zionists\u201d infamy \u2014 took to X today to praise @charliekirk\u2019s murder and incite violence.<\/p>

James was never expelled. What is @Columbia waiting for? pic.twitter.com\/vYoWNe8Dvn<\/p>

\u2014 Shoshana Aufzien (@shoshanaaufzien) September 10, 2025<\/p><\/blockquote>

Rep. Virginia Foxx, the former chair of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, <\/span>responded<\/span> to his posts accusing the school of failing to suspend him despite the university telling her he would be.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

\u201cHe was not expelled. Nothing was done. [Columbia] you have failed again, again, and again,\u201d Foxx posted.<\/span><\/p>

Columbia <\/span>responded<\/span> by confirming that James has been barred from campus since April 2024 and that he is not a registered student.<\/span><\/p>

James responded by <\/span>filing a lawsuit<\/span> against Foxx accusing her of using her position of power to punish him for his \u201cFirst Amendment-protected criticism of Israel and the Palestinian people\u201d by obtaining his expulsion from Columbia.<\/span><\/p>

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When announcing the suit, James <\/span>tweeted<\/span> at Foxx, writing \u201cdon\u2019t die yet, I\u2019m suing you.\u201d<\/span><\/p>

Foxx <\/span>accused<\/span> the suit of lacking \u201ccredibility and factual basis.\u201d<\/span><\/p>

The suit remains ongoing.<\/span><\/p>

In April 2026, James claimed he was temporarily prevented from re-entering the U.S. from Canada after he refused to allow Customs and Border Protection officers to search his electronic devices. He accused officials of targeting him for his pro-Palestinian activism, calling the situation \u201ccrazy, lame, and ILLEGAL AS F*CK\u201d and adding, \u201cI\u2019m a CITIZEN, HOE!\u201d James later said he had returned to the U.S. without surrendering his devices and thanked his \u201cfriends and comrades\u201d for helping him get back safely.<\/span><\/p>

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The events that led to James\u2019 lawsuit against Columbia began after he posted on social media that Zionists who wanted to \u201cmeet up and fight\u201d should know that he \u201cfights to kill.\u201d According to James\u2019 lawsuit, he made the comments after receiving hateful messages over his support for Palestinians and said he intended to deter people from harming him.<\/span><\/p>

Columbia\u2019s Center for Student Success and Intervention then summoned James to a January 9 meeting to discuss complaints about his posts. According to the lawsuit, James livestreamed the meeting because he felt endangered and wanted to show what he viewed as Columbia\u2019s repression of pro-Palestinian students and people of color.<\/span><\/p>

During the meeting, James said he was \u201cvery comfortable\u201d calling for Zionists to die and compared killing Zionists to killing Nazis, fascists, and racists.<\/span><\/p>

\u201cZionists don\u2019t deserve to live comfortably, let alone Zionists don\u2019t deserve to live,\u201d James said. \u201cThe same way we are very comfortable accepting Nazis don\u2019t deserve to live, fascists don\u2019t deserve to live, racists don\u2019t deserve to live, Zionists, they shouldn\u2019t live in this world.\u201d<\/span><\/p>

Here is the full Khymani James live-stream that includes his disciplinary meeting with Columbia University over making threatening social media posts.<\/p>

I saved you all the first 30 minutes where he rants with a friend and started with the school meeting. pic.twitter.com\/DfN6mKdlbm<\/p>

\u2014 Kassy Akiva (@KassyAkiva) April 26, 2024<\/p><\/blockquote>

\u201cBe grateful that I\u2019m not just going out and murdering Zionists,\u201d James also said. \u201cI\u2019ve never hurt anyone in my life, and I hope to keep it that way.\u201d<\/span><\/p>

James was barred from Columbia\u2019s campuses and prevented from completing the semester, according to the lawsuit. The suit also claimed that no other student was suspended that day for participating in the encampment, though other students were suspended on different days.<\/span><\/p>

In a since-deleted April <\/span>post on X<\/span>, James claimed he \u201cmisspoke\u201d when he repeatedly called for Zionists to die in the January livestream.<\/span><\/p>

In May, James received another letter for participating in a \u201chuman chain\u201d at the encampment. A viral video showed James directing protesters to push pro-Israel students out of the encampment. The lawsuit states James was \u201creasonably engaged in peaceful self help\u201d in this incident.<\/span><\/p>

\u201cOne step forward,\u201d James was seen yelling as the crowd repeated after him in unison while stepping forward.<\/span><\/p>

Why are my friends and I being run off our own campus? We are not moving. pic.twitter.com\/2T5JLSI0OH<\/p>

\u2014 Jessica Schwalb (@jessicaschwalb7) April 22, 2024<\/p><\/blockquote>

James received a letter in August notifying him that he was suspended for the academic year for his participation in the human chain, the suit states. James has received death threats and suffered from anxiety, fear, and depression since his suspension, the suit claims.<\/span><\/p>

The lawsuit then launches into a tirade against the House of Representatives Committee on Education and the Workforce, comparing its hearings on college antisemitism to bringing \u201ca new form orf [sic] McCarthyism to the American scene.<\/span><\/p>

The Daily Wire attempted to reach James for comment only to learn he has blocked this reporter.<\/span><\/p>

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A former Columbia University student who went viral in 2024 after saying \u201cZionists don\u2019t deserve to live\u201d during a livestream of a disciplinary meeting has lost his lawsuit against the university.Khymani James initially accused Columbia of discriminating against him because of his race and support for Palestinians, violating his rights under New York and New York City human rights laws, and failing to follow its own disciplinary procedures when it suspended him.James\u2019 suit then argued that Columbia violated his \u201cTedeschi rights,\u201d which stem from a 1980 New York case requiring private universities to comply with their own disciplinary procedures. He also argued that the university punished him twice for conduct related to his January livestream and allowed outside pressure to influence its disciplinary decisions.New York State Supreme Court Justice Kathleen Waterman-Marshall dismissed James\u2019 complaint on July 3, 2026, ruling that he could not pursue his \u201cTedeschi rights\u201d claim as a standalone lawsuit and that he had failed to adequately plead his discrimination claims.During the 2024 livestream of a meeting with Columbia\u2019s Center for Student Success and Intervention, which had summoned James to discuss earlier antisemitic comments, he said \u201cthere should not be Zionists anywhere\u201d and \u201cthe world is better without them,\u201d while comparing killing Zionists to killing Adolf Hitler.James was initially placed on disciplinary probation after Columbia determined in April 2024 that he violated university policies by livestreaming a January disciplinary meeting without permission and using language that \u201cdenigrates or shows hostility or aversion toward group members of a protected class.\u201d The probation period allowed him to continue his academic progress on the condition that further violations could lead to additional disciplinary action.Columbia then suspended him one day after The Daily Wire reported his comments on April 25 of that year. At the time, James was participating in the university\u2019s ongoing anti-Israel encampment, where he served as a media liaison and \u201cmember of the safety team.\u201dHis request to re-enroll for the fall 2025 semester was denied because of what Columbia described as \u201cinsufficient\u201d reflection on the conduct that led to his suspension.In the lawsuit, James claims the university only suspended him to save face amid national backlash.\u201cThe timing and language of the sanction letter makes it clear that Columbia acted in response to external forces and national media attention,\u201d the suit stated. \u201cThe university is allowing external forces, applying pressure to it, to dictate outcomes in individual student disciplinary cases.\u201dWhen announcing the lawsuit, James accused Columbia of discrimination, as well as \u201ccowering\u201d to \u201cbillionaire donors\u201d and \u201cfascist politicians.\u201d In a follow-up tweet, he posted a picture of himself flipping off the camera on a jet ski. Khymani James\/XSince leaving Columbia, James has continued making incendiary statements, including posts that appeared to praise the killing of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk in September.On the day Kirk was assassinated, James tweeted a heart-eye emoji alongside \u201cdown with all the fascists\u201d and \u201cMore. MORE!!!\u201dKhymani James \u2014 the former @Columbia encampment leader of \u201cYou\u2019re lucky I\u2019m not going around murdering Zionists\u201d infamy \u2014 took to X today to praise @charliekirk\u2019s murder and incite violence.James was never expelled. What is @Columbia waiting for? pic.twitter.com\/vYoWNe8Dvn\u2014 Shoshana Aufzien (@shoshanaaufzien) September 10, 2025Rep. Virginia Foxx, the former chair of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, responded to his posts accusing the school of failing to suspend him despite the university telling her he would be.\u00a0\u201cHe was not expelled. Nothing was done. [Columbia] you have failed again, again, and again,\u201d Foxx posted.Columbia responded by confirming that James has been barred from campus since April 2024 and that he is not a registered student.James responded by filing a lawsuit against Foxx accusing her of using her position of power to punish him for his \u201cFirst Amendment-protected criticism of Israel and the Palestinian people\u201d by obtaining his expulsion from Columbia.When announcing the suit, James tweeted at Foxx, writing \u201cdon\u2019t die yet, I\u2019m suing you.\u201dFoxx accused the suit of lacking \u201ccredibility and factual basis.\u201dThe suit remains ongoing.In April 2026, James claimed he was temporarily prevented from re-entering the U.S. from Canada after he refused to allow Customs and Border Protection officers to search his electronic devices. He accused officials of targeting him for his pro-Palestinian activism, calling the situation \u201ccrazy, lame, and ILLEGAL AS F*CK\u201d and adding, \u201cI\u2019m a CITIZEN, HOE!\u201d James later said he had returned to the U.S. without surrendering his devices and thanked his \u201cfriends and comrades\u201d for helping him get back safely. Khymani James\/XThe events that led to James\u2019 lawsuit against Columbia began after he posted on social media that Zionists who wanted to \u201cmeet up and fight\u201d should know that he \u201cfights to kill.\u201d According to James\u2019 lawsuit, he made the comments after receiving hateful messages over his support for Palestinians and said he intended to deter people from harming him.Columbia\u2019s Center for Student Success and Intervention then summoned James to a January 9 meeting to discuss complaints about his posts. According to the lawsuit, James livestreamed the meeting because he felt endangered and wanted to show what he viewed as Columbia\u2019s repression of pro-Palestinian students and people of color.During the meeting, James said he was \u201cvery comfortable\u201d calling for Zionists to die and compared killing Zionists to killing Nazis, fascists, and racists.\u201cZionists don\u2019t deserve to live comfortably, let alone Zionists don\u2019t deserve to live,\u201d James said. \u201cThe same way we are very comfortable accepting Nazis don\u2019t deserve to live, fascists don\u2019t deserve to live, racists don\u2019t deserve to live, Zionists, they shouldn\u2019t live in this world.\u201dHere is the full Khymani James live-stream that includes his disciplinary meeting with Columbia University over making threatening social media posts.I saved you all the first 30 minutes where he rants with a friend and started with the school meeting. pic.twitter.com\/DfN6mKdlbm\u2014 Kassy Akiva (@KassyAkiva) April 26, 2024\u201cBe grateful that I\u2019m not just going out and murdering Zionists,\u201d James also said. \u201cI\u2019ve never hurt anyone in my life, and I hope to keep it that way.\u201dJames was barred from Columbia\u2019s campuses and prevented from completing the semester, according to the lawsuit. The suit also claimed that no other student was suspended that day for participating in the encampment, though other students were suspended on different days.In a since-deleted April post on X, James claimed he \u201cmisspoke\u201d when he repeatedly called for Zionists to die in the January livestream.In May, James received another letter for participating in a \u201chuman chain\u201d at the encampment. A viral video showed James directing protesters to push pro-Israel students out of the encampment. The lawsuit states James was \u201creasonably engaged in peaceful self help\u201d in this incident.\u201cOne step forward,\u201d James was seen yelling as the crowd repeated after him in unison while stepping forward.Why are my friends and I being run off our own campus? We are not moving. pic.twitter.com\/2T5JLSI0OH\u2014 Jessica Schwalb (@jessicaschwalb7) April 22, 2024James received a letter in August notifying him that he was suspended for the academic year for his participation in the human chain, the suit states. James has received death threats and suffered from anxiety, fear, and depression since his suspension, the suit claims.The lawsuit then launches into a tirade against the House of Representatives Committee on Education and the Workforce, comparing its hearings on college antisemitism to bringing \u201ca new form orf [sic] McCarthyism to the American scene.The Daily Wire attempted to reach James for comment only to learn he has blocked this reporter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2403,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2"],"yoast_head":"\nA Radical Columbia Student Threatened The Lives Of Zionists. A Judge Just Tossed His Lawsuit. - Blue Route Journal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=2406\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A Radical Columbia Student Threatened The Lives Of Zionists. A Judge Just Tossed His Lawsuit. - Blue Route Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A former Columbia University student who went viral in 2024 after saying \u201cZionists don\u2019t deserve to live\u201d during a livestream of a disciplinary meeting has lost his lawsuit against the university.Khymani James initially accused Columbia of discriminating against him because of his race and support for Palestinians, violating his rights under New York and New York City human rights laws, and failing to follow its own disciplinary procedures when it suspended him.James\u2019 suit then argued that Columbia violated his \u201cTedeschi rights,\u201d which stem from a 1980 New York case requiring private universities to comply with their own disciplinary procedures. He also argued that the university punished him twice for conduct related to his January livestream and allowed outside pressure to influence its disciplinary decisions.New York State Supreme Court Justice Kathleen Waterman-Marshall dismissed James\u2019 complaint on July 3, 2026, ruling that he could not pursue his \u201cTedeschi rights\u201d claim as a standalone lawsuit and that he had failed to adequately plead his discrimination claims.During the 2024 livestream of a meeting with Columbia\u2019s Center for Student Success and Intervention, which had summoned James to discuss earlier antisemitic comments, he said \u201cthere should not be Zionists anywhere\u201d and \u201cthe world is better without them,\u201d while comparing killing Zionists to killing Adolf Hitler.James was initially placed on disciplinary probation after Columbia determined in April 2024 that he violated university policies by livestreaming a January disciplinary meeting without permission and using language that \u201cdenigrates or shows hostility or aversion toward group members of a protected class.\u201d The probation period allowed him to continue his academic progress on the condition that further violations could lead to additional disciplinary action.Columbia then suspended him one day after The Daily Wire reported his comments on April 25 of that year. At the time, James was participating in the university\u2019s ongoing anti-Israel encampment, where he served as a media liaison and \u201cmember of the safety team.\u201dHis request to re-enroll for the fall 2025 semester was denied because of what Columbia described as \u201cinsufficient\u201d reflection on the conduct that led to his suspension.In the lawsuit, James claims the university only suspended him to save face amid national backlash.\u201cThe timing and language of the sanction letter makes it clear that Columbia acted in response to external forces and national media attention,\u201d the suit stated. \u201cThe university is allowing external forces, applying pressure to it, to dictate outcomes in individual student disciplinary cases.\u201dWhen announcing the lawsuit, James accused Columbia of discrimination, as well as \u201ccowering\u201d to \u201cbillionaire donors\u201d and \u201cfascist politicians.\u201d In a follow-up tweet, he posted a picture of himself flipping off the camera on a jet ski. Khymani James\/XSince leaving Columbia, James has continued making incendiary statements, including posts that appeared to praise the killing of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk in September.On the day Kirk was assassinated, James tweeted a heart-eye emoji alongside \u201cdown with all the fascists\u201d and \u201cMore. MORE!!!\u201dKhymani James \u2014 the former @Columbia encampment leader of \u201cYou\u2019re lucky I\u2019m not going around murdering Zionists\u201d infamy \u2014 took to X today to praise @charliekirk\u2019s murder and incite violence.James was never expelled. What is @Columbia waiting for? pic.twitter.com\/vYoWNe8Dvn\u2014 Shoshana Aufzien (@shoshanaaufzien) September 10, 2025Rep. Virginia Foxx, the former chair of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, responded to his posts accusing the school of failing to suspend him despite the university telling her he would be.\u00a0\u201cHe was not expelled. Nothing was done. [Columbia] you have failed again, again, and again,\u201d Foxx posted.Columbia responded by confirming that James has been barred from campus since April 2024 and that he is not a registered student.James responded by filing a lawsuit against Foxx accusing her of using her position of power to punish him for his \u201cFirst Amendment-protected criticism of Israel and the Palestinian people\u201d by obtaining his expulsion from Columbia.When announcing the suit, James tweeted at Foxx, writing \u201cdon\u2019t die yet, I\u2019m suing you.\u201dFoxx accused the suit of lacking \u201ccredibility and factual basis.\u201dThe suit remains ongoing.In April 2026, James claimed he was temporarily prevented from re-entering the U.S. from Canada after he refused to allow Customs and Border Protection officers to search his electronic devices. He accused officials of targeting him for his pro-Palestinian activism, calling the situation \u201ccrazy, lame, and ILLEGAL AS F*CK\u201d and adding, \u201cI\u2019m a CITIZEN, HOE!\u201d James later said he had returned to the U.S. without surrendering his devices and thanked his \u201cfriends and comrades\u201d for helping him get back safely. Khymani James\/XThe events that led to James\u2019 lawsuit against Columbia began after he posted on social media that Zionists who wanted to \u201cmeet up and fight\u201d should know that he \u201cfights to kill.\u201d According to James\u2019 lawsuit, he made the comments after receiving hateful messages over his support for Palestinians and said he intended to deter people from harming him.Columbia\u2019s Center for Student Success and Intervention then summoned James to a January 9 meeting to discuss complaints about his posts. According to the lawsuit, James livestreamed the meeting because he felt endangered and wanted to show what he viewed as Columbia\u2019s repression of pro-Palestinian students and people of color.During the meeting, James said he was \u201cvery comfortable\u201d calling for Zionists to die and compared killing Zionists to killing Nazis, fascists, and racists.\u201cZionists don\u2019t deserve to live comfortably, let alone Zionists don\u2019t deserve to live,\u201d James said. \u201cThe same way we are very comfortable accepting Nazis don\u2019t deserve to live, fascists don\u2019t deserve to live, racists don\u2019t deserve to live, Zionists, they shouldn\u2019t live in this world.\u201dHere is the full Khymani James live-stream that includes his disciplinary meeting with Columbia University over making threatening social media posts.I saved you all the first 30 minutes where he rants with a friend and started with the school meeting. pic.twitter.com\/DfN6mKdlbm\u2014 Kassy Akiva (@KassyAkiva) April 26, 2024\u201cBe grateful that I\u2019m not just going out and murdering Zionists,\u201d James also said. \u201cI\u2019ve never hurt anyone in my life, and I hope to keep it that way.\u201dJames was barred from Columbia\u2019s campuses and prevented from completing the semester, according to the lawsuit. The suit also claimed that no other student was suspended that day for participating in the encampment, though other students were suspended on different days.In a since-deleted April post on X, James claimed he \u201cmisspoke\u201d when he repeatedly called for Zionists to die in the January livestream.In May, James received another letter for participating in a \u201chuman chain\u201d at the encampment. A viral video showed James directing protesters to push pro-Israel students out of the encampment. The lawsuit states James was \u201creasonably engaged in peaceful self help\u201d in this incident.\u201cOne step forward,\u201d James was seen yelling as the crowd repeated after him in unison while stepping forward.Why are my friends and I being run off our own campus? We are not moving. pic.twitter.com\/2T5JLSI0OH\u2014 Jessica Schwalb (@jessicaschwalb7) April 22, 2024James received a letter in August notifying him that he was suspended for the academic year for his participation in the human chain, the suit states. 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He also argued that the university punished him twice for conduct related to his January livestream and allowed outside pressure to influence its disciplinary decisions.New York State Supreme Court Justice Kathleen Waterman-Marshall dismissed James\u2019 complaint on July 3, 2026, ruling that he could not pursue his \u201cTedeschi rights\u201d claim as a standalone lawsuit and that he had failed to adequately plead his discrimination claims.During the 2024 livestream of a meeting with Columbia\u2019s Center for Student Success and Intervention, which had summoned James to discuss earlier antisemitic comments, he said \u201cthere should not be Zionists anywhere\u201d and \u201cthe world is better without them,\u201d while comparing killing Zionists to killing Adolf Hitler.James was initially placed on disciplinary probation after Columbia determined in April 2024 that he violated university policies by livestreaming a January disciplinary meeting without permission and using language that \u201cdenigrates or shows hostility or aversion toward group members of a protected class.\u201d The probation period allowed him to continue his academic progress on the condition that further violations could lead to additional disciplinary action.Columbia then suspended him one day after The Daily Wire reported his comments on April 25 of that year. At the time, James was participating in the university\u2019s ongoing anti-Israel encampment, where he served as a media liaison and \u201cmember of the safety team.\u201dHis request to re-enroll for the fall 2025 semester was denied because of what Columbia described as \u201cinsufficient\u201d reflection on the conduct that led to his suspension.In the lawsuit, James claims the university only suspended him to save face amid national backlash.\u201cThe timing and language of the sanction letter makes it clear that Columbia acted in response to external forces and national media attention,\u201d the suit stated. \u201cThe university is allowing external forces, applying pressure to it, to dictate outcomes in individual student disciplinary cases.\u201dWhen announcing the lawsuit, James accused Columbia of discrimination, as well as \u201ccowering\u201d to \u201cbillionaire donors\u201d and \u201cfascist politicians.\u201d In a follow-up tweet, he posted a picture of himself flipping off the camera on a jet ski. Khymani James\/XSince leaving Columbia, James has continued making incendiary statements, including posts that appeared to praise the killing of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk in September.On the day Kirk was assassinated, James tweeted a heart-eye emoji alongside \u201cdown with all the fascists\u201d and \u201cMore. MORE!!!\u201dKhymani James \u2014 the former @Columbia encampment leader of \u201cYou\u2019re lucky I\u2019m not going around murdering Zionists\u201d infamy \u2014 took to X today to praise @charliekirk\u2019s murder and incite violence.James was never expelled. What is @Columbia waiting for? pic.twitter.com\/vYoWNe8Dvn\u2014 Shoshana Aufzien (@shoshanaaufzien) September 10, 2025Rep. Virginia Foxx, the former chair of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, responded to his posts accusing the school of failing to suspend him despite the university telling her he would be.\u00a0\u201cHe was not expelled. Nothing was done. [Columbia] you have failed again, again, and again,\u201d Foxx posted.Columbia responded by confirming that James has been barred from campus since April 2024 and that he is not a registered student.James responded by filing a lawsuit against Foxx accusing her of using her position of power to punish him for his \u201cFirst Amendment-protected criticism of Israel and the Palestinian people\u201d by obtaining his expulsion from Columbia.When announcing the suit, James tweeted at Foxx, writing \u201cdon\u2019t die yet, I\u2019m suing you.\u201dFoxx accused the suit of lacking \u201ccredibility and factual basis.\u201dThe suit remains ongoing.In April 2026, James claimed he was temporarily prevented from re-entering the U.S. from Canada after he refused to allow Customs and Border Protection officers to search his electronic devices. He accused officials of targeting him for his pro-Palestinian activism, calling the situation \u201ccrazy, lame, and ILLEGAL AS F*CK\u201d and adding, \u201cI\u2019m a CITIZEN, HOE!\u201d James later said he had returned to the U.S. without surrendering his devices and thanked his \u201cfriends and comrades\u201d for helping him get back safely. Khymani James\/XThe events that led to James\u2019 lawsuit against Columbia began after he posted on social media that Zionists who wanted to \u201cmeet up and fight\u201d should know that he \u201cfights to kill.\u201d According to James\u2019 lawsuit, he made the comments after receiving hateful messages over his support for Palestinians and said he intended to deter people from harming him.Columbia\u2019s Center for Student Success and Intervention then summoned James to a January 9 meeting to discuss complaints about his posts. According to the lawsuit, James livestreamed the meeting because he felt endangered and wanted to show what he viewed as Columbia\u2019s repression of pro-Palestinian students and people of color.During the meeting, James said he was \u201cvery comfortable\u201d calling for Zionists to die and compared killing Zionists to killing Nazis, fascists, and racists.\u201cZionists don\u2019t deserve to live comfortably, let alone Zionists don\u2019t deserve to live,\u201d James said. \u201cThe same way we are very comfortable accepting Nazis don\u2019t deserve to live, fascists don\u2019t deserve to live, racists don\u2019t deserve to live, Zionists, they shouldn\u2019t live in this world.\u201dHere is the full Khymani James live-stream that includes his disciplinary meeting with Columbia University over making threatening social media posts.I saved you all the first 30 minutes where he rants with a friend and started with the school meeting. pic.twitter.com\/DfN6mKdlbm\u2014 Kassy Akiva (@KassyAkiva) April 26, 2024\u201cBe grateful that I\u2019m not just going out and murdering Zionists,\u201d James also said. \u201cI\u2019ve never hurt anyone in my life, and I hope to keep it that way.\u201dJames was barred from Columbia\u2019s campuses and prevented from completing the semester, according to the lawsuit. The suit also claimed that no other student was suspended that day for participating in the encampment, though other students were suspended on different days.In a since-deleted April post on X, James claimed he \u201cmisspoke\u201d when he repeatedly called for Zionists to die in the January livestream.In May, James received another letter for participating in a \u201chuman chain\u201d at the encampment. A viral video showed James directing protesters to push pro-Israel students out of the encampment. The lawsuit states James was \u201creasonably engaged in peaceful self help\u201d in this incident.\u201cOne step forward,\u201d James was seen yelling as the crowd repeated after him in unison while stepping forward.Why are my friends and I being run off our own campus? We are not moving. pic.twitter.com\/2T5JLSI0OH\u2014 Jessica Schwalb (@jessicaschwalb7) April 22, 2024James received a letter in August notifying him that he was suspended for the academic year for his participation in the human chain, the suit states. 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