On Tuesday, hundreds of anti-Israel protesters were captured on video streaming down the steps of Moynihan Train Hall at New York’s Penn Station to board a train to Columbia University.
Protesters were captured on video and heard walking up the stairs to the station. chantingSome people were seen holding Palestinian flags and banners that read “Freedom, Freedom, Palestine.”
Now: Protesters stream into Penn Station to catch trains to Columbia University
Most of the marchers were prevented from entering the station by police, but about 20 to 30 demonstrators managed to enter the station. pic.twitter.com/wRzRvcvr8f
— Katie Smith (@probablyreadit) April 30, 2024
Once inside, protesters reportedly “marched en masse and stood facing the A train uptown.” new york post report.
Protesters march from Penn Station to Columbia University. reportedly Earlier in the day, I stopped by New York University, the New School, and the Fashion Institute of Technology.
Now: New York City protesters march through Penn Station and head to Columbia University.
The march stopped early this afternoon at the NYU, New School, and FIT encampments. pic.twitter.com/yDWeC0rRSi
— Katie Smith (@probablyreadit) April 30, 2024
Reportedly, between 50 and 100 anti-Israel demonstrators were able to squeeze onto the crowded train.
As they board the train, the demonstrators say, “You’ll see the train uptown. Palestine is almost free.”
Early Tuesday morning, Columbia University restricted access to campus for the remainder of the semester after anti-Israel protesters occupied Hamilton Hall, an academic building on campus.
People gather on the Columbia University campus occupied by pro-Palestinian demonstrators in New York on April 22, 2024. (CHARLY TRIBALLEU/AFP via Getty Images)
Protesters were captured on video breaking windows, bringing in barricades and hanging pro-Palestinian banners in windows.
The university responded by threatening to expel the students currently occupying the building.
Protesters smash a building’s front window to secure it with a chain to prevent authorities from entering, Tuesday, April 30, 2024, in New York City. Demonstrators from a pro-Palestinian encampment on the Columbia University campus barricaded themselves inside Hamilton Hall. (Alex Kent/Getty Images)
The first anti-Israel camp was set up at Columbia University on April 17th. The next day, several students were suspended and hundreds of protesters attending the camp were arrested.
After the university removed the first encampment, a second encampment appeared in its place.
An anti-Israel faction has also emerged at Harvard University. rutgers universityUniversity of California, Los Angeles; princeton universityGeorge Washington University, etc.
