Exclusive | Cornell professor that cheered Hamas Oct. 7 attack sparks more outrage after marching in anti-Israel protest

The Cornell University professor who last year called Hamas’ depraved Oct.7 attack “exhilarating” sparked more outrage after taking part in an anti-Israel march where protesters chanted “long live the intifada.”Associate history professor Russell Rickford walked with dozens of demonstrators as they spewed slogans against Israel, with one Jewish student calling the controversial instructor’s presence at the protest “insane” and another accusing him of “emboldening hate.”Photos and videos obtained by The Post show Rickford clapping his hands along with the chants as he walked with a keffiyeh around his shoulders and wearing a newsboy hat on his head — similar to the hat he wore last year when he made his shocking statements.

Intifada is the Arabic word that in English means “uprising” or “shaking off.” In the context of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, intifada has been used to describe violent Palestinian protests against the Jewish state, according to the American Jewish Committee.The White House has previously condemned the phrase.

Protesters eventually crashed a career fair that was held on campus where school officials said they pushed past school police officers — though it does not appear Rickford was part of that disruption from footage posted online.The instructor gained notoriety when he celebrated Hamas’ sneak assault on the Jewish state that killed 1,200 Israelis and sparked the war in Gaza. “It was exhilarating, it was energizing ….I was exhilarated,” Rickford said at the time — though he later apologized for the shameful speech.

While Cornell called the comments “reprehensible” last year, they noted the words were protected under the First Amendment.He was out for the past year on voluntary leave amid the outcry, but was allowed to return to teach at the Ivy this semester.Jewish student Davian Gekman, 19, said “it’s insane to me” that Rickford is allowed to teach at the school and feels comfortabl...