AOC criticizes ‘horrific’ decision to deploy police at Columbia University protests
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) criticized Columbia University for sending in New York City police to manage pro-Palestinian protesters. It was a rare defense from a member of Congress of the protesters, who have seen strong bipartisan condemnation in recent days. The New York Democrat denounced the university for sending in the police against the protesters, […]
Johnson says calling National Guard on Columbia protests would be ‘appropriate’ if threats ‘not stopped’
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) has suggested that the National Guard should be called in immediately to quell the Gaza ceasefire protests at Columbia University if they do not do so on their own. Johnson and several House Republicans visited the Ivy League school in New York City on Wednesday amid heightened tensions over a […]
Rudy Giuliani visits Columbia, reacts to campus protests
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani visited Columbia University and criticized protesters who called for President Minoush Shafiq to resign over his handling of the crisis. “I think they’re terribly misguided people,” Giuliani, 79, said. on his WABC show in 1977.. He also shared footage online of himself sitting in the passenger seat of […]
Columbia U. Prof Calling for Police Escort amid Anti-Israel Protests Was a ‘Defund the Police’ Advocate
A Columbia University professor is speaking out against anti-Israel protesters and calling on police to protect him. But his professor has a history of anti-police activism. On Monday, Shai Davidai, an assistant professor at Columbia Business School who is Jewish, tried to lead counter-protesters against an anti-Israel demonstration known as the “Gaza Solidarity Encampment” but […]
House Speaker Johnson calls on Columbia University President Minouche Shafik to resign
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson Columbia University President Minoush Shafik is calling for her resignation, calling her “very weak” and “incompetent” over her handling of anti-Israel protests on campus. Johnson said during the press conference. Hugh Hewitt radio interview He will hold a press conference later today at Columbia University “along with several of […]
Columbia extends negotiations to clear pro-Palestinian encampment
Columbia University announced Wednesday that it has extended negotiations with pro-Palestinian demonstrators to clear their encampment on the school’s lawn before further action is taken against them. . The original deadline for protesters to leave was midnight Tuesday, otherwise police could have intervened to clear the camp. However, the university announced it was extending the […]
Palestinian radical at Columbia: ‘Nothing wrong with Hamas’
Weeks before pro-Palestinian protests erupted on campus, radical anti-Israel activists told Columbia University students there was “no problem with being Hamas fighters.” Charlotte Cates, international coordinator of Samidoun: Palestine POW Solidarity Network, said during a fierce two-hour attack on some of the most core anti-Israel activists at Columbia University and its sister school, Barnard College. […]
Blaze News original: Jewish student wearing yarmulke at Columbia faces down anti-Semitism — and rises above it
When Passover began at Columbia University on Monday night, Jewish student Parker de Dekel, like many others, had already left the New York City campus for his own safety. Ta. De Dekel, an Ivy League freshman from Wisconsin, chose Columbia University primarily because of the opportunity to live and study among a far larger number […]
Anti-Israel campus protests are spreading: California, Texas brace after activists overrun Columbia, Yale
Since anti-Israel protests were formed at Columbia University, the University of California, Berkeley, and Yale University, more activist groups have been inspired to lead their own resistance movements, and schools in California, Texas, and Maryland have become potential Fox News has learned that the United States is being forced to prepare for unrest. Activist groups […]
Elise Stefanik demands federal funds for Columbia University be revoked
House Republican Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) on Tuesday accused Columbia University leadership of civil rights violations over its handling of destructive anti-Israel protests on campus. did. In a letter to Biden administration officials, Stefanik called for federal funding to be stripped from Ivy League schools, citing alleged violations of civil rights laws. “The ongoing […]