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The week in whoppers: Israel-hater cries discrimination, Hunter Biden lobs unhinged charge at Netanyahu and more

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Post Editorial Board. (2026, September 17). The week in whoppers: Israel-hater cries discrimination, Hunter Biden lobs unhinged charge at Netanyahu and more. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2026/09/17/opinion/the-week-in-whoppers-israel-hater-cries-discrimination-hunter-biden-lobs-unhinged-charge-at-netanyahu-and-more/

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This piece is an editorial compilation critiquing various statements and actions deemed misleading or harmful. It starts with Mahmoud Khalil's lawsuit against Columbia University for alleged discrimination after leading disruptive protests targeting Jews. Another critique targets NYS Regent Felicia Thomas-Williams, who suggests low expectations for students' academic abilities are justified based on their racial background. The article also dismisses Hunter Biden’s unsubstantiated accusation that Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu allowed a Hamas attack to happen so he could pursue a "genocide" plan. Lastly, it mocks California Governor Gavin Newsom for incorrectly using the term "Zen diagram" instead of "Venn diagram."

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Mahmoud Khalil, a pro-Palestinian activist and former Columbia University student, filed a lawsuit against the university in federal court on Monday, claiming it showed "deliberate indifference" to harassment faced by pro-Palestinian students. Khalil, who spent months in immigration custody after being detained by ICE agents in March 2025, alleges that Columbia failed to address persistent and severe harassment despite repeated requests for help. The lawsuit also accuses the university of refusing to correct disinformation about Khalil during his detention, which further enabled peer-on-peer harassment against other Palestinian students with Arab or Muslim ancestry.

Khalil's legal action is part of a broader claim filed by members of SIPA’s Palestine Working Group (PWG), accusing the school and its dean, Keren Yarhi-Milo, of fostering an environment rife with discrimination. The lawsuit seeks to hold Columbia accountable for what it describes as years of anti-Palestinian discrimination, harassment, and retaliation against outspoken students advocating for Palestinian rights.

The filing comes amidst ongoing debates about free speech and institutional responsibility in handling protests and activism on campus, highlighting tensions between student advocacy groups and university administration regarding support for marginalized communities.

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This whine: “No student . . . should go through the hell Columbia put us through.” asserted

Columbia → go → us

— Mahmoud Khalil, Monday We say: That’s ballsy. asserted

That → say → ?

After leading a movement that terrorized Columbia’s campus (especially Jews), occupied a building, kidnapped and beat a janitor and chanted for Israelis to be killed or ethnically cleansed — practically with the school’s permission — Khalil is now slamming Columbia and suing it for “discrimination” against Palestinians. asserted

Khalil → lead → Palestinians

Expect American “useful idiots” to cheer him on. asserted

idiots → expect → him

This advice: “You don’t assess a fish on climb [sic] a tree because fish can’t climb trees.” asserted

fish → assess → trees

We say: Talk about a “soft bigotry of low expectations”: Here’s a public official writing off students’ ability to learn (and teachers’ to educate). asserted

teachers → say → ability

Make no mistake, Thomas-Williams’ remark implied that mainly blacks and Hispanics can’t learn, since they make up 62% of the city’s public-school kids and 42% of the state’s. asserted

they → make → state

If President Trump said this, there’d be riots. asserted

Trump → say → this

This charge: “They knew [the Oct. 7 attack] was coming, and they let it happen.” asserted

it → know → ?

— Hunter Biden, Wednesday We say: asserted

We → say → Biden

The former First Son says he’s quit drugs, but here he is asserting, with zero evidence, that Benjamin Netanyahu chose not to stop the massacre of 1,200 Israelis, kidnapping of 250 more and rape of countless women so he’d have an excuse to carry out his evil “genocide” plan. asserted

he → say → plan

Missing from the ugly conspiracy theory: how Bibi forced Hamas’ savages to attack. asserted

Bibi → miss → savages

This analysis: “The Zen [sic] diagram on that is pure crossover.” — Calif. Gov. Gavin Newsom, Monday We say: asserted

We → say → that

Newsom said he won’t run for president if Kamala Harris does, in part because their supporters overlap so they’d be splitting the vote. asserted

they → say → vote

Yet the gov revealed his own haplessness by referring to a Zen diagram (which doesn’t exist) instead of a Venn diagram, ironically a term Harris often drops in her word salads. asserted

Harris → reveal → salads

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