Early Tuesday morning, anti-Israel demonstrators at a Columbia University encampment took over the administration building.
video picture Video posted to X showed anti-Israel protesters carrying barricades and entering Hamilton Hall, an academic building on the university campus.
They’re putting in barricades now… https://t.co/fM0Xko6CaZ pic.twitter.com/Y5wS1fiMDx
— Angela van der Pluym (@anjewla90) April 30, 2024
in that telegram channelWithin Our Lifetime (WOL) Palestine posted an announcement calling for protection of anti-Israel encampments on campus.
“Student organizers call on everyone to come to Colombia tonight and protect the encampment following the regime’s threat this morning,” the group wrote in a post on its channel.
other video In footage posted on X, anti-Israel protesters can be heard breaking the glass doors of Hamilton Hall and people can be heard shouting “expose!” Dive best. We will not stop and we will not rest. ”
#now The glass door leading to Hamilton Hall in Columbia was smashed and protesters occupied the building, barricading the door with metal gates, blocking the entrance with wooden tables and chairs, and zip-tying the door. I closed it.pic.twitter.com/dXxErABRWL
— Oliya Scooter Caster (@ScooterCasterNY) April 30, 2024
The anti-Israel demonstrators who occupied Hamilton Hall photo taken Pro-Palestinian posters are pasted from the windows of the building.
Pro-Palestinian posters are pasted in the windows of Hamilton Hall. pic.twitter.com/1rtg9SIO14
— Bwog (@bwog) April 30, 2024
Hamilton Hall was occupied @Columbia pic.twitter.com/xPWFdeEOX9
— Jessica Schwalb (@jessicaschwalb7) April 30, 2024
Protesters were captured on video holding banners reading “Intifada” from the windows of buildings as anti-Israel protesters’ voices could be heard. chanting“Freedom, freedom, freedom, freedom, Palestine. From the river to the sea…”
The INTIFADA flag is displayed at Hamilton Hall.
What a blasphemy this building is. pic.twitter.com/edNyuXybFR
— Jessica Schwalb (@jessicaschwalb7) April 30, 2024
The occupation of Hamilton Hall by pro-Palestinian protesters comes after the university announced it would suspend students after asking anti-Israel protesters in advance to leave by 2 p.m. Ta.
The first encampment began on April 17th on the Columbia University campus. The next day, several students were suspended and hundreds of protesters who took part in the encampment were arrested.
Columbia University students hold a pro-Palestinian banner on their backs as students gather to demonstrate on campus in New York, USA, accessing the iconic Hamilton Hall building on April 30, 2024. (Selcuk Achar/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Columbia University removed the original encampment, but later returned to encampment.
Since the camp began at Columbia University, camps have also been set up at the University of California, Los Angeles, Yale University, Harvard University, George Washington University, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Breitbart News reached out to Columbia University for a statement but did not receive a response by the time of publication.
