Mona Chalabi Instagram – At least five of the 21 members of Columbia’s board seem to have a personal interest in crushing student protests (a reminder: students are demanding that their university divest from Israeli genocide and the occupation of Palestine). Some other notes: • Although he’s the cousin of Penny Pritzker (she’s on the board at Harvard, forced Claudine Gay out of her job) and nephew of Governor JB Pritzker (said he stands “unequivocally” with Israel), I didn’t include Columbia trustee Adam Pritzker here. Interestingly though, Adam appears to have only one online account which is on Cellar Tracker, a site for wine lovers. On April 21, a few days after the NYPD had begun their crackdown on peaceful protests at Columbia, Adam was reviewing a white wine noting its “nice bouquet of citrus and melon”. The wine producer, “Yatir Creek” is an Israeli producer that operates out of Israeli settlements on Palestinian land.  • Some students have claimed that HEICO is part of Columbia’s endowment. The first demand made by SJP is for transparency because it’s not clear what the university has invested in. • Jeh Johnson is also the former Secretary of Homeland Security. • And lastly, if you don’t think that the use of AI and surveillance in Israel is frightening, please read reporting from Spencer Ackerman about how autonomous systems have been used by the Israeli military to fire on Palestinian civilians.  Sources: All public records, including trustee bios on the Columbia website.