Columbia University in New York has begun suspending students who refused to leave a tent camp outside the school’s Manhattan campus. On the lawn in front of the university campus, they have been protesting for 10 days against the American position on Israel’s intervention in the Gaza Strip. They are asking that the university not invest in companies connected to Israel. Similar tent camps have sprung up in front of four dozen other American universities.
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New York
6:56 am April 30, 2024
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Students on the campus of Columbia University | Photo: David Dee Delgado | Source: Reuters
Residents of approximately 120 tents on the lawn outside Columbia University’s main building were given until Monday afternoon to break up camp and leave the grounds. That didn’t happen, hundreds of students remained on campus after the ultimatum expired, according to the AP agency.
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University spokesman Benjamin Chang previewed that the school had begun the process of suspending students at the school. He did not say how many students would be affected by the measure. According to him, the university respects the students’ freedom of speech, but the occupation of the space in front of the building has already interfered with classes and other students’ preparations for final exams due to noise.
Mahmoud Khalil, the chief negotiator of the protesting students, called the ultimatum set for Monday at 14:00 (20:00 CEST) just “another intimidation” by the university.
The university’s rector, Minouche Shafiková, said the protests had created a hostile environment in front of the school’s entrance. He doesn’t want it to disrupt the graduation ceremony of 15,000 students, which will be in mid-May.
Dozens detained
The most dramatic situation was on Monday night at the University of Texas at Austin, where protesters clashed with police officers who detained dozens of them. A group of protesters then surrounded police officers and a van carrying several previously detained. The police used pepper spray and stun grenades against them. In total, according to the authorities, they detained 40 people.
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The demonstrations reflect the strong disapproval of many young Americans with the way Israel is conducting an offensive against the Palestinian movement Hamas in the Gaza Strip, which it launched after the terrorist attack on Israel by Hamas and its allies on October 7 last year. The protesting students are demanding that the schools cut off business ties and investments that are in any way connected to Israel, and are calling for an end to the killing of Palestinian civilians.
The demonstrations are mostly peaceful, but the management of a number of schools consider them too disruptive, while some Jewish students report that they are accompanied by anti-Semitism and make them feel unsafe. The protests also attract outside activists who further inflame passions.
Pavel Novak
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