On Monday, anti-Israel encampments spread across the elite university as anti-Semitism and anti-terrorism demonstrations at Columbia University reached a climax at the start of Passover.
Columbia University was holding classes remotely after a weekend spate of hateful comments about the pro-Gaza encampment on the South Lawn, where a young woman wrote “al-Qassam’s next target”. There were incidents of people holding placards with arrows pointing at Jewish students who had been harassed or holding up anti-Gaza encampments. -Israeli agitators chanting “We are Hamas” and “We don’t want Zionists here.” Columbia University leadership “doesn’t want the NYPD on campus,” a police official said. Ta. But photos from the scene showed a heavy police presence outside Columbia’s gates, and officers appeared to begin making arrests Monday afternoon.
Similar demonstrations occurred outside New York University buildings.
Unlike Columbia University, which closed its gates during the protests, New York University has no closed campus spaces.
Anti-Israel agitators are seen pitching tents along sidewalks near New York University buildings as signs linking Black Rock to “Israeli apartheid” and anarchy symbols are seen pitched along sidewalks near New York University buildings. The protesters formed a circle and set up a picket line, banging pans and frying pans. Other signs at the New York University demonstration seen in footage shared by FreedomNews.TV read “Honor the Palestinian Martyrs” and “We are all SJP,” which is translated as “Palestine This is a reference to the anti-Israel group known as Students for Justice. It’s worth noting that Columbia University suspended an SJP chapter in November for holding an “unauthorized” die-in event on campus.
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A police officer stands in front of the entrance to Columbia University, which was occupied by anti-Israel protesters on April 22, 2024, in New York. (Charlie Tribarrow/AFP via Getty Images)
Encampment-style demonstrations were also held at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Emerson College.
Photos show a tent near Emerson’s Boston campus with anti-Semitic phrases “From River to Sea” calling for the eradication of the Jewish state, “No more money on Israeli crimes” and “Student Activists.” In the photo, a sign was posted saying, “All charges against these people are being dropped.” ” and “neutrality” is complicity with the Palestinian flag.
Emerson College students sleep in tents at an anti-Israel camp set up in an alley off Boylston Street in Boston on April 22, 2024. (Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images)
Aerial video taken by CBS Boston MIT news reports showed anti-Israel agitators setting up camp on the campus lawn. Notably, the MIT president retained her job even though she and the presidents of Harvard University and the University of Pennsylvania did not explicitly condemn calls for genocide during a House Education and Labor Committee hearing in December. He was the only person to do so.
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Columbia University’s president testified before the same committee on Wednesday and on Thursday authorized the NYPD to arrest more than 100 people for trespassing. They were subsequently released from custody.
On Sunday, Rabbi Elie Buechler of Columbia University’s Orthodox Union Jewish Learning Initiative said campus police and the NYPD are “unable to guarantee the safety of Jewish students in the face of extreme anti-Semitism.” A WhatsApp message was sent to about 300 Jewish students urging them to go home. and anarchy. ”
Protesters at Yale University set up a “Liberation Zone” encampment to show solidarity with Columbia University. (FNTV)
Approximately 45 protesters at Yale University were arrested Monday morning and charged with misdemeanor trespassing, a New Haven, Conn., police spokesperson said.
All were released on a promise to appear in court at a later date.
Protesters set up tents in Beinecke Square on Friday and demonstrated over the weekend, calling on Yale to halt investments in defense companies that do business with Israel.
Emerson College students stand near an anti-Israel camp set up in an alley off Boylston Street in Boston on April 22, 2024. (Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images)
Yale University President Peter Salovey said in a statement to the campus community on Sunday that university officials have repeatedly spoken with student protesters about the school’s policies and guidelines, including permission for speech and access to campus spaces. He said he had discussed it.
“Erecting structures, disobeying instructions from university authorities, remaining on campus beyond the permitted time, and other actions that violate university policies and guidelines create safety hazards and “It will interfere with our operations,” he said. School officials said they spoke with the protesters for several hours and told them to leave Beinecke Square until the end of the weekend. They said they warned protesters again Monday morning and told them they could face disciplinary action, including arrest and suspension, before police moved in.
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A large group of protesters regrouped after Monday’s arrest at Yale University and blocked roads near the campus, a police spokesperson said. There were no reports of violence or injuries.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
