Columbia’s President Goes to Britain

The outgoing president of Columbia is going to work in London for the new Labour government’s foreign secretary, who is exceptionally hostile to the Jewish state.

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The president of Columbia University, Nemat 'Minouche' Shafik, testifies on Capitol Hill in April 2024. AP/Mariam Zuhaib

So where does the president of Columbia, after her half-hearted effort to purge the university of antisemitism, go for her next gig? It turns out that Nemat “Minouche” Shafik, a member of the House of Lords since 2021, is returning to Britain to work for Foreign Secretary Lammy, who in his short time in office has emerged as one of the most hostile foreign ministers toward Israel that Britain has ever handed up. Which, let us just say, is saying something.

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