Supporting protests for Palestinians at Columbia University and handing over to police demonstrators
Dozens of protesters stood on tables, took drums and supported Palestinians in the Reading Hall of the main library at the University of Columbia.
It is one of the largest exhibitions on campus since last year’s students’ protest campaign against Gaza on Gaza. Videos and photos on social media showed demonstrators, most of whom were kept in the masks, taking the signs of “Strike for Gaza” and “Ready Region” under the Lawrence A Hall’s chandeliers. Where to read in the Batter Library.
US President Donald Trump said last year that he failed to protect the Jewish students in the protests last year, saying it was anti -Semitic. The Board of Trustees of Columbia is in talks with the US administration after the cancellation of the University of Trustees, granting hundreds of million dollars to the university for scientific research purposes. The university claims that it works to solve anti -semitism and other types of prejudice on its university campus, and also rejects allegations from civil rights groups that allow the government to reduce the protection of freedom of expression in educational communities.
In a statement yesterday, the University of Columbia yesterday, in a statement on Wednesday, public safety employees were asked to show students’ identity cards and disperse the demonstrators. The university has threatened to punish those who violate the rules in the face of “possible restraint.” A Reuters witness university premises security personnel took the people out of a gate and handed over to the police officers abroad. It is not yet clear whether they were taken into custody.
The New York police spokesman said the police department was overseeing the situation and its members were “in the vicinity of the university.” According to Reuters Witness, most people tried to enter the library at some point. Public safety employees shut down one of the doors, followed by pushing people.
A student company representing demonstrators on social media said that university security demonstrators had attacked and activists refused to show identity cards to “military arrest” officers. New York Mayor Eric Adams said in a television interview that Colombia University officials had sought help and sent people to campus.
