{"id":2233390,"date":"2024-04-30T08:19:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-30T12:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/columbia-students-storm-university-building-and-hoist-banner-calling-for-intifada\/"},"modified":"2024-04-30T08:22:09","modified_gmt":"2024-04-30T12:22:09","slug":"columbia-students-storm-university-building-and-hoist-banner-calling-for-intifada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/columbia-students-storm-university-building-and-hoist-banner-calling-for-intifada\/","title":{"rendered":"Columbia Students Rally at University Building, Display Banner Urging &#8216;Intifada"},"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\">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-students-storm-university-building-and-hoist-banner-calling-for-intifada%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=2233390&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>In Manhattan, Columbia\u200c University campus closed immediately by President Shafik, only allowing\u200c residents into buildings.\u200c Student activists raised an &#8220;Intifada&#8221; banner at Hamilton \u200cHall after storming the building overnight. Masked protesters barricaded doors and chanted for Palestine. Support from faculty members seen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-says-its-message-for-dems-sparring-with-biden-on-israel-is-to-step-back-from-politics-for-a-moment\/\" title=\"White House Says Its Message For Dems Sparring With Biden On Israel Is To \u2018Step Back From Politics For A Moment\u2019\">amid escalating tensions<\/a> on campus. President issues limited access directive in response to ongoing protests.  <\/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>President Shafik shuts down campus &#8216;effective immediately,&#8217; with only those who live in campus buildings allowed to enter<\/h2>\n<figure><figcaption> \t\t\t\t \t\t\t\tStudent protesters hoist &#8220;Intifada&#8221; banner from Hamilton Hall.\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>MANHATTAN\u2014Student protesters at Columbia University stormed a campus building overnight, using a hammer to smash glass doors and tables and chairs to barricade the entrance. Once in control of the building, the protesters hoisted an &#8220;intifada&#8221; banner.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The takeover of Hamilton Hall came around 1 a.m. Student protesters marched through campus chanting &#8220;free Palestine&#8221; before moving to the hall. Masked individuals were <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jessicaschwalb7\/status\/1785169988032032825\">filmed using hammers and other tools<\/a> to open and then barricade a door to the hall. They also used tables, chairs, and a human chain to block entry to the building.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Front of Hamilton Hall\u2014where students have blockaded doors with tables and smashed windows. <\/p>\n<p>Also worth noting, the Columbia freshman dormitory is steps away\u2014students have not be able to sleep or study for their finals coming up next week. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qnsh8Oqd8u\">pic.twitter.com\/qnsh8Oqd8u<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jessica Costescu (@JessicaCostescu) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JessicaCostescu\/status\/1785222875181412414?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 30, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Once inside, students hung flags and banners from the building, including one that called for &#8220;intifada,&#8221; a photo taken by the <\/span><i><span>Washington Free Beacon <\/span><\/i><span>shows. They chanted, &#8220;Settlers, settlers, go back home, Palestine is ours alone&#8221; and &#8220;Long live the intifada.&#8221; <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Intifada banner out of Hamilton Hall <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Columbia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Columbia<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZLgrKJdbyE\">pic.twitter.com\/ZLgrKJdbyE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jessica Costescu (@JessicaCostescu) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JessicaCostescu\/status\/1785187208443379961?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 30, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8216;Settlers, settlers, go back home. Palestine is ours alone.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/R7aAQwGTFu\">pic.twitter.com\/R7aAQwGTFu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jessica Costescu (@JessicaCostescu) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JessicaCostescu\/status\/1785195638587535854?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 30, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\">3AM <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0Af3td5dpS\">pic.twitter.com\/0Af3td5dpS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jessica Costescu (@JessicaCostescu) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JessicaCostescu\/status\/1785206448177222082?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 30, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>They also pushed, grabbed, and accosted some who attempted to impede the takeover or film the chaos, including a <\/span><i><span>Free Beacon <\/span><\/i><span>reporter. Police officers were not on the scene, though several students called for law enforcement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;We will not move until Columbia meets every one of our demands,&#8221; the students said.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Columbria protestors grabbed and pushed me\u2014won\u2019t let me move <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Z8vr1HmzaY\">pic.twitter.com\/Z8vr1HmzaY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jessica Costescu (@JessicaCostescu) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JessicaCostescu\/status\/1785185575609221580?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 30, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8216;We will not move until Columbia meets every one of our demands.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eUQOqzRoLo\">pic.twitter.com\/eUQOqzRoLo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jessica Costescu (@JessicaCostescu) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JessicaCostescu\/status\/1785186532447441399?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 30, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Faculty members who flocked to the encampment Monday to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harvard-scrubs-online-bio-of-student-captured-on-video-harassing-israeli-classmate\/\" title=\"Harvard removes online bio of student filmed harassing Israeli peer.\">support student protesters<\/a> also remained overnight and were seen near Hamilton Hall. By 4 a.m., the original &#8220;Gaza Solidarity&#8221; encampment that has plagued the school for nearly a week was mostly deserted, with students moving tents to a different area.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Columbia faculty out in support for violent protesters. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/W3svXgcuaz\">pic.twitter.com\/W3svXgcuaz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jessica Costescu (@JessicaCostescu) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JessicaCostescu\/status\/1785213524542665136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 30, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Main encampment is nearly empty\u2014most protesters now occupy Hamilton Hall <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pvBh1YTCGZ\">pic.twitter.com\/pvBh1YTCGZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jessica Costescu (@JessicaCostescu) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JessicaCostescu\/status\/1785214983812325486?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 30, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Day 14\u2014Students <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Columbia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Columbia<\/a> have expanded their encampment to a different part of campus <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5JGBHLpVcl\">pic.twitter.com\/5JGBHLpVcl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jessica Costescu (@JessicaCostescu) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JessicaCostescu\/status\/1785184206865256817?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 30, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>In an early morning statement, Columbia officials <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/publicsafety.columbia.edu\/news\/morningside-campus-advisory-protest-hamilton-hall\"><span>acknowledged<\/span><\/a><span>  that a &#8220;group of protestors occupied Hamilton Hall on the Morningside campus.&#8221; Shortly thereafter, Columbia president Minouche Shafik <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/publicsafety.columbia.edu\/news\/morningside-campuslimited-access\"><span>effectively shut down campus<\/span><\/a><span>, with only those who live in residential buildings and &#8220;employees who provide essential services&#8221; allowed to enter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Columbia University Apartheid Divest, a coalition of student groups behind the encampment protests, posted a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C6X1MY9MGoG\/?igsh=b3kweDBmdGpnNGg5&#038;img_index=1\">statement<\/a> to Instagram saying an &#8220;autonomous group of students has taken matters into their own hands.&#8221; <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;They will remain in Hamilton until the university divests from death. The students are on the right side of history. We know that the university will remember them as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-cori-bush-praises-black-lives-matter-activist-who-called-for-death-of-cops\/\" title=\"Rep. Cori Bush Praises Black Lives Matter Activist Who Called For Death Of Cops\">anti-apartheid<\/a>, anti-genocide activists with moral clarity.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span>The student coalition went on to issue &#8220;an urgent call for mobilization,&#8221; calling on students to &#8220;join our picket happening outside the building&#8221; and &#8220;defend the original camp.&#8221; A subsequent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C6X_ZJLuT0u\/?igsh=MWR4dmJzdjQzODRwZA%3D%3D&#038;img_index=1\">post<\/a> said Hamilton Hall &#8220;has now been liberated.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span>The chaos came after Shafik began suspending students who <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/campus\/columbia-encampment-lives-on-after-another-deadline-from-president-shafik-passes\/\"><span>ignored her 2 p.m. Monday deadline<\/span><\/a><span>  to &#8220;voluntarily disperse&#8221; from the encampment. Shafik set the deadline after announcing that days of negotiations between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/medical-professor-warned-colleagues-that-schools-racial-preferences-were-illegal-and-he-was-removed-from-directorship-now-hes-suing\/\" title=\"Medical Professor Warned Colleagues That School\u2019s Racial Preferences Were Illegal And He Was Removed From Directorship. Now He\u2019s Suing.\">university officials<\/a> and student protesters brought no results.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The students voted unanimously to remain in the encampment and wrote messages on letters the university delivered to them. &#8220;COLUMBIA WILL BURN,&#8221; one read. &#8220;I AINT READING ALL THAT FREE PALESTINE&#8221; read another. They also pledged to &#8220;escalate&#8221; their tactics.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Day 13 at the Columbia encampment\u2014students have been given a 2pm deadline to vacate. <\/p>\n<p>This is the response from a suspended student, Aidan Parisi<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;COLUMBIA WILL BURN&#8221;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FreeBeacon?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FreeBeacon<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Odbjr4l1yQ\">pic.twitter.com\/Odbjr4l1yQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jessica Costescu (@JessicaCostescu) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JessicaCostescu\/status\/1784972338234118269?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 29, 2024<\/a>\t<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>It&#8217;s unclear if the occupation of Hamilton Hall will push Shafik to bring police to campus. After Shafik&#8217;s 2 p.m. deadline passed on Monday, Columbia&#8217;s head of communications, Ben Chang, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/campus\/columbia-encampment-lives-on-after-another-deadline-from-president-shafik-passes\/\"><span>reiterated<\/span><\/a><span>  a Friday statement from Shafik that said bringing police to campus &#8220;at this time would be counterproductive.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Shafik abruptly closes campus, restricting access to campus residents. Student activists unfurl &#8220;Intifada&#8221; banner at Hamilton Hall. 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