Columbia student suspended from campus following controversial comments about Zionists.

On Friday, a Columbia University student who talked about "murdering Zionists" was "banned from campus," as stated by a university spokesperson.

On Friday, Junior Khymani James expressed regret after going viral online for suggesting people should be grateful he wasn't murdering Zionists, whom he likened to White supremacists and Nazis.

In January, during a livestream of an official Columbia inquiry, James admitted to making inflammatory comments that were initially reported by The Daily Wire.

James expressed that he secretly wished to be expelled from Columbia so he could travel to South America.

University sources told Planet Chronicle Digital disciplinary proceedings are now underway.

After the news, Columbia issued a campus update describing the video as "extremely alarming and upsetting."

"The university policy prohibits calls of violence and statements directed at individuals based on their religious, ethnic, or national identity. When violations of student conduct policies occur, they are reviewed and disciplinary measures are applied."

James stated in a resurfaced video that a Zionist is a White supremacist.

""I hope to keep my life peaceful and never hurt anyone," he said."

"James, now 20, stated in a video montage compiled by The Daily Wire that he is not planning to kill Zionists but if a Zionist threatens his physical safety in person, he will defend himself and may not know when to stop."

In a speech to the camera, James stated that Zionists should not exist.

""James stated that he felt very comfortable calling for those people to die, and with that said, Khymani is signed out," he said at the time."

James was featured in CBS News and The New York Times as a representative of the anti-Israel protests at Columbia. In 2021, he was highlighted in the Boston Globe at the age of 17 for his "aggressive" stance against "inequality."

James expressed regret for some of the rhetoric in his video but also complained that "far right agitators" discovered his language in the first place.

"James wrote that he regrets what he said, which was wrong. He believes that every member of their community deserves to feel safe without any qualifications. He also wants people to have more context for his words. James explained that far-right agitators went through months of his social media feed until they found a clip that they edited without context."

James wrote: "I regret that my words in an Instagram Live video have taken away from the focus on Palestinian liberation. I misspoke in the heat of the moment and I apologize."

James asserted that Zionists possess a hateful ideology, comparing them to "Nazis."

James stated that there should be no Zionists or Nazis present.

"If we can collectively agree that people who hold an ideology that leads to the death of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or millions of people should die, shouldn't we?"

"I'm perplexed as to why we would want individuals who support genocide to exist," James remarked.

"James stated that Zionists and all White supremacists should not exist because they actively harm vulnerable people and hinder the world's progress."

Planet Chronicle' Jeffery Clark and Danielle Wallace contributed to this report.