Cornell University president surrounded by student protesters at his vehicle after campus debate event

Cornell President Michael Kotlikoff reported being followed and surrounded by anti-Israel student protesters near his car Thursday night after an Israel-Palestine debate event on campus. The students blocked his vehicle while shouting questions and recording him. Kotlikoff said he waited for an opening and slowly reversed out of the parking space to leave; the university released video footage characterizing the incident as harassment and intimidation, while student activists disputed this account.