Columbia University has reportedly started suspending students involved in an anti-Israel encampment established on the campus grounds.
“We have begun suspending students as part of this next phase of our efforts to ensure safety on our campus,” Chang said in the statement.
Columbia has begun suspending students.
Ben Chang, Columbia University spokesperson, tells NewsNation:
“We have begun suspending students as part of this next phase of our efforts to ensure safety on our campus.”
— Kellie Meyer (@KellieMeyerNews) April 29, 2024
Earlier in the day, Columbia University had distributed a letter to anti-Israel protesters taking part in the encampment informing them of a 2:00 p.m. deadline by which to “gather” their belongings and “leave the encampment.”
The letter explained that the encampment had created an “unwelcoming environment for members” of the community and adds that students are starting exams and preparing to graduate.
Over the past week and a half, since an initial anti-Israel encampment was established at Columbia University, several others have been established at Yale University, George Washington University, Princeton University, Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the University of California Los Angeles.
Antisemitic incidents have skyrocketed in the United States since Hamas’s October 7, 2023, attack on Israel which left 1,200 people dead and over 200 people taken as hostages.
Breitbart News reached out to Columbia University for a statement but did not receive a response by the time of publication.
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