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\n Hedge fund billionaire Leon Cooperman is blasting college students for protesting against Israel, joining a growing list of powerful\u00a0university\u00a0donors to speak out on the issue.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cThese kids in college have sh*t for brains,\u201d Cooperman told CNN in a phone interview. \u201cThey don\u2019t understand that Israel is the only reliable ally the United States has in the Middle East.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\n The Israel-Hamas war has set off enormous tensions at some universities, with some students protesting in favor of Palestinians and influential alumni\u00a0threatening to cut off donations.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cIt\u2019s not just because I\u2019m a Jew. What Hamas did was brutal and over-the-top,\u201d said Cooperman, who made similar comments earlier this week to\u00a0Fox Business. \u201cThese kids don\u2019t have a clue what they\u2019re talking about.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\n Tensions have been\u00a0particularly high at Columbia University, where Cooperman, the son of Polish-Jewish immigrants who grew up in the Bronx, went to business school.\n <\/p>\n

\n Earlier this month,<\/strong>\u00a0a Columbia University student who was hanging up posters in support of Israel was assaulted.\n <\/p>\n

\n This week, a mobile billboard truck drove outside the entrance of the Ivy League school\u00a0displaying the names and faces of students\u00a0that a conservative nonprofit responsible for the truck says were linked to a statement blaming Israel for the Hamas terror attack.\n <\/p>\n

\n Cooperman, who has promised to give away\u00a0most of\u00a0his\u00a0nearly $3 billion fortune, estimates he\u2019s donated more than $50 million to Columbia University over the years.\n <\/p>\n

\n But now he\u2019s threatening to halt donations to the university \u201cunless they change their behavior.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\n Specifically, Cooperman is demanding Columbia \u201cget rid of or suspend\u201d\u00a0Joseph Massad, a Columbia professor who described the brutal Hamas terror attack as a \u201cstunning victory\u201d in an\u00a0online article\u00a0published on the day\u00a0after\u00a0the deadly assault.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cIf they don\u2019t do anything, they are going to lose me,\u201d Cooperman said.\n <\/p>\n

\n Massad, a professor of modern Arab politics and intellectual history, did not respond to multiple requests for comment.\n <\/p>\n

\n Samantha Slater, a Columbia University spokesperson, declined to comment on whether the university plans to take disciplinary action against Massad.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cColumbia is grateful\u00a0to Mr. Cooperman for his years of generosity and service to Columbia\u00a0Business School,\u201d Slater said in a statement to CNN. \u201cThis is a time of crisis for many members of our community and we are focused on providing the support they need while keeping our campus safe.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\n Several\u00a0Columbia University students CNN spoke\u00a0with\u00a0pushed back on Cooperman\u2019s strong criticism of students. They requested anonymity due to concerns about their safety.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cThese protests are never celebrating what Hamas did. It\u2019s always about highlighting the disproportionate response the Israeli regime has unleashed with no regard for international law or any kind of humanitarianism,\u201d one student told CNN. \u201cThese students are not the ones with \u2018sh*t for brains,\u2019 they\u2019re simply trying to clean up the violent mess previous generations have left for our world today.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\n Another Columbia University student argued it\u2019s unfair to\u00a0punish the university as a whole for one group\u2019s actions.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cTo withdraw funding because of one group\u2019s activism perpetuates polarization and shuts down free speech. The university becomes further incentivized to stifle debate and activism in case it may upset donors,\u201d that student said.\n <\/p>\n

\n CNN\u2019s Reid Champlin contributed to this report.<\/em>\n <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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