{"id":2233374,"date":"2024-04-30T08:07:03","date_gmt":"2024-04-30T12:07:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pro-hamas-protesters-at-columbia-university-call-for-destroying-state-of-israel\/"},"modified":"2024-04-30T08:09:37","modified_gmt":"2024-04-30T12:09:37","slug":"pro-hamas-protesters-at-columbia-university-call-for-destroying-state-of-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pro-hamas-protesters-at-columbia-university-call-for-destroying-state-of-israel\/","title":{"rendered":"Columbia University Protesters Advocate for Israel&#8217;s Destruction"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><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%2Fpro-hamas-protesters-at-columbia-university-call-for-destroying-state-of-israel%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=2233374&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>Pro-Hamas protesters at Columbia\u2064 University called for Israel&#8217;s destruction, resisting the\u2062 school&#8217;s\u200b attempts\u2062 to\u2062 remove them. Amid suspensions and tensions, concerns about anti-Semitic \u2063incidents led a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/campus-rabbis-say-brazen-anti-semitism-among-students-is-unnerving\/\" title=\"Campus rabbis alarmed by students' bold anti-Semitism.\">campus rabbi<\/a> \u2064to advise Jewish students to leave for safety.\u200c Columbia \u200cshifted to remote and\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-after-cancellation-attempt-mike-pences-u-of-virginia-speech-will-prove-the-value-of-the-first-amendment\/\" title=\"Exclusive: After Cancellation Attempt, Mike Pence's U. of Virginia Speech Will Prove the 'Value of the First Amendment'\">hybrid classes<\/a> \u200cdue to\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rioters-smash-windows-force-businesses-to-board-up-in-downtown-portland\/\" title=\"Rioters Smash Windows, Force Businesses To Board Up In Downtown Portland\">ongoing unrest<\/a>\u2064 on \u2062campus. \u2064Pro-Hamas \u200bprotesters at\u2062 Columbia University called\u2063 for the destruction of Israel, defying the school&#8217;s eviction efforts. Escalating suspensions and tensions\u2062 prompted a campus rabbi to advise Jewish students to evacuate for safety. Columbia transitioned to\u200b remote and hybrid classes to manage the campus unrest effectively.  <\/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>Pro-Hamas protesters at Columbia University called for the destruction of the state of Israel this week as school leaders have struggled to enforce their own deadline for the protesters to leave.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t want no two state! We want all of it!\u201d the encampment of protesters chanted. \u201cFrom the river to the sea! Palestine is all you\u2019ll see!\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201cWe don\u2019t want no two state. We want all of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom the river to the sea. Palestine is all you\u2019ll see.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jr8F6xuDZh\">pic.twitter.com\/jr8F6xuDZh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jessica Costescu (@JessicaCostescu) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JessicaCostescu\/status\/1785036635240812736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 29, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The school claimed that it had started to suspend students who failed to leave the encampment, while at other universities students have faced expulsion and arrest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have begun suspending students as part of the next phase of our efforts to ensure the safety of our campus,\u201d a spokesperson for the school claimed.<\/p>\n<p>Reports of anti-Semitic harassment led a campus rabbi to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/columbia-rabbi-warns-of-extreme-antisemitism-advises-jewish-students-to-return-home-asap\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">warn<\/a> Jewish students to go home for safety. As efforts to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/education\/2024\/04\/18\/columbia-student-gaza-protests-nypd\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">uproot tents and detain<\/a> protesters failed to quell the demonstrations, Columbia shifted to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/columbia-university-moves-to-remote-learning-as-campus-rancor-puts-jewish-students-on-edge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">remote learning<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/04\/23\/us-news\/columbia-university-moves-to-hybrid-classes-for-rest-of-semester\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hybrid classes<\/a> at the main campus.<\/p>\n<p>Columbia University President Minouche Shafik has faced intense backlash throughout the two-week ordeal as numerous critics view her lack of action as not only a sign of weakness but a tacit endorsement of what has happened.<\/p>\n<p>Just two months after the September 11 terrorist attack on the United States, Shafik remarked that terrorism was a \u201cform of protesting against a system,\u201d according to a video unearthed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/flashback-columbia-president-after-9-11-said-terrorism-is-a-form-of-protesting\">The Daily Wire<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Shafik, who was a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-defector-emails-pipeline-to-obama-admin-seen-as-currency\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Defector Emails: 'Pipeline' to Obama Admin Seen as 'Currency'\">vice president<\/a> at the World Bank at the time, was asked about the economic roots of terrorism in developing countries during <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OGacecCU3S8\">an event<\/a> with the University of California-Berkeley\u2019s Institute of International Studies. While she condemned \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-senator-raphael-warnock-under-investigation-for-voter-registration-misconduct-reports\/\" title=\"Democrat Senator Raphael Warnock Under Investigation For Voter Registration Misconduct: Reports\">extreme views<\/a>\u201d held by terrorist groups, she said the reason they are popular is because terrorism is a \u201cprotest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1714314649401000&#038;usg=AOvVaw0R7buYDr5ycgwzOHpoxkHS\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019ll always have individuals who will have extreme views,\u201d Shafik said at the November 2001 event, \u201cbut what\u2019s really troubling in the region is that there\u2019s actually quite a broad base of society which has some sympathy for the terrorists, not so much because they approve of their methods, but it\u2019s a form of protesting against a system which is not delivering for them on the economic or the political front.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Brent Scher and Daniel Chaitin contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/speaker-johnson-calls-on-columbia-president-shafik-to-resign-very-weak-inept-leader\">Speaker Johnson Calls On Columbia President Shafik To Resign: \u2018Very Weak, Inept Leader\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week at Columbia University, pro-Hamas protesters demanded Israel&#8217;s destruction despite the school&#8217;s deadline enforcement struggles. Chanting, &#8220;We want all of it!&#8221; the protesters adamantly rejected a two-state solution, emphasizing their solidarity with Palestine<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":134,"featured_media":2233375,"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\/Screen-Shot-2024-04-29-at-9.08.01-PM.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2233374","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\/Screen-Shot-2024-04-29-at-9.08.01-PM.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2233374","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\/134"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2233374"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2233374\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2233375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2233374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2233374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2233374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}