Columbia suspends in-person classes as arrests made and Jewish students report threats. What’s behind the protests?

The Independent— Riot police stormed Yale University’s campus and arrested dozens on Monday

Honolulu Star-Advertiser—Columbia cancels in-person classes as protests sprout on U.S. campuses. Columbia University canceled in-person classes today and new demonstrations broke out on other U.S. college campuses as tensions continue to grow over Israel’s war in Gaza.

TheBlaze—Columbia bars Jewish, pro-Israel professor from campus where pro-Hamas students have taken over — cancels in-person classes. Columbia University has reportedly barred an Israel-born, Jewish professor from entering the Ivy League’s main campus, where pro-Hamas students have taken over, the New York Post reported.Shai Davidai, an assistant professor at Columbia Business School, has been an outspoken supporter of Israel and called for “a PEACEFUL sit in at Columbia’s declared ‘Liberation Zone’” on Monday morning amid the ongoing protests at the New York university.Anti-Israel students set up an encampment on the lawn at...

WSTPost—Biden pushed to send the National Guard to deal with anti-Israel protesters in Columbia, as top lawmakers side with Jewish students and call for the school’s president to resign. Lawmakers are urging President Joe Biden to send the National Guard to Columbia University as it deals with intense and sometimes violent anti-Israel protests. A dueling coalition of Democratic and Republican lawmakers visited the university to condemn the anti-Semitic, pro-Palestinian protests and called for the immediate resignation of the institution's president.The demonstrations have been ongoing since last Wednesday and have seen outbreaks of violence and arrests, including the detention...