Yanise Arab, Professor at the University of Montreal yelled at a Jewish student in Concordia as he called: “Go back to Poland, sharmouta ‘Whore’.
Arab’s biography has been removed from Université de Montréal’s website, but a previous version described him as a PhD student and lecturer in the history department who teaches a class on domination and resistance in the Arab world.
He could not immediately be reached for comment.
Université de Montréal spokesperson Geneviève O’Meara says the school’s information suggests that Arab is the person in the video, adding that an investigation is underway.
Three people were injured and one person was arrested at Concordia University on Wednesday during the altercation. A pro-Palestinian student claimed, to CBC, that Wolman’s account of events was not factual. She accused the Jewish students of shouting anti-Palestinian slurs adding “I think it just goes to show how Palestinian and pro-Palestine students have been faced with an onslaught of harassment and discrimination and doxing, which we can see is happening as we speak in this incident.” However, there is no evidence of this account.
A university spokesperson said a course taught by Yanise Arab was cancelled Thursday as a preventive measure.
In a brief video circulating online, a man in a yellow hoodie, later identified as Arab, can be seen yelling “go back to Poland!” followed by another insult during an altercation between pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian groups. Sarah Wolman, a Jewish student at Concordia, told CBC that Jewish students had organized a peaceful demonstration in support of the hostages kidnapped by Hamas. However, pro-Palestinian students had set up a table only meters from the demonstration and they began loudly chanting.
“People were calling us all murderers,” she said. “Some of us noticed our classmates there.”
Wolman described the situation as “very scary, very scary as a Jewish person on campus.”
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