Columbia Cracks Down on Pro-Palestine Protest After Congressional Hearing

Police cleared an encampment of demonstrators on Columbia’s Morningside campus on Thursday, after University President Nemat Shafik sicced law enforcement on the protest. After the demonstrators were forcefully removed from the area, university staff were seen dismantling tents and throwing away food and other provisions brought into the encampment.

On Wednesday, Shafik testified for nearly four hours before the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. In the aftermath of Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel — and throughout the subsequent war — Congress has leveled intense scrutiny on university administrators’ handling of pro-Palestinan protest movement, and often conflated solidarity with Palestinians as support for Hamas.

At least three students participating in the encampment were suspended Wednesday at Shafik’s direction, more suspensions are expected following Thursday’s arrests. Among those disciplinedEvery Awful Thing Trump Has Promised to Do in a Second Term Columbia has always had an incredible history of students fighting for a more just world and it’s good to see that tradition continue. As NYPD surrounds young activists, I hope their concerns are heard by school administrators and they not be criminalized. In solidarity ✊🏽, with the vast majority of deaths believed to be civilian, non-combatant casualties.

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