A Columbia University committee conducting a review of the Ivy League school's Middle East programs mandated by President Donald Trump includes anti-Israel faculty members who have justified Hamas' Oct. 7 massacre and defended notorious antisemites, according to reporting by The Washington Free Beacon. Columbia has formed a seven-member committee to review its Middle East programs as part of a broader review overseen by Senior Vice Provost Miguel Urquiola. The committee includes faculty with a range of perspectives on Israel and the Middle East. Critics have pointed to the Columbia faculty as a leading source of antisemitism at the university. The review follows ongoing disputes over Middle East programming at Columbia, which critics have cited as a source of campus tensions.