A demonstration at Columbia University campus with more than 100 students who were demanding that Columbia divest from corporations with ties to Israel, in New York, New York on 17 April 2024.A demonstration at Columbia University campus with more than 100 students who were demanding that Columbia divest from corporations with ties to Israel, in New York, New York on 17 April 2024.
Tensions boiled over on Thursday as the New York police department arrived at the center of the campus in uptown Manhattan to began dismantling student protests overHundreds of students had pitched tents and camped out, starting early morning on Wednesday, demanding a ceasefire and for the university to financially divest fromfrom Republicans at a House of Representatives committee hearing on antisemitism on campus, said she had authorized police to clear an encampment of dozens of tents set up...
Columbia said it had started to suspend students who had participated in the tent encampment, considered an unauthorized protest.