{"id":2226838,"date":"2024-04-22T05:08:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T09:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/columbia-university-campus-unravels-in-face-of-escalating-anti-semitic-eliminationist-protests\/"},"modified":"2024-04-22T05:13:18","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T09:13:18","slug":"columbia-university-campus-unravels-in-face-of-escalating-anti-semitic-eliminationist-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/columbia-university-campus-unravels-in-face-of-escalating-anti-semitic-eliminationist-protests\/","title":{"rendered":"Columbia University Campus Faces Rising Anti-Semitic Protests"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcolumbia-university-campus-unravels-in-face-of-escalating-anti-semitic-eliminationist-protests%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2226838&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Columbia University faced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kyle-rittenhouse-makes-first-in-person-court-appearance\/\" title=\"Kyle Rittenhouse makes first in-person court appearance\">chaotic protests<\/a>\u200c and clashes \u2062with calls for terrorism, pushing President Minouche Shafik\u200b to restore order\u200d or step down. Jewish students\u2063 endured \u2063violence amid campus unrest, sparking demands for action. Lawmakers urged Shafik&#8217;s resignation\u200b as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/speaking-to-republican-jewish-leaders-desantis-points-to-his-record\/\" title=\"DeSantis highlights achievements to Republican Jewish Leaders.\">antisemitic protests<\/a> and safety concerns heightened\u200d at the university. Columbia University was embroiled\u2062 in chaotic protests and violent clashes, prompting President\u200d Minouche Shafik to quell the unrest\u2064 or resign. Jewish students \u200cfaced violence during the turmoil, prompting calls for immediate action. Lawmakers pressed for Shafik&#8217;s\u2063 resignation amid escalating antisemitic protests and safety threats on campus.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span>Chaotic protests, violent clashes, and explicit calls for terrorism plagued Columbia University over the weekend, with the school&#8217;s president, Minouche Shafik, facing pressure to restore order\u2014or resign.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Jewish students were subject to another night of violent demonstrations Saturday, just days after Shafik testified before Congress about the school&#8217;s response to campus anti-Semitism.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>A group of Jewish students that <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Davidlederer6\/status\/1781944543560044923\"><span>went out<\/span><\/a><span>  on campus Saturday night with an Israeli flag, for example, had it stolen. Pro-Hamas agitators later attempted to burn it. The group was assaulted, splashed with water, and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ShaiDavidai\/status\/1781927146341961909\"><span>followed<\/span><\/a><span>  by protesters, according to one of the students.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;Public safety was nowhere to be found. Columbia has lost its campus,&#8221; the student said. &#8220;This is why Jewish students don&#8217;t feel safe. Because they are not.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">For 4 days the pro-Hamas mob <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Columbia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Columbia<\/a> has taken over our campus. No one bothered them. Saturday night, we went out with Israeli flags for one hour. They stole our flag and tried to burn it, my brother was assaulted, and Jewish students were splashed with water. Public safety was\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/E0AzQlcyFx\">pic.twitter.com\/E0AzQlcyFx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 David lederer (@Davidlederer6) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Davidlederer6\/status\/1781944543560044923?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 21, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Video<\/span><span>  from the evening also shows a keffiyeh-clad individual holding a sign pointed at a group of Jewish students with the caption &#8220;Al-Qassam\u2019s Next Targets,&#8221; a reference to Hamas\u2019s military wing, which carried out the terror attacks in Israel on Oct. 7. Another <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/EYakoby\/status\/1782062777302925433\"><span>live streamed<\/span><\/a><span>  a speech that called for &#8220;escalation&#8221; and glorified the attacks.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Next time you wonder what &#8216;globalize the intifada&#8221; means, let this domestic terrorist in the middle of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Columbia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Columbia<\/a> campus remind you that it means kill Jews everywhere. The &#8216;Al-Qassam Brigade&#8221; is Hamas\u2019s military wing. Get these people off our campus and off our streets\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XCYTslpr5D\">pic.twitter.com\/XCYTslpr5D<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elisha (Lishi) Baker (@LishiBaker) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LishiBaker\/status\/1781877756034208205?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 21, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>&#8220;We are here today because on Oct. 7th the Palestinian resistance in Gaza broke through the walls of their open air prison, shattering the illusion of the invincibility of their occupiers,&#8221; the speaker said. &#8220;By setting up this encampment in the heart of the Zionist stronghold of Columbia University we intend to do the same.&#8221; <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;We intend to tear down the iron gates of this institution that separates the ruling class from the people whose land they steal and whose labor they steal to fatten their pockets.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Just one day earlier, on Friday, a group of Jewish students <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/campus\/columbia-students-call-on-president-shafik-to-restore-order-on-campus\/\">published an open letter<\/a> calling on Shafik to restore order to campus. Now, Rep. Elise Stefanik (R., N.Y.) is urging Shafik to resign, citing her failure to do so.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Over the past few months and especially the last 24 hours, Columbia\u2019s leadership has clearly lost control of its campus putting Jewish students\u2019 safety at risk. It is crystal clear that Columbia University \u2026 needs new leadership,&#8221; Stefanik said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;President Shafik must immediately resign. And the Columbia Board must appoint a president who will protect Jewish students and enforce school policies.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Virginia Foxx (R., N.C.), the head of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, also sent Shafik a <a href=\"https:\/\/edworkforce.house.gov\/news\/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=410478\">letter<\/a> Sunday calling the situation on campus &#8220;unacceptable.&#8221; She called on Shafik to expel anti-Semitic protesters.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The students, faculty, and staff responsible for this mayhem, including members of the groups Students for Justice in Palestine, Jewish Voice for Peace, Columbia University Apartheid Divest, and Faculty and Staff for Justice in Palestine, repeatedly and flagrantly have violated multiple University rules, and in many cases, federal law,&#8221; Foxx wrote. &#8220;The University must decisively hold them accountable in a manner commensurate with the severity of their offenses, including expulsion and termination of employment.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A Columbia University spokeswoman told the <em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em> that the school is &#8220;providing additional support and resources&#8221; to ensure safety but did not elaborate further.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Columbia students have the right to protest, but they are not allowed to disrupt campus life or harass and intimidate fellow students and members of our community,&#8221; the spokeswoman said. &#8220;We are acting on concerns we are hearing from our Jewish students and are providing additional support and resources to ensure that our community remains safe.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As of Sunday, anti-Semitic protesters have reoccupied the school\u2019s lawn and set up a new tent encampment. Students set up a similar encampment on Wednesday, the day of Shafik&#8217;s testimony, but scores of participants were arrested the following day. Video captured Sunday morning also shows students leading chants for the destruction of Israel.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Brick by brick, wall by wall, Israel will fall. Gaza will free us all.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Students at Columbia University continue their activities in support of Palestine, calling to end the genocidal war in Gaza. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vyCumB1CF9\">pic.twitter.com\/vyCumB1CF9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 PALESTINE ONLINE \ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf8 (@OnlinePalEng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OnlinePalEng\/status\/1782015907243364403?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 21, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>On Thursday, Yoseph Haddad, an Arab-Israeli journalist, was forced to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/campus\/arab-israeli-journalist-assaulted-at-columbia-university-forced-to-cancel-speech\/\"><span>cancel<\/span><\/a><span>  a speech scheduled on Columbia&#8217;s campus after he was pushed, punched in the face, and told to kill himself. Another protester, who wore a keffiyeh to obscure his identity, was photographed holding a Hamas logo.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"iw\" dir=\"rtl\">\u05d4\u05d5\u05ea\u05e7\u05e4\u05ea\u05d9 \u05e4\u05d9\u05d6\u05d9\u05ea \u05e2\u05dc \u05d9\u05d3\u05d9 \u05de\u05e4\u05d2\u05d9\u05e0\u05d9\u05dd \u05ea\u05d5\u05de\u05db\u05d9 \u05d8\u05e8\u05d5\u05e8 \u05dc\u05e4\u05e0\u05d9 \u05d4\u05e8\u05e6\u05d0\u05d4 \u05e9\u05dc\u05d9 \u05d1\u05d0\u05d5\u05e0\u05d9\u05d1\u05e8\u05e1\u05d9\u05d8\u05ea \u05e7\u05d5\u05dc\u05d5\u05de\u05d1\u05d9\u05d4. \u05d1\u05de\u05e7\u05d5\u05dd \u05d4\u05e8\u05e6\u05d0\u05d4 \u05d4\u05dc\u05db\u05ea\u05d9 \u05dc\u05d4\u05d2\u05d9\u05e9 \u05ea\u05dc\u05d5\u05e0\u05d4 \u05d1\u05de\u05e9\u05d8\u05e8\u05d4. \u05d0\u05d5\u05dc\u05d9 \u05d4\u05d5\u05e8\u05d9\u05d3\u05d5 \u05dc\u05d9 \u05d3\u05dd, \u05d0\u05d1\u05dc \u05d4\u05dd \u05dc\u05d0 \u05d9\u05e2\u05e6\u05e8\u05d5 \u05d0\u05d5\u05ea\u05d9 \u05dc\u05e2\u05d5\u05dc\u05dd! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rkunO11Keb\">pic.twitter.com\/rkunO11Keb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u05d9\u05d5\u05e1\u05e3 \u05d7\u05d3\u05d0\u05d3 &#8211; Yoseph Haddad (@YosephHaddad) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YosephHaddad\/status\/1781157003110277509?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 19, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This man is holding up the HAMAS LOGO. <\/p>\n<p>I cannot believe I even have to say this -get Hamas off campus <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Columbia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Columbia<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lZvrq651El\">pic.twitter.com\/lZvrq651El<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Eden Yadegar (@edenyadegar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/edenyadegar\/status\/1781047273448677676?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 18, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Students have led anti-Semitic <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/sfmcguire79\/status\/1781783786268586481\"><span>chants<\/span><\/a><span>  such as &#8220;Israel, go to hell&#8221; and &#8220;We don\u2019t want a two state, we want all of it.&#8221; In another case, a female protester, who covered her face and head with a keffiyeh, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/StopAntisemites\/status\/1780760408116359601\"><span>yelled<\/span><\/a><span>  &#8220;We are Hamas,&#8221; &#8220;We\u2019re all Hamas,&#8221; and &#8220;Long live Hamas&#8221; at passersby as she banged a pot against a security fence. Another <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jonasydu\/status\/1781178975147917797\"><span>told<\/span><\/a><span>  Jewish students that Hamas\u2019s Oct. 7 attack on Israel will repeat &#8220;every day.&#8221; <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8216;Israel, go to hell.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>More chanting at Columbia yesterday \u2014 can someone translate? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/P6gwam6JYx\">pic.twitter.com\/P6gwam6JYx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Steve McGuire (@sfmcguire79) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sfmcguire79\/status\/1781783786268586481?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 20, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8216;We don\u2019t want a two state. We want 48.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We don\u2019t want a two state. We want all of it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This is reportedly at Columbia today: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/c9T8q60lWv\">pic.twitter.com\/c9T8q60lWv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Steve McGuire (@sfmcguire79) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sfmcguire79\/status\/1781396933166203033?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 19, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udccd NYC &#8211; &#8216;We are Hamas \u2026 We\u2019re all Hamas \u2026 Long live Hamas&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Recognize these terror supporters? DM us! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RmjQL7678q\">pic.twitter.com\/RmjQL7678q<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 StopAntisemitism (@StopAntisemites) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StopAntisemites\/status\/1780760408116359601?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 18, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;Never forget the 7th of October. That will happen not one more time, not five more times, not 10&#8230;100\u20261000\u202610,000&#8230;The 7th of October is going to be every day for you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Protestors screamed this at two Jewish <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Columbia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Columbia<\/a> students right outside campus gates tonight. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VYp0tFudGj\">pic.twitter.com\/VYp0tFudGj<\/a>\t<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jonas Du (@jonasydu) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jonasydu\/status\/1781178975147917797?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 19, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Violent protests and calls for terrorism disrupted Columbia University, urging President Minouche Shafik to restore order. Jewish students faced violent demonstrations, following Shafik&#8217;s testimony on campus anti-Semitism to Congress. 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