{"id":2233430,"date":"2024-04-30T09:01:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-30T13:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/columbia-anti-israel-protesters-seize-hamilton-hall-following-failed-negotiations\/"},"modified":"2024-04-30T09:04:14","modified_gmt":"2024-04-30T13:04:14","slug":"columbia-anti-israel-protesters-seize-hamilton-hall-following-failed-negotiations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/columbia-anti-israel-protesters-seize-hamilton-hall-following-failed-negotiations\/","title":{"rendered":"Anti-Israel protesters in Columbia take over Hamilton Hall after talks break down"},"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\">24<\/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-anti-israel-protesters-seize-hamilton-hall-following-failed-negotiations%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=2233430&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>Anti-Israel demonstrators at Columbia University in \u2062New York City seized a\u2062 campus\u2063 building. Despite being ordered to disperse, they defied and clashed with <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>.\u2063 The group demanded divestment, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/father-of-mike-brown-jr-meets-with-blm-leaders-after-demanding-20m-for-ferguson-activists\/\" title=\"Father Of Mike Brown Jr. Meets With BLM Leaders After Demanding M For Ferguson Activists\">financial transparency<\/a>, \u200cand amnesty, leading to a standoff. Protesters displayed banners with \u200dprovocative\u2064 messages, escalating tensions on campus. Anti-Israel protesters\u2062 at Columbia University in New York \u200dCity took over a campus\u200c building, defying \u2064orders to disperse and clashing with university officials. \u2062Their\u200d demands for divestment,\u200b financial transparency, and amnesty led to a \u2062standoff, with tensions escalating as protesters displayed \u2063provocative banners.  <\/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 data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p>Anti-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Israel\">Israel<\/a> protesters at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/columbia-university\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Israel\">Columbia University<\/a> in New York City took control of one of the buildings on campus early Tuesday morning after defying orders to disperse from their encampment on campus.<\/p>\n<p>University officials gave <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/protests\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"protesters\">protesters<\/a> a 2 p.m. Monday deadline to leave the encampment after talks between the administration and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/acting-deputy-secy-comments-on-response-to-breach-on-capitol-building\/\" title=\"Acting deputy secy. comments on response to breach on Capitol building\">protesters broke<\/a> down, with the school claiming Monday evening that it had begun to hand down suspensions to disobedient students. Nearly 12 hours after the deadline, protesters stormed and took over Hamilton Hall on campus.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Students with the Gaza Solidarity Encampment block the entrance of Hamilton Hall at Columbia University after taking it over on Tuesday, April 30, 2024, in New York. (Marco Postigo Storel via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The group behind the protests, Columbia University Apartheid Divest, said early on Tuesday it would remain in the building until the university agreed to its demands of \u201cdivestment, financial transparency, and amnesty.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Videos of the protest showed broken glass, chanting, and the unfurling of multiple banners at the building. The banners protesters hung included one with the word \u201cintifada,\u201d an Arabic word meaning rebellion or uprising that recalls two bloody conflicts between Gaza and Israel beginning in 1987.<\/p>\n<p>The university\u2019s public safety office announced early Tuesday that access to the Morningside Campus would be limited to students living in residence halls on campus and employees who provide \u201cessential services to campus buildings, labs and residential student life.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<p data-video_id=\"fYpmHV1GvKE\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Protesters take over Columbia University's Hamilton Hall in escalation of anti-war demonstrations\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fYpmHV1GvKE?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThis access restriction will remain in place until circumstances allow otherwise,\u201d Columbia University Public Safety said in the announcement. \u201cThe safety of every single member of this community is paramount. We thank you for your patience, cooperation and understanding.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Protests against Israel at various universities in recent weeks, including Columbia, have called on the institutions to divest from companies that do business with Israel. <\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The protests could force schools to delay or cancel commencement ceremonies. The University of Southern California has already announced it has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/education\/2980183\/usc-cancels-commencement-ceremony-pro-palestinian-protesters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">canceled<\/a> its main stage commencement ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>The war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza began in October 2023 after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-responds-to-hamas-attack-with-airstrike\/\" title=\"Israel responds to Hamas attack with airstrike\">terrorist group launched<\/a> an attack against Israel on Oct. 7.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anti-Israel demonstrators at Columbia University, NYC, occupied a campus building Tuesday morning, refusing to disperse from their encampment. 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