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Standoffs between pro-Palestinian protesters and U.S. college administrators appear to be coming to a head
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Standoffs between pro-Palestinian protesters and U.S. college administrators appear to be coming to a head
Protesters of the war in Gaza who are encamped at Columbia University have defied a deadline to disband with chants, clapping and drumming
Some have cracked down on protesters, some compromised, and others have not acted very strictly at all.
Welcome to Beinecke Plaza, or as it’s now affectionately known, Gaza Solidarity Plaza. If you look to the left, you’ll see posters idolizing terrorists, like Leila Khaled, who hijacked two planes, and Walid Daqqa, who was convicted of leading the terrorist ring that kidnapped, castrated, gouged out the eyes of, tortured and murdered a 19-year-old Israeli.
University President Peter Salovey was summoned by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce alongside the presidents of the University of California, Los Angeles and the University of Michigan