New England Patriots team owner Robert Kraft announced Monday that he was pulling his support from Columbia University over the ongoing anti-Israel protest at the Manhattan campus.

“It was through the full academic scholarship Columbia gave me that I was able to attend college and get my start in life and for that I have been tremendously grateful,” Kraft said in a statement. “However, the school I love so much – the one that welcomed me and provided me with so much opportunity – is no longer an institution I recognize.”

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New England Patriots team owner Robert Kraft announced Monday that he was pulling his support from Columbia University over the ongoing anti-Israel protest at the Manhattan campus. “It was th…{ai:summary}<p>Robert Kraft withdraws support from Columbia University due to anti-Israel protest, citing love for school that no longer resembles what it once was. #education</p>

Robert Kraft pulls support from Columbia after anti-Israel protests: ‘No longer an institution I recognize’

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