By: Christian Wade | The Center Square Pro-Palestinian protesters broke windows, barricaded doors and occupied a building at New York's Columbia University overnight after school officials said they would not cede to demands from demonstrators to divest assets from the Israeli government. The breach of Columbia's Hamilton Hall began around 12:30 a.m. on Tuesday by
NEW YORK >> Columbia University officials today threatened academic expulsion of students who seized and occupied a classroom building as the standoff between administrators and pro-Palestinian activists on the Manhattan campus intensified.
Early Tuesday morning, Columbia student protesters took over a building on campus, pledging not to leave until their demands—for the university to divest from Israel, financial transparency from Columbia’s endowment, and amnesty for pro-Palestinian protesters—are met. The group of “autonomous protesters” took over Hamilton Hall, an academic building on the Morningside Heights campus, shortly after midnight, […]
Six-year-old Palestinian girl Hind Rajab became a symbol of the civilian cost of the Israel-Hamas war when her body was found alongside family members in a destroyed car in Gaza – days after she had called emergency services begging to be rescued
Students at Columbia University were denied access to the campus on April 30, 2024 after protesters occupied a building. The campus's closure threw a wrench into the daily life at Columbia, which has already faced regular disruptions in recent weeks as protesters formed an encampment on its main lawn. [ more › ]
Dozens of helmeted police flooded Columbia University's campus in the heart of New York City on Tuesday to evict a building occupied by pro-Palestinian student protesters and detain demonstrators.The action came as university administrators around the United States have struggled for weeks to contain pro-Palestinian demonstrations on dozens of campuses.
The movement is seen by some as an effort to bring freedom to Palestinians and by others as a form of antisemitism.
By COLLIN BINKLEY, STEVE LeBLANC and BIANCA VÁZQUEZ TONESS Associated Press Students at a growing number of U.S. colleges are gathering in protest encampments with a unified demand of their schools: Stop doing business with Israel — or any companies that empower its ongoing war in Gaza. The demand has its roots in a decades-old
Pro-Palestinian student protests target colleges' financial ties with Israel
By COLLIN BINKLEY, STEVE LeBLANC and BIANCA VÁZQUEZ TONESS Associated Press Students at a growing number of U.S. colleges are gathering in protest encampments with a unified demand of their schools: Stop doing business with Israel — or any companies that empower its ongoing war in Gaza. The demand has its roots in a decades-old
Students at a growing number of U.S. colleges are gathering in pro-Palestinian encampments with a unified demand to end investments supporting Israel’s war in Gaza
A day after police cleared a Northeastern University pro-Palestinian encampment in Boston, it appears another encampment on the campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge is on the verge of being shut down.