Columbia University student radicals abandoned their plans to launch an anti-Israel encampment Thursday afternoon after the Ivy League school warned that participants could face disciplinary actions, including arrest. Instead, agitators pushed protesters to join unrest elsewhere in New York.
During one of those protests, at City College of New York, police pepper sprayed keffiyeh-clad students clashing with law enforcement. Radicals there, about a mile from Columbia’s main campus, had established a “liberated zone,” while dozens of additional agitators gathered outside the campus gates and taunted police.
In an Instagram post promoting the event, NYC Students for Justice in Palestine wrote that “escalated resistance is a responsibility, a duty, and a necessity.” They added, “We follow in the lead of Palestine and the resistance, who show us what true bravery and courage means.”
Several anti-Israel student groups at Columbia, including its Palestine Solidarity Coalition, Jewish Voice for Peace chapter, and Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs Palestine Working Group encouraged their members to “show up” for the protesters.
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Author: Marty Kaufmann
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