{"id":2231024,"date":"2024-04-26T14:21:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-26T18:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/columbia-university-caves-will-not-use-police-to-clear-out-anti-israel-encampment\/"},"modified":"2024-04-26T14:23:46","modified_gmt":"2024-04-26T18:23:46","slug":"columbia-university-caves-will-not-use-police-to-clear-out-anti-israel-encampment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/columbia-university-caves-will-not-use-police-to-clear-out-anti-israel-encampment\/","title":{"rendered":"Columbia University surrenders: no police to remove anti-Israel camp"},"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\">18<\/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-caves-will-not-use-police-to-clear-out-anti-israel-encampment%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=2231024&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 \u200dUniversity administrators have decided not to involve the NYPD in removing anti-Israel protesters who have been camping\u200b on campus. Despite multiple deadlines set by the administration, negotiations are ongoing with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/student-activists-at-catholic-university-protest-mlks-pro-life-trump-supporting-niece\/\" title=\"Student Activists At Catholic University Protest MLK\u2019s Pro-Life, Trump-Supporting Niece\">student organizers<\/a>. Demonstrators, including Columbia students and\u200d external individuals, \u200chave voiced their pro-Palestine stance with chants and symbolism. The university continues discussions on dismantling \u2062the\u200b encampment.  <\/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<p>Administrators at Columbia University have backed away from their threats to anti-Israel protesters, telling the student activists that have occupied its campus that the school will not use the New York Police Department to clear them out.<\/p>\n<p>Columbia\u2019s decision to allow the protesters to continue camping in the university\u2019s quad comes after the administration gave multiple deadlines, each of which came and went without the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/palestinian-migrant-accused-of-anti-semitic-assault-on-homeowner-after-stealing-israeli-flag\/\" title=\"Palestinian migrant accused of anti-Semitic assault and theft of Israeli flag\">university taking<\/a> any action.<\/p>\n<p>The students were originally given a deadline of Tuesday night at midnight to come to an agreement with the administration, but the deadline was pushed back to 8:00 AM on Wednesday morning. The deadline was extended yet again to Friday, with the university now backing down completely.<\/p>\n<p>\u200b\u200b\u201dWe have our demands; they have theirs,\u201d Columbia said late on Thursday night, before saying that negotiations are ongoing. \u201cThe talks have shown progress and are continuing as planned,\u201d the university went on to say before adding that \u201ca formal process is underway and continues.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor several days, a small group of faculty, administrators, and university senators have been in dialogue with student organizers to discuss the basis for dismantling the encampment, dispersing, and following university policies going forward,\u201d the update from the university explained.<\/p>\n<p>Anti-Israel demonstrators gathered in front of the university on Tuesday night in anticipation of the original Wednesday morning deadline. The protesters, which consisted of both Columbia students and some from outside the university community, chanted \u201cone solution: revolution\u201d and \u201cfrom the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WATCH: Surrounded by police in riot gear, hundreds of anti-Israel protesters on Columbia&#8217;s campus are loudly chanting the genocidal slogan of their movement, and that the &#8220;one solution&#8221; is &#8220;revolution&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Daily Wire field reporter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpencerLndqst?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SpencerLndqst<\/a> is on the scene in New York City: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5RdnX2ZVDJ\">pic.twitter.com\/5RdnX2ZVDJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDailyWire\/status\/1782948544581599395?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 24, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Columbia University students joined in on other chants, such as \u201cno peace on stolen land\u201d and \u201cresistance is justified when people are occupied.\u201d Others called to \u201cglobalize the intifada\u201d and displayed Hamas symbols.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If it wasn&#8217;t already clear that this was a pro-Hamas rally, here are the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/columbia-president-shafik-extends-deadline-to-clear-encampment-12-am-8-am-48-hours\/\" title=\"Columbia President Shafik extends deadline to clear encampment to 12 AM, 8 AM, and 48 hours\">chants heard<\/a> at Columbia tonight: <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Resistance is justified, when people are occupied&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No peace on stolen land&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Video from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpencerLndqst?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SpencerLndqst<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/H5fDCVcD8L\">pic.twitter.com\/H5fDCVcD8L<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDailyWire\/status\/1782955237629665651?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 24, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Columbia <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/04\/23\/us-news\/columbia-university-moves-to-hybrid-classes-for-rest-of-semester\/\">announced<\/a> earlier this week that it would move to hybrid instruction for the remainder of the spring semester, which concludes on April 29th.<\/p>\n<p>Protests have since spread to other campuses across the United States and within Manhattan, most notably at New York University. The anti-Israel protests reached a <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/04\/23\/us-news\/about-230-people-arrested-at-nyu-columbia\/\">boiling point<\/a> when 228 demonstrators were arrested at Columbia and NYU on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Law enforcement <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/greg_price11\/status\/1783202234085315007\">swiftly broke up<\/a> a demonstration on the University of Texas campus in Austin. Other universities like the University of Southern California (USC) have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/usc-cancels-main-commencement-ceremony-after-far-left-extremists-disrupt-campus?topStoryPosition=2\">acquiesced<\/a> to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/msnbc-people-only-think-blm-riots-were-violent-because-of-fox-news-newsmax-oan-bubble\/\" title=\"MSNBC: People Only Think BLM Riots Were Violent Because Of \u2018Fox News\/Newsmax\/OAN Bubble\u2019\">protesters\u2019 demands<\/a>. The California school recently announced that it will be canceling its commencement ceremony because of the protests, and \u201cwill not be able to host the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/usc-cancels-main-commencement-ceremony-after-far-left-extremists-disrupt-campus\/\" title=\"USC Cancels Graduation Event Amid Campus Disruption\">main stage ceremony<\/a> that traditionally brings 65,000 students, families, and friends to our campus.\u201d It is yet to be decided if Columbia University, which has already resorted to using hybrid instruction for class because of the protests, will be able to hold its own commencement ceremony next month, or if the administration will continue to cave in to the encampment\u2019s demands.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Columbia University administrators retreat from threats to anti-Israel protesters. The school assures occupiers that it won&#8217;t involve the NYPD to evict them from the campus. This decision follows the administration&#8217;s permission for the protesters to remain in the university&#8217;s quad, marking a shift in approach<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":503,"featured_media":2231025,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-1973662632.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2231024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-1973662632.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2231024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/503"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2231024"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2231024\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2231025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2231024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2231024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2231024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}