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Last month, on the first day of classes for the new term, several pro-Palestinian protesters entered a classroom where the “History of Modern Israel” was being taught. They handed out flyers showing a boot crushing the Star of David and made it impossible for the instructor to continue.
On the first day of classes, anti-Israel protestors interrupted @Columbia’s “History of Modern Israel” class and handed out flyers showing a boot crushing a Star of David. Columbia is out of control. And to be clear, there is no “academic freedom” to disrupt classes. pic.twitter.com/n0x9d0AxHw
— Columbia Jewish & Israeli Students ✡️🇮🇱 (@CUJewsIsraelis) January 21, 2025
Two of the students who disrupted the class were expelled. This brought a reaction from some pro-Palestinian activists who stormed the dean’s office and proceeded to have a “sit-in.”
A small group of masked demonstrators “forcibly entered Milbank Hall” and “physically assaulted a Barnard employee, sending them to the hospital,” Robin Levine, Barnard College’s VP for Strategic Communications, said in a statement Wednesday evening.
“They encouraged others to enter campus…
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