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New York Police Department (NYPD) officers arrested students staging pro-Palestine encampment protests at New York University (NYU) last night after leaders in the university said the group behaved in a disorderly and disruptive manner.
The arrests come after approximately 100 Columbia University students were arrested for conducting protests against the school’s financial ties to Israel amid the Gaza war.
But tensions on the university’s campus have been mounting as some Jewish students say they’ve faced antisemitic harassment in recent days. The university announced all classes will go hybrid, partially in-person and partially online, for the rest of the semester.
Robert Kraft, a major Columbia University donor, said he was pulling funding to the school because he is “no longer confident that Columbia can protect its students and staff.”
Across the United States, students at other colleges and universities have begun protests in solidarity with Columbia University students including Yale University, MIT, Tufts University, University of Michigan and University of California, Berkeley.
Columbia University faculty walkout in solidarity with suspended students
Members of Columbia University’s faculty held a walkout on Monday in solidarity with the approximately 100 students who were arrested and suspended over the weekend for participating in encampment protests.
Teachers held signs that read “Unsuspend our Students” and “Bold. Beautiful. Suspended” in support of student protestors.
Cal Poly Humboldt closes campus amid ‘dangerous’ situation
Pro-Palestinian protests at the California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly), Humboldt have escalated to the point of the school closing campus on Tuesday.
On Monday, approximately 100 students convened near Siemens Hall in protest of the Gaza war and the university’s financial ties to Israel. Later in the afternoon, police were called to the scene due to alleged fights that broke out, according to a local report.
By 5pm PST, students began occupying Siemens Hall. Protestors barricaded themselves inside the building with furniture, blocking entrances and elevators with tents. They also, allegedly, vandalized parts of the building.
Classes were canceled and the courses that were in progress were evacuated.
In a notice to faculty, students and staff, CalPoly Humboldt said that campus was closed and people were “advised to avoid the area of the building, as it is a dangerous and volatile situation.”
“The University is deeply concerned about the safety of the protestors who have barricaded themselves inside the building. The University is urgently asking that the protestors listen to directives from law enforcement that have responded and to peacefully leave the building.”
When protestors refused to leave voluntarily, the building was shut off and police were called in. Around 11pm PST, law enforcement officials arrested students.
Donald Trump calls college and university protests ‘a disgrace’ and blames Biden
Former president Donald Trump called the pro-Palestinian protests at colleges and universities “a disgrace” and blamed President Joe Biden for igniting them with “the wrong signal.”
Before heading into Manhattan Criminal Court for his hush-money trial, Mr Trump held a brief press briefing outside of the courtroom, as he does every day.
“What’s going on at the college level and the colleges Columbia, NYU University, this is a disgrace,” Mr Trump said. “And it’s really on Biden. He has the wrong signal, he has the wrong tone, he’s got the wrong words.”
Mr Trump claimed Mr Biden was “no friend of Israel” nor a “friend of the Arab world”.
“But what he’s done to Israel is abandoned them, and he’s tried to be as nice as he can to the other side – call it the Arab world. But that’s not working either because they get him and he’s an incompetent man. Peace will never happen with a guy like this.”
Columbia moves classes online for the rest of the semester
Columbia University announced on Monday they will be moving the rest of the semester’s classes hybrid as the campus faces growing tensions.
“ Safety is our highest priority as we strive to support our students’ learning and all the required academic operations,” an announcement from the university said.
So long as classroom technology permits, classes on the school’s main campus will be hybrid – meaning classes will be offered the opportunity to move online or in-person.
Arts and practice-based programmes will be in-person with “generous accommodations”. Classes in the medical centre or Manhattanville campus will be in-person with accommodations based on religious reasons or approved disability accommodations.
UC Berkeley students begin sit-in
Monday afternoon, students at the University of California, Berkeley began a sit-in on the steps of Sproul Hall to protest the Gaza war and the school’s financial ties to Israel – as Columbia University students take the national stage for their protest encampments.
Students held signs saying, “UC you have blood on your hands” and “Let Gaza live.”
A spokesperson for the university told Berkeley Side that the school has no plans to change its investment policies and practices.
“With three weeks left in the semester, Berkeley is prioritizing students’ academic interests,” Dan Mogulof said. “We will take the steps necessary to ensure the protest does not disrupt the university’s operations.”
Robert Kraft pulls funding to Columbia
Robert Kraft, the CEO of the Kraft Group, announced he will pull funding to Columbia University until “corrective action” is taken to reduce antisemitic harassment on campus amid protests over the Gaza war.
In a post from the Foundation to Combat Antisemitism, a nonprofit organisation founded by Mr Kraft, the American businessman said that he is “no longer confident that Columbia can protect its students and staff” and is, “not comfortable supporting the university until corrective action is taken.”
Mr Kraft is an alumna and a longtime donor to the school. His funding helped establish The Kraft Center for Jewish Student Life.
NYU requested police presence after student ‘disorderly’ conduct
Dozens of students were arrested on New York University’s (NYU) campus last night after leaders at the university told police that students were “trespassing” and behaving in a “disorderly, disruptive and antagonizing” manner.
NYPD Commissioner Kaz Daughtry posted a photo on X revealing an email NYU leaders sent to the NYPD asking for police pressence on campus.
“ Following negotiations this morning, additional protestors breached our barriers in violation of our clear instructions and we witnessed disorderly, disruptive and antagonizing behavior that has interfered with the safety and security of our community,” an email from an NYU leader said.
“At this point we consider all protestors occupying Gould Plaza to be trespassers and we would like the NYPD to clear the area and take action to remove the protestors.”
Related: Google employees are fired after their pro-Palestinian protests
Google fired 28 employees early last week following protests on Tuesday in the company’s offices against their cloud contract with the Israeli government.
Dozens of Google workers made their way inside Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian’s office at the Sunnyvale office, as well as on the 10th-floor commons in New York City, according to No Tech for Apartheid, the organisation that led the protests.
Google announced that it had since dismissed 28 workers from employment at the company after the protests, claiming they physically hindered the work of others and displayed “unacceptable behaviour”.
“A small number of employee protesters entered and disrupted a few of our locations,” a Google spokesperson told The Independent on Thursday.
Amelia Neath has the story:
ICYMI: National organisation criticizes Columbia president for calling police on students
The Columbia University chapter of the American Association of University Professors criticised school president Minouche Shafik for calling the New York Police Department (NYPD) on student protesters last week.
“We condemn in the strongest possible terms the Administration’s suspension of students engaged in peaceful protest and their arrest by the New York City Police Department,” the group said in a statement on Friday.
The NYPD arrested some 100 students last week after Ms Shafik requested their presence on campus. However, Police Chief John Chell later noted that the students who were arrested “were peaceful...and were saying what they wanted to say in a peaceful manner,” per the Columbia Spectator.
On Monday, Columbia faculty also staged a walkout in support of student protesters.
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