{"id":2230390,"date":"2024-04-25T18:10:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-25T22:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/columbia-student-protesters-urge-reporters-to-leave-campus-schedule-presser-for-12-hours-after-expiration-of-schools-negotiation-deadline\/"},"modified":"2024-04-25T18:14:50","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T22:14:50","slug":"columbia-student-protesters-urge-reporters-to-leave-campus-schedule-presser-for-12-hours-after-expiration-of-schools-negotiation-deadline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/columbia-student-protesters-urge-reporters-to-leave-campus-schedule-presser-for-12-hours-after-expiration-of-schools-negotiation-deadline\/","title":{"rendered":"Columbia students demand reporters exit campus; plan press conference post-deadline"},"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\">20<\/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-student-protesters-urge-reporters-to-leave-campus-schedule-presser-for-12-hours-after-expiration-of-schools-negotiation-deadline%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=2230390&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>Summary: Pro-Palestine protesters, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-c-berkeley-advised-chinese-government-on-economic-decisions\/\" title=\"U.C. Berkeley Advised Chinese Government on Economic Decisions\">international student<\/a> Mahmoud Khalil, continue the &#8220;Gaza Solidarity&#8221; tent \u200dencampment at \u2062Columbia University for a ninth \u2062day. Student organizers \u200chold negotiations with the school while \u2064urging reporters \u2063to \u200cleave before nightfall,\u200b scheduling\u2064 a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-whitmer-media-caught-in-another-lie-anarchist-arrested-for-plot-to-kidnap-and-kill-whitmer-hates-president-trump-trump-is-a-tyrant-video\/\" title=\"Gov. Whitmer, Media Caught in Another Lie - Anarchist Arrested For Plot to Kidnap and Kill Whitmer Hates President Trump, 'Trump is a Tyrant' (VIDEO)\">press conference<\/a> 12 \u2062hours\u2062 post-school&#8217;s deadline. Despite looming \u200cevictions, protesters remain determined\u200b to stay until demands are met. Outside campus, flyers call for support against \u200calleged racist \u2062NYPD\u2063 intimidation.  <\/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<h2>&#8216;We will remain in this encampment until we achieve all of our demands,&#8217; international student Mahmoud Khalil says<\/h2>\n<figure><figcaption> \t\t\t\t \t\t\t\tPro-Palestine protesters at Columbia University (Michael M. Santiago\/Getty Images)\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>MANHATTAN\u2014As the &#8220;Gaza Solidarity&#8221; tent encampment at Columbia University lives on for a ninth day, student organizers spoke to reporters Thursday afternoon, urging them to leave campus before nightfall. They also scheduled another presser for Friday afternoon\u2014roughly 12 hours after the school&#8217;s apparent deadline to vacate the encampment expires.<\/p>\n<p>Sueda Polat, a Columbia graduate student who is negotiating with the school on behalf of student group Columbia University Apartheid Divest, said those negotiations &#8220;have resumed as of earlier this morning&#8221; and are &#8220;currently ongoing.&#8221; She was followed by undergraduate student Khymani James, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/indian-farmers-agree-to-meet-government-over-contentious-farm-laws\/\" title=\"Indian farmers agree to meet government over contentious farm laws\">protest leader<\/a> and CUAD spokesman, who urged reporters to leave campus by 4 p.m. and scheduled another press conference for 2:30 p.m. tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>James&#8217;s announcement suggests student protesters expect to remain in their encampment for another 24 hours\u2014despite a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-side-with-mccarthy-to-push-debt-bill-through-house-but-now-it-faces-another-hurdle\/\" title=\"Dems join McCarthy to pass debt bill in House, but face new obstacle.\">fast-approaching deadline<\/a> from university president Minouche Shafik to clear the area.<\/p>\n<p>Late Tuesday night, Shafik issued a statement setting a &#8220;deadline of midnight tonight to reach agreement&#8221; or clear the encampment. After protesters pledged to resist, university officials released a <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/campus\/columbia-president-shafik-extends-deadline-to-clear-encampment-12-am-8-am-48-hours\/\">3 a.m. statement<\/a> saying they would &#8220;continue conversations for the next 48 hours.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>That means the deadline should expire between midnight and 3 a.m. early Friday morning, roughly 12 hours prior to the student protesters&#8217; next press conference. Still, student protesters seemed unconcerned by the looming deadline, with student leader Mahmoud Khalil, an international student, saying the students &#8220;will remain in this encampment until we achieve all of our demands.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8216;We will remain in this encampment until we achieve all of our demands.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UHGrPPMi8R\">pic.twitter.com\/UHGrPPMi8R<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jessica Costescu (@JessicaCostescu) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JessicaCostescu\/status\/1783581482901983270?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 25, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Outside of campus, a flyer being distributed around New York City referenced the &#8220;deadline for negotiations&#8221; and issued a &#8220;call to action&#8221; to &#8220;support our Palestinian brothers and sisters&#8221; and &#8220;resist racist NYPD intimidation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Conceal your identity,&#8221; the flyer said. &#8220;Be ready for a fight.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>During a Wednesday afternoon press call, Columbia officials said they were &#8220;making important progress&#8221; in their negotiations with students. Polat, however, appeared to rebut the school&#8217;s association.<\/p>\n<p>She said negotiations resumed &#8220;earlier this morning&#8221; after a &#8220;30 hours of a pause,&#8221; suggesting student protesters and university leaders did not hold negotiations yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Negotiations have resumed as of earlier this morning and progress is being made after 30 hours of a pause on negotiations,&#8221; Polat said. &#8220;They have just proceeded and are currently ongoing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It is Day 9 at the Columbia encampment. <\/p>\n<p>Students say negotiations have resumed after a 30-hour pause.<\/p>\n<p>Follow along for more updates.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FreeBeacon?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FreeBeacon<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/k8ZYzk6PKj\">pic.twitter.com\/k8ZYzk6PKj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jessica Costescu (@JessicaCostescu) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JessicaCostescu\/status\/1783579031385862461?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 25, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Columbia University did not respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the update on negotiations, student protesters repeated claims that the school threatened to call in the National Guard on Tuesday. Columbia&#8217;s head of communications, Ben Chang, has called those claims &#8220;untrue&#8221; and &#8220;unsubstantiated.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Student protesters also addressed the House GOP delegation, led by Speaker Mike Johnson (R., La.), that visited campus Wednesday. James referred to the delegation as &#8220;right-wing fascist politicians.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Shortly before James delivered those remarks, a social media video circulated that shows him calling for &#8220;Zionists&#8221; to die.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Zionists, they don&#8217;t deserve to live comfortably, let alone, Zionists don&#8217;t deserve to live,&#8221; he said in the video.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Just when we thought we\u2019ve seen the worst from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Columbia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Columbia<\/a> student Khywani James, it gets even worse. <\/p>\n<p>In this video, he says that &#8216;Zionists don\u2019t deserve to live comfortably&#8221; and &#8216;Zionists don\u2019t deserve to live.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Why is this person a student at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Columbia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Columbia<\/a>? He is a danger and\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/y7beySCGon\">https:\/\/t.co\/y7beySCGon<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/J34OZnQxAK\">pic.twitter.com\/J34OZnQxAK<\/a>\t<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Documenting Jew Hatred on Campus (@CampusJewHate) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CampusJewHate\/status\/1783559288071319650?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 25, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>International student Mahmoud Khalil vows to stay in the &#8220;Gaza Solidarity&#8221; tent encampment at Columbia University until all demands are met. 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