I don't see being against anti semitism as being political really. 

So is your friend okay with Jewish students being assaulted and harassed. Is he okay with encampments with people spouting vile garbage like support for 10/7? 

Is he just quiet going along with it? 

Maybe he should have been more vocal standing against it. Maybe if more people at Columbia had stood up to the 10/7 supporters the funding might not have been yanked.