Protesters eventually crashed a career fair that was held on campus where school officials said they pushed past school police officers - though it does not appear Rickford was part of that disruption from footage posted online.
Intifada is the Arabic word that in English means 'uprising' or 'shaking off.' In the context of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, intifada has been used to describe violent Palestinian protests against the Jewish state, according to the American Jewish Committee.
While Cornell called the comments 'reprehensible' last year, they noted the words were protected under the First Amendment. He was out for the past year on voluntary leave amid the outcry, but was allowed to return to teach at the Ivy this semester.
Jewish student Davian Gekman, 19, said 'it's insane to me' that Rickford is allowed to continue teaching after the controversial remarks he made regarding Hamas and the subsequent participation in the protest.
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