Columbia Goes Hybrid for Semester as Pro-Palestinian Protests Spread
· 24.04.2024 · 16:00:37 ··· ··· Wednesday ·· 3 (3)
Bloomberg Quicktake: Now For the students, it was the ultimate betrayal: Their university had called in the cops to arrest them for what they believed was a righteous protest on campus.
That shock move by Columbia University leaders last week was intended to clear pro-Palestinian demonstrators who want the school to exit all investments that benefit Israel’s government. But instead, the crackdown has further fired up students, who continue to occupy parts of the campus, and inspired similar protests at other elite institutions such as Yale University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
The demonstrations mark a new flashpoint in the uproar that has roiled US campuses since the Oct. 7 attack on Israel by Hamas, and the subsequent retaliatory bombardment of Gaza by Israel. Some of the protests have featured antisemitic and intimidating chants and posters, which are fueling a sense of dread and isolation among Jewish students.
Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-22/columbia-protests-robert-kraft-criticizes-school-as-yale-cracks-down?sref=omvmmwIg
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