Columbia University in New York has launched an investigation of Shai Davidai, a Jewish Israeli professor who has loudly denounced members of the campus community who defend terrorism and called for the destruction of Israel, for alleged misconduct.

“I am being persecuted by Columbia, which is retaliating against me based on groundless complaints,” Davidai said in a lengthy statement posted on X/Twitter on Friday. “I spoke up against the university. And now the university is weaponizing an internal investigation to silence me. In so doing, Columbia reveals the depths of its hostility toward its Jewish community: ‘How dare a Jewish professor speak up on behalf of Jewish students who are under siege!'”

On Friday, Davidai told The Algemeiner that he will not be silenced nor chased off campus.

“I’ll say this in no uncertain terms: I have no plans to leave Columbia. If ever I plan to leave Columbia, it will be on my own terms,” Davidai said. “Because, if they can do this to me, one of the most vocal faculty against antisemitism, then imagine what they’re already doing to faculty that are much less vocal.”