Tag: Encampments
The Student Encampments Aren’t a Danger to Jews. But the Crackdown Is.
The narrative of protesters endangering Jewish students has been used to justify police repression. But at the Columbia encampment, I saw a commitment to confronting antisemitism.
A view of the Gaza Solidarity Encampment at Columbia University in New York City on April 23, 2024.
(Selcuk Acar / Anadolu via Getty Images)
On Wednesday morning, all that was left of the Gaza Solidarity Encampment on Columbia University’s lawn was a patchwork of green and yellowed grasses, marking where tents
Scenes From the Gaza Solidarity Encampments
On April 30, Columbia University sent in hundreds of NYPD officers to disband the school’s Gaza Solidarity Encampment and remove protesters from occupied Hamilton Hall. The original encampment at Columbia—and the subsequent crackdown—inspired more than one hundred similar protests nationwide. To prevent further actions, University President Minouche Shafik has asked the police to stay on campus until two days after graduation.
Not every administration has reacted to the Gaza solidarity protests in the same way. Students at Brown University … Read more