Cornell students accuse university president of hitting them with his car after campus Israel-Palestine event

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Cornell University’s president says he was a victim of "harassment and intimidation" after being accused of striking individuals with his vehicle during a campus parking lot confrontation over students’ freedom of speech. The incident unfolded on April 30, after Cornell President Michael Kotlikoff introduced an Israel-Palestinian debate series hosted by the Cornell Political Union and co-sponsored by the Cornellians for Israel, Cornell Progressives and Students for Justice in Palestine, according to a statement released by Kotlikoff.While walking to his car, Kotlikoff said he was followed into the on-campus parking lot by a group of individuals – both students and non-students – who were "known to Cornell for their past conduct, including a long history of ongoing verbal and online abuse toward numerous members of Cornell’s administration and staff." The group included two individuals who had been banned from campus following a "disruptive protest," Kolitkoff said.CORNELL DROPS ISRAEL-HATING SINGER ‘KEHLANI’ FROM END OF SCHOOL YEAR CONCERT Surveillance footage from Cornell University shows President Michael Kotlikoff backing his vehicle into a group of individuals who had surrounded it in a campus parking lot on April 30. (Cornell University)"These individuals followed me from the event