Ahmadinejad at Columbia

Here's a take on Ahmadinejads appearance at Columbia from an Israeli perspective.
FROM ISRAELNATIONALNEWS.COM:
Ahmadinejad at Columbia: 'We Are Friends of the Jewish People'
13 Tishrei 5768, 25 September 07 04:18by Nissan Ratzlav-Katz
(IsraelNN.com) As 600 listened inside a hall at New York's Columbia University on Monday, thousands lined streets around the school to hear a simulcast of a speech by Iranian ruler Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Protesters on campus and off greeted the event with counter-speeches and anti-Ahmadinejad banners. In his remarks, preceded by a scathing address by University President Lee Bollinger, Ahmadinejad declared, "We are friends with the Jewish people," but called for a referendum to determine the fate of Israel.
President Bollinger, who was savaged by many conservative American and pro-Israel groups for allowing the Iranian president to speak at his university, opened the two-hour event by reciting a litany of human rights abuses and repression in Iran, calling Ahmadinejad "a petty and cruel dictator." He posed a series of questions to the Persian leader regarding Iran's support for international terrorism, freedom in Iran, the Iranian nuclear program, Ahmadinejad's Holocaust denial, Israel, and other key issues.
In reference to Iran's threats against Israel, Bollinger said:
"Twelve days ago you said that the state of Israel cannot continue its life. This echoed a number of inflammatory statements you have delivered in the past two years, including in October 2005, when you said that Israel 'should be wiped off the map,' quote-unquote. Columbia has over 800 alumni currently living in Israel. As an institution, we have deep ties with our colleagues there. Personally, I have spoken out in most forceful terms against proposals to boycott Israeli scholars and universities, saying that such boycotts might as well include Columbia. More than 400 college and university presidents in this country have joined in that statement. My question then is: Do you plan on wiping us off the map too?"
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