Israeli Minister of Education Yoav Kisch told Newsmax on Tuesday that he had a “very sincere” discussion with the Columbia University president regarding the outbreaks of antisemitic protests that have marked that campus while another university seven miles away refused to meet with him.

Kisch joined “National Report” in studio to talk about his efforts to ensure the safety of Jewish and Israeli students at Columbia and New York University after the antisemitic incidents that have plagued those schools since Oct. 7, 2023, but New York University shut him out.

Kisch’s comments came a week after the House Education and Workforce Committee sent a letter to Columbia officials, including interim president Katrina Armstrong, over their failure to combat antisemitism after more incidents since the beginning of the 2024 fall semester.

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