Hundreds of Columbia University students initiated a Vietnam-style Gaza Solidarity Encampment on the university's main lawn in New York City, erecting nearly 60 tents as part of a protest demanding the university divest from companies linked to Israel's actions in Palestine. The encampment, which began around 4 a.m., saw participation from both Columbia and Barnard College students. University administrators warned of potential disciplinary actions, including suspension, while NYPD arrested several protesters, including legal observers. Defying the university's warnings, students laughed, chanted 'Hell no', and vowed to maintain their encampment.
Columbia University anti-Israel protesters arrested by NYPD https://t.co/NJ5n626n4d
Cops storm Columbia, bust 100 anti-Israel protesters after university prez tells NYPD to clear campus https://t.co/MErAU57d3Q https://t.co/GylKwQ6KJU
NYPD arrests dozens of demonstrators at Columbia University over ‘Gaza Solidarity Encampment’ NYPD officers entered the Columbia University campus on Thursday and arrested students who were participating in a protest for Gaza. Read more ⬇️ https://t.co/flTF46QcIb
🚨🇺🇸BREAKING: NYPD ARRESTS PRO-PALESTINE PROTESTORS AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY "This is the New York City Police Department: You are currently participating in an unauthorized encampment. You will be arrested and charged with trespassing." Protestors: "NOOOooooooo" Source: Fox,… https://t.co/siGnf0lBoo
The police moved Thursday afternoon to quell a protest at Columbia University, arresting dozens of pro-Palestinian demonstrators who had constructed an encampment of about 50 tents on campus. https://t.co/7yyJdo77s5
Hundreds of protesters condemn the NY police arrests of pro-Palestinian demonstrators at Columbia University and block police buses carrying students arrested at the scene, demanding their release. https://t.co/Bo0SPXfULk
Breaking News: The police arrested dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters who had set up tents at Columbia University, a day after university leaders pledged to Congress that they would crack down on unauthorized student protests related to the war in Gaza. https://t.co/oJxf9Xh8nj
Columbia University has ordered New York police to clear a Gaza Solidarity Encampment on campus, resulting in the mass arrest of those who took part in the peaceful occupation. The students spoke with DN! earlier this week to explain their protest. https://t.co/a8atqCCAc1
COLUMBIA CHAOS: Police took swift action against anti-Israel protester's on the university's campus after they set up an encampment on the school's lawn. Watch: https://t.co/DXUNPba7I2 https://t.co/Vlped1BoJc
NYPD is currently mass arresting student protesters & legal observers at the Gaza Solidarity Encampment at Columbia University Students are being suspended in real time and already have their IDs deactivated https://t.co/5EthTLhHy1
Live from Columbia: Pro-Palestine student demonstrators who refused to leave their encampment on campus grounds have been arrested by NYPD https://t.co/csqj1X48rl
NYPD cops in riot gear swarmed Columbia University on Thursday afternoon and began arresting dozens of anti-Israel protesters after the school’s president made the bombshell decision to clear the campus. https://t.co/Kj5wyerRFY https://t.co/17ElbqDHA3
New York police disperse and arrest pro-Palestine protesters demonstrating at Columbia University. https://t.co/Q42OvZVzaG
Police arrest pro-Palestinian protesters at Columbia University: NYT
🚨HAPPENING NOW AT COLUMBIA: NYPD is arresting Columbia University students for protesting after students have built tents for the Gaza Solidarity Encampment on Butler lawns. WE'RE CALLING ON ALL IN NYC TO HEAD TO COLUMBIA TO PROVIDE IMMEDIATE SUPPORT https://t.co/sTBJarP3D3
🚨HAPPENING NOW AT COLUMBIA: NYPD is arresting Columbia University students for trespassing after students have built tents for the Gaza Solidarity Encampment on Butler lawns. WE'RE CALLING ON ALL IN NYC TO HEAD TO COLUMBIA TO PROVIDE IMMEDIATE SUPPORT https://t.co/sTBJarP3D3
⚡️ NYPD enters Columbia University campus amid orders for pro-Palestinian protesters to clear out "Students who are participating in the unauthorized encampment are suspended," a university spokesperson said in a statement. https://t.co/ll2x46lNgR
NYPD in riot gear are arresting Hamassholes at Columbia University. https://t.co/5Gh7JAVOga
Breaking: NYPD begins arresting pro-Palestinian protesters at Columbia University https://t.co/BfHx8gzZcT
NYPD in riot gear are arressting Hamassholes at Columbia University. https://t.co/5Gh7JAVOga
Live from Columbia: Students are shouting “shame” at NYPD officers arresting students who refused to leave an illegal protest-Palestine campus encampment. https://t.co/Re3sH3wfg2
The NYPD has begun arresting students at Columbia for occupying their campus in protest of Columbia's role in the Palestinian genocide. They cannot intimidate us. If you can, go to Columbia and provide support right NOW. https://t.co/4aUZLuyqNn
New York police disperse and arrest pro-Palestine protesters demonstrating against the Israeli genocide in Gaza at Columbia University. https://t.co/4MNlCkOenJ
UPDATE: A massive group of students have surrounded the Columbia University Palestine solidarity encampment to express their support for the protesters https://t.co/WN6yc7MSac
UPDATE: Students have come down to the Columbia University Palestine solidarity encampment to express their support for the protesters https://t.co/2Qg72heNzA
There were new tensions at Columbia University on Thursday morning as pro-Palestinian and pro-Israeli demonstrators faced off. The NYPD made some arrests. @DougWilliamsTV reports. https://t.co/13WCml1NSF
Live from Columbia: NYPD in riot gear clearing out pro-Palestine encampment and arresting students who refuse to leave. https://t.co/Wrb3Sw1orT
#NOW Police bring out protesters and National Lawyers guild in handcuffs, report that organizers have also been placed under arrest at the Columbia University Encampment for Palestine. Reports of at least 14 arrests at this time. Video by Olga Fe [email protected] to license https://t.co/Z9eUR5f8Q5
UPDATE: The NYPD have now arrested the legal observers at the Columbia University Palestine solidarity encampment https://t.co/hpCShcZPVf
Arrests being made on Columbia University campus right now! https://t.co/GlEhEwzdnZ
BREAKING: NYPD have begun arresting members of the Columbia University Palestine solidarity encampment https://t.co/h3NhYsERXa
NYPD cops enter Columbia after university warns anti-Israel protesters to clear out https://t.co/q8qCtSffiv https://t.co/GsiHuitjNT
The NYPD is in the Columbia encampment for Gaza. @Columbia would rather have police attack their own students than divest from apartheid and genocide. https://t.co/NRcNfHw2xg
The NYPD is in the Columbia encampment for Gaza. @Columbia would rather have police attack their own student than divest from apartheid and genocide. https://t.co/NRcNfHw2xg
UPDATE: NYPD have entered the Columbia Palestine solidarity encampment and are threatening to arrest the protesters. https://t.co/4JQXly0cfO
Columbia University told pro-Palestinian student demonstrators who had set up dozens of tents on campus that they had to leave. The students have vowed to stay, no matter the consequences of the protest. https://t.co/OQHO75GjAw
UPDATE: Students have formed a massive picket around the Columbia University Palestine solidarity encampment to prevent arrests in response to the arrival of several additional police vehicles https://t.co/tCwyyQTRfU
BREAKING: Three students in the Columbia University Palestine solidarity encampment have been suspended. Their IDs have already been deactivated. https://t.co/t8uoD7yjom
Columbia Students Risk Arrest, Suspension to Maintain Gaza Solidarity Encampment on Campus https://t.co/XyoVfRSHnr
🇵🇸❤️✊🏛️🚨 It has been over 24 hours since the start of the historic encampment by Columbia students who stand with Palestine. Last night, hundreds of New Yorkers supported the Gaza Solidarity Encampment and rallied outside the gates of Columbia. There’s an ongoing picket… https://t.co/pmvbwfuuPR
Columbia university, NY, now. Columbia students are partaking in a Gaza solidarity encampment in the center of the campus demanding the university divest from Israeli interests. https://t.co/kHA361Ss1f
🚨ALL OUT TO COLUMBIA NOW🚨 An hour ago, NYPD violently arrested 5 protestors outside the gates of Columbia standing with the Gaza Solidarity Encampment. The remaining protestors are asking for others to join and keep the presence both in and outside of the gates powerful‼️ https://t.co/FKM1KkSPFh
4 anti-Israel protesters, including 1 minor, arrested on Columbia University campus https://t.co/YMypkaESbc https://t.co/CI3TkcjifJ
"We will always support the liberation of Palestine." Students at Columbia University and Barnard College in New York have set up dozens of tents on campus to create what they are calling a Gaza Solidarity Encampment to demand divestment from Israeli occupation of Palestine. https://t.co/5w4WZobnJw
🚨"Why are you doing this to me, I'm just standing on the sidewalk?!?!" At 7 a.m. outside the gates of the Columbia University student encampment protest for Gaza, NYPD arrested pro-Palestinian protesters showing solidarity with Columbia students protesting. Via @JonFarinaPhoto https://t.co/75tQ6ttEuQ
Columbia Students Launch Gaza Solidarity Encampment https://t.co/btYRtOp3gk
Hundreds of Columbia students have staged a Vietnam-style encampment inside the main campus of the university in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, in defiance of what they say is repression of pro-Palestinian protests at the Ivy League school in New York City. https://t.co/32AeHMiERe
Hundreds of Columbia students have staged a Vietnam-style encampment inside the main campus of the university in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, in defiance of what they say is repression of pro-Palestinian protests https://t.co/zQ8ovuv1Kl
Students at Columbia University and Barnard College have set up dozens of tents on campus to create a Gaza Solidarity Encampment. The protesters are demanding the school divest from firms profiting from the Israeli occupation. https://t.co/btYRtOp3gk https://t.co/EIshVIUR9O
Hundreds of Columbia University students set up tents to show support for Palestinians, Gaza https://t.co/SDWXOo1IPB https://t.co/U693IqrHdW
Columbia student set up nearly 60 tents to protest Gaza war https://t.co/nsPWbWwtdh https://t.co/8iqixNUu4v
Columbia University Students Launch Gaza Solidarity Encampment https://t.co/btYRtOp3gk
Columbia University students stage Vietnam-style anti-war encampment for Gaza https://t.co/gLTdASC3ES
COLUMBIA STUDENTS ERECT 60 TENTS AND WILL STAY THERE UNTIL THEY DIVEST FROM ISRAEL https://t.co/Q2CXoqzA6G
Columbia students stage sit-in on campus for 'solidarity in Gaza encampment' as president testifies before congress about campus antisemitism https://t.co/Xg2XCfZfdZ https://t.co/woC2YJmXkT
NEW: Hundreds of Columbia students have staged a Vietnam-style encampment inside the main campus of the university in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, in defiance of what they say is repression of pro-Palestinian protests at the Ivy League school. https://t.co/3Y7JFtR4uk
BREAKING: Over 200 students are occupying the front lawn of Columbia University. Students set up camp at 4AM this morning to strike against the University’s ties to Israel. Students say Columbia’s administration is threatening to suspend each student. https://t.co/4XwFifpgpy
Reps from @BarnardCollege entered the lawn at @Columbia where hundreds of students have gathered for a Gaza Solidarity Encampment calling on the university to divest from Israel. Admins tell students to talk to them to avoid disciplinary action. Students laugh & chant “Hell no.” https://t.co/737hTS8cFQ
Hundreds of Columbia University students in New York staged a sit-in on the main lawn and launched a “Gaza Solidarity Encampment” overnight. https://t.co/hY5lFi0aA4
Hundreds of Columbia students descend on the main lawn and launched the Gaza Solidarity Encampment. Nearly 60 tents were erected in minutes, with plans to remain until the school divests from Israel’s genocide of Palestine. https://t.co/Sj9U4JAnyN
At around 4am today, hundreds of @Columbia students descended on the main lawn and launched the Gaza Solidarity Encampment. Nearly 60 tents were erected in minutes, with plans to remain until the school divests from Israel’s genocide of Palestine. https://t.co/EkNrWv0Rpr