A Columbia University law professor has left the university after an investigation found that she had discriminated against Israelis in violation of Columbia policies.

Katherine Franke, a longtime professor at Columbia, was investigated due to comments she made about Israeli students last year. In a January 2024 interview with “Democracy Now,” a New York news outlet, Franke said she and others were concerned about Columbia’s graduate program for students from Israel.

“So many of those Israeli students, who then come to the Columbia campus, are coming right out of their military service,” she said. “They’ve been known to harass Palestinian and other students on our campus.”

Other professors at the law school filed an internal complaint against Franke the following month due to her comments in the interview, Franke told the Inside Higher Ed news outlet. The complaint, filed with the university’s Office of Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action, said Franke “harassed members of the Columbia community based on their national origin,” she said.