Fact Check: Picture Shared Amid 2024 Protests Shows Swastikas Spray-Painted in Columbia University Office. Here's the Missing Context
Claim:A photograph shows a Jewish professor's office at Columbia University spray-painted with swastikas amid the May 2024 pro-Palestine college demonstrations. In May 2024, a number of social media posts shared a photograph purportedly showing a Columbia University office vandalized with spray-painted swastikas. For instance, @MOSSADil, an X account with pro-Israel content, shared the image on May 4 with the caption "Columbia University." EllaTravelsWorld — a self-described "content creator from Israel" — shared the same image on Instagram with the caption, "Columbia University. The swastikas were indeed spray-painted onto the walls of a Jewish professor's office at Columbia, but the incident occurred in 2018.
Source: New York Times May 10, 2024 02:31 UTC
