PBS: Amanpour Lets Columbia Protest Leader Mahmoud Khalil Claim Protests Were “Peaceful,” Deny Hamas Support
PBS replayed Christiane Amanpour’s July 2025 interview with Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia University protest leader who was later detained by ICE. In the segment, Khalil dismissed accusations that he supported Hamas as “absurd” and insisted the Columbia protests were simply about pressuring the U.S. and the university to stop backing Israel’s war in Gaza. He […]