COLUMBIA Student Journalist Gives INSIDE Glimpse Of PROTESTS; Shafik's Job On The LINE

Columbia University student and reporter for the Columbia Spectator Emily Forgash gives first-hand account of what's unfolding on campus grounds as pro-Palestine, pro-Israel protests persist. #protests #columbiauniversity
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[@silassoule5077]

They are accusing the Jewish students of antisemitism 😂😂😂

[@byronhotchkiss3254]

I mean. This is possible. Poland convicted 44 Jews of anti-Semitic persecution after WW2. Not to mention "internalized -ism" is a popular buzzword.

[@mrbaab5932]

Because Palestinians and all Arabs are Semitic peoples. Arab and Aramaic are also Semitic languages.

[@byronhotchkiss3254]

@@mrbaab5932 well duh. But in the American (really, Western) context, anti-Semitic means and is understood to mean anti-Jewish. Exclusively. Let's not play silly word games.

[@nonyabusiness557]

Soros

[@user-BlackRus]

Yeah and arresting them for protesting Crimes of an UN declared Racist Apartheid State……. if you read that in a book 😂😂😂

[@kaecake9575]

“The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it.”

[@kaecake9575]

"It's a big club AND YOU AIN'T IN IT!" -George Carlin

[@cyndybutler7330]

They deserve prison

[@saved217]

Society today, says there is no absolute truth. Everyone has their own truth, which is totally untrue.

[@cyndybutler7330]

@@saved217 yep 😁

[@rickw3243]

Mere words signifying nothing.

[@jrkastl]

My son (half-Indian) was speaking in an Indian accent, and his teacher said that he was being racist. In what world do we live?

[@S62r]

It’s the victimhood Olympics - everyone wants to be some kind of oppressed group so they can have special privileges

[@jamedraa8472]

Does she know about his ethnicity. I mean... It's not impossible to take on a self-hating mindset, but that doesn't sound like that's what's happening.

[@flightkimulator9612]

100% happened

[@dansmithbyu1784]

A white girl once told me it is racist to say the word Mexican… Apparently I’m supposed to say my mom is hispanic, not Mexican 😂

[@adamsneidelmann8976]

The one we allow.

[@JuliusGalacki]

There's a real confusion between what makes one unsafe and what makes one uncomfortable.

[@lizbethartemis4886]

There is a confusion - they make accusations but not one example of an incident. 😂

[@lavonnetraylor8403]

It is uncomfortable when something is being done in your name.

[@user-tq6hj8bh9y]

@@lavonnetraylor8403 No one knows your name....

[@tsuiters]

@@lizbethartemis4886 forming human walls and blocking and pushing Jewish students. One student even poked in the eye with a flag. Title 6 of the civil rights act of 1964 constitutes that behavior as bullying and harrasement.

[@Catoo.]

There is no confusion, but a purpose for that, and the purpose is to silence!

[@eugeneward900]

Free the hostages.

[@beholdmessiah6526]

Exactly

[@Heshem_Joel]

Do you practically mean free the 2 million hostages in Gaza, 3 million in the West Bank, 372,000 in East Jerusalem and 8,000 in Israeli prisons and the 150 Israeli captives?.

[@raerae3703]

Free Palestine

[@gbootman]

​@@raerae3703from hamas

[@reneesimmons8698]

@@beholdmessiah6526 Exactly what @Heshem_Joel says.

[@gotmilk91]

These universities should not be funded by private interests; only public interests based on freedom of expression, intellectual discourse, true secularist democracy as well as meritocracy.

[@vanessaridings960]

LOL Robert Kraft pulled his donations from Columbia 😂😂😂

[@Stop-and-listen]

Kraft Genocide Industries (KGI), along with Google Genocide Industries (GGI), are not needed.

[@therumjiggler6879]

Maybe he needs a massage to calm down. I hope this conflict gets settled and has a happy ending.

[@annaverano5843]

I hope they all pull their donations from that campas. Let it go bankrupt . All they do is protest and bully everyone who doesn't agree with their point of views

[@user-gw7bs9up3l]

The colleges were just bought off by the democrats student loan forgiveness.

[@wendielangborders4116]

Heinz Kerry

[@nosuchthing8]

Funny how with all these phones with cameras no one can snap a photo of violence or ufos for that matter. 😂

[@foreverlearn3866]

Yes, there is. Watch TV

[@dudebro91-fn7rz]

There is tons of footage of violence on both sides. You're either ignorant or pretending to ignore it

[@bweaver760]

Beware of professional radical agitators amongst these college protests!!!

[@Hollowptgenius]

Beware of professional radical agitators amongst these comments. Since you're not capable of being drafted shut your mouth, this doesn't concern you.

[@JoshuaPlaysMusic]

Beware of Hamas Sympathizers in the comments.

[@inktray4913]

​@Hollowptgenius this is every Americans concern.

[@gravitas1974lor]

The ADL put out a correspondence recommending agitating anti Jew protests

[@331SVTCobra]

Also, beware of clearly biased news reporting. IIRC ABC reported the Columbia protest as anti-semitic because they said that the previous evening someone said "We are HAMAS". All the video showed peaceful students, but the previous evening the reporter claimed that one person said something.... LOL. That's worse than Fox.

[@bobbycurl9431]

Never again Columbia. Never again.

[@dark_messiah8183]

Never Again, or Nie Wieder, applies to ALL of humanity, not just specifically to Jews. It is a disservice to the victims of the Holocaust to pretend otherwise, and completely antithetical to the idea of Nie Wieder.

[@user-pg5rt7ju4f]

It's just Columbia is more convenient, NYU does not have a "real" campus to show a comparable scene.

[@user-sr6rm9yy1o]

Agree

[@nosuchthing8]

Divest

[@paceAndorder-tk3vn]

If these kids truly cared about people in Gaza - they would protest against Hamas who is stilling food and money from Palestinian children and women. If these students truly cared about people in Gaza They would call for Hamas to release hostages- war would be over. IF THESE STUDENTS REALLY CARED ABOUT PEOPLE IN GAZA - They would call for people in Gaza to help rescue hostages !!! YOUR GRANDPARENTS WOULD BE ASHAMED OF YOUR IGNORANCE 🧐🧐🤨🤨☹️☹️😒😒

[@CS-qy4qy]

Did the protestors see the video of people in Gaza cheering after 9-11?

[@buthainaf]

show us the video would like to see it if its existed,!!! as there was no social media then!!!!!!!

[@LaurieFloodTeacher]

It was dancing Israelis. Wow, what a gaslighting job!

[@CS-qy4qy]

Did anyone go to youtube and search for "Gaza cheering on 9-11"?

[@richw76]

Propagandists, not journalists.

[@sharpelock]

Absolutely!

[@itzelouise8714]

You don’t look like part of the elite club that Izrael benefits, more like a regular X dude

[@leonardosouza1995]

How ISRAELITES became WHITE EUROPEAN COLONIALIST ❓

[@HANKHILLFORTXGOVERNOR]

​​@@leonardosouza1995 colonization of their homeland by others, forced immigration.

[@jessewest2109]

Columbia manufacturers consent. We see it now.

[@tinnaz1]

Maybe everyone should do a little more research about who is really in charge of all the universities?

[@alongesundheit9210]

Qatar and China the largest foreign donors

[@sphsmith3400]

​@@alongesundheit9210 Source?

[@alongesundheit9210]

@@sphsmith3400 how do I link to a picture here? It’s a graph from a report by Bari Weiss

[@tinnaz1]

Hint: United States and the United States of America government documents.

[@medchekir7988]

Better to do more research about the conflict and how Israel occupied Palestine since 1948, destroyed houses, killed kids and women. 20,000 kids in 5 months We are all complicit

[@bountylad]

Can someone say how Russian students are treated in the USA since the Ukraine- Russia war.......were they made to feel safe at the US Universities when we were protesting against that war?

[@timbanks7344]

AIPAC has not been able to buy these kids loyalties yet, as they have media and politics.

[@heavyd777]

Conspiracy bot.

[@jenkinsmanly-spain1252]

Well said, the comment above this taht says conspiracy bot, is a government bot

[@agentcooper6179]

They have hearts and minds of their own. They know that hating Hamas actions and hating Israel’s actions don’t have to be mutually exclusive.

[@HANKHILLFORTXGOVERNOR]

​@@agentcooper6179 As a sovereign entity possessing the arcane knowledge of nuclear alchemy, it becomes our solemn duty to lend our cosmic energies in support of the celestial realm known as Israel. By invoking the ancient incantations that negate the very necessity of unleashing these apocalyptic forces, we weave a tapestry of astral harmony. Furthermore, let us maintain the equilibrium of its inner sanctum, preventing the emergence of chaotic forces that would rend the fabric of our existence. Thus, through these cryptic arts, we ensure the cosmic balance and safeguard us cosmic wanderers.

[@alexchertin3]

​@@agentcooper6179their chants says it all, wake up.

[@alexyo2440]

If you don't allow free speech you shouldn't be a US citizen

[@freddyt55555]

Free speech doesn't mean you can physically be wherever you want.

[@charliee5970]

Putting up a tent and trying to declare you own this spot of land is not free speech. You're twisting the definition of free speech to try and support your personal agenda.

[@annaverano5843]

Free speech doesn't mean you get to terrorize and threaten american citizens because of their ethnicities that you have a problem with . We are not 1930 Germany

[@mikeh6084]

@@freddyt55555 only public accessible areas and as long as you’re not chanting that you’re Hamas

[@1984isnotamanual]

I agree with the above. It’s not their property, they sign things that say they will follow the rules like getting permits and following curfews. Sorry but this ain’t a free speech thing.

[@ozachar]

How about Colombia divesting from Katar? Oh, no, Katar is honorable money! How about Colombia divesting from China? What a bunch of hypocrites.

[@margaretgarlando7911]

I've been reading some of the comments in this thread, and some of you really discust me with how you are laughing about all of this, I think some of you need a history lesson. Go look up a little town in Ohio named Kent, and here is the refrence date you should use, May 4, 1970. Then see if you feel like mocking and laughing about what is going on in our colleges right now.

[@Couldthinkofabettername]

Protesters in Kent were protesting sending Americans to fight in Vietnam including themselves. Protesters at Columbia are protesting against something that doesn’t affect them at all.

[@murrowboy]

Look on the bright side, if this is the next generation, more job security for those who are working.

[@triciakalman9562]

These idiots dont even know why they are protesting. 😂

[@jpconard]

Sure they do, cause Soros paid them money.

[@wildcardartsent]

"I've been a friend of this nation for 25 long minutes" 😅

[@ahmadhma1]

@@wildcardartsent since you know enlighten us

[@VanillaBelleASMR]

@@ahmadhma1why don’t you enlighten us? 😊

[@ahmadhma1]

@@VanillaBelleASMR he is the one saying they don't know what they are protesting about as of he knows the truth of things so please give us some of that

[@PerspicacityPodcast]

If an encampment disturbs the students or impedes the students travel on campus they should be disbanded.

[@nicholasjohnferriman8283]

Public protests mean the public are disturbed and impeded. That is the price we pay for living in free societies where free speech and free assembly are central tenets. Your call for the disbandment of student assemblies is a call for greater oppression.

[@ZeeMan84]

The power of AIPAC and Israeli lobbying within USA is nauseating and concerning.

[@JBoo00]

Considering Ukraine received more than double what we gave Israel, I’d say they aren’t THAT powerful

[@ZeeMan84]

@@JBoo00 LOL, the only reason Ukraine got that big fund is to make Israel funding less noticeable.

[@iamwell5654]

It’s tied to racism and imperialism

[@SandyCheeks63564]

As long as we keep letting special interests (Israel lobby, gun lobby, big agra, developers etc) fund all political campaigns, both D & R our supposed representatives only rep their owners, not the people. Make CampaignsPubliclyFunded to stop them running our gov't instead of the people. We should so ban insider trading for elected officials. It attracts too many gold diggers with no conscience or desire to WORK for the People. It also encourages relationships with lobbyists and big biz.

[@JBoo00]

@@SandyCheeks63564 Israel is literally the only us base in the Middle East .. its worth protecting

[@jascam1]

So exactly where was the Police presence or National Guard when the Capitol was overrun. I get it the gunslingers only want to confront unarmed student protesters.

[@scotty3114]

1. Allow free speach, always! 2. Study your lessions. 3. Stay out of national and international politics. The issues are much more nuanced and conplex than young people are ready for. 4. If you must dabble in politics, stick to campus and local issues. 5. While you are adults, you don't know everything yet!

[@artyzdesign5472]

What if those protesters were protesting for ukraine instead of Palestine would they be faced with this police brutality 😢, western dounle standard at it finest

[@direwolf6234]

china locked up 1 million muslims where were the protests ??

[@HANKHILLFORTXGOVERNOR]

J6 was largely a protest against ukraine and censorship etc.

[@TizBaz5]

Hmmm. Remind me again why they aren't protesting for ukraine?

[@Couldthinkofabettername]

Ukraine is a democracy while Palestine is a dictatorship.

[@SpringIsBACK]

If pro-Ukraine protestors were interfering with other people's lives (like getting an education), blocking streets without a permit, etc., they would most certainly be subject to arrest, removal, etc.

[@eethkoth4872]

Where were all the mass protests about the destruction of Aleppo during the Syrian war or Mosul when trying to destroy isis ? Waaaay more innocents were killed in those conflicts? Hamas actively declared war on Israel and are still fighting from urban positions as of now,, are the protesters demanding hamas to surrender and hand back the remaining hostages? Are they holding hamas and islamic jihad responsible for putting gaza in this situation???

[@JakeSmith-jy1kx]

"There's a concern that the university is unevenly addressing safety on campus," said with a straight face as if it is equally of concern. Lets be clear about this: it is unsafe to be a Jew on Columbia's campus right now. This antisemetic rally is the reason. There is no equivalent rally against Muslims.

[@timdrayton4956]

I've seen no credible evidence that Jews are unsafe on Columbia's campus. I haven't even seen anybody from Columbus appear on TV with no visible injury to their eye making the claim that they were stabbed in the eye with a flagpole the day before.

[@thomasburns6655]

The problem is that Israel is in the right defending themselves against terrorists who have repeatedly attacked them with the sole goal of genocide. Why would an institution of higher learning support ignorant support of those terrorists!?!?

[@itzelouise8714]

Yeah mop whatever you say

[@X4zerm4n]

If they’re only defending themselves then why have they killed 10,000 children?

[@scatteredgrapes8007]

Do you believe everything Hamas says?​@X4zerm4n

[@dodiewallace41]

It's weird how Israel's consistent violation of international law is just ignored as if this aggression has nothing to do with anything. Hopefully, this is finally coming to an end, and Israel will begin to be held accountable for their crimes.

[@X4zerm4n]

@@scatteredgrapes8007 do you believe everything Netanyahu says?

[@leorapier9389]

Poor people don't have the time to protest - though they have a lot to protest. College students always lead the way.

[@kristyna1441]

Like Red Gards in China. Violent protests that ended in tens of years of misery. Really way to go.

[@tsuiters]

Are these the same college students who had their loans forgiven by Biden? With all of their camping and protests when do they have time to actually go to class, study and learn. I mean isn't that the actual reason they are there to learn?

[@IcarianX]

That's pretty much it. Most people don't have the time or freedom to protest. We need college students to do it for us. But we also need to protect them from reprisal, doxxing or other attempts to destroy their future career prospects.

[@pabs5270]

‘Useful idiots’ is what Lenin called these airheads.

[@codycrawford7842]

Yea evangelical support for Israel is counter-intuitive.

[@alexanderadams8372]

​@@codycrawford7842 No, It's not.

[@bendyhere]

​@@codycrawford7842The childhood pilgrimage to Israel is one of the biggest events in evangelical life. These are the ties that bind.

[@sarahpauline4904]

Except there is no credible evidence that Lenin ever said this.

[@ZangariRC]

A warning to Americans 👇 "Albert Einstein Letter to the New York Times"

[@zambianyoutuberx]

America! We love you! Stay United!

[@paulkelley180]

And . . . When will “The Hill” explore the anti-Israel, anti-Semitic Hate?

[@deborahsolomon5089]

Oh and why would students not feel safe with such a peaceful protest going on?? Also, what demographic of student is it that does not feel safe?/ I am wondering since you seem to feel that Islamophobia is as much of a problem as antisemitism on Columbia campus.

[@technigeneric]

Reminder: Everyone has the right to BE safe. NOONE has the right to FEEL safe.

[@crispinfornoff206]

No one has a right to call for violence on a group of people, especially by race.

[@karenpowers3319]

​@crispinfornoff20 Unless your are the state of Israel. Then you can do anything you . Historical fact.

[@user-wq8oh5ph2q]

No one has the right to threaten people, i.e. make them feel unsafe.

[@BBB-rd2qi]

@@karenpowers3319- Have you been to Palestine and looked at Hamas’ carnage?! I have!

[@andre8272]

The only race being directly targeted is the jews. Gaza is made up of arabs most of which can be directly traced to surrounding regions like Egypt. The Egyptians and other arab nations aren't supporting them either. Its pretty much just other terrorist states like Iran and huthis.

[@haroldsmith7044]

I found the interview with the student journalist (Emily) to be very informative and insightful. I hope that if Emily does dream of a career in journalism, that she dreams of being a good one. She certainly has the makings of a good one, and there are far too many bad ones out there these days.

[@robertcallahan1732]

Sorry America don't negotiate with terrorists

[@paulhill182]

The students do not own the campus, they are invites guest and the invitation should be revoked.

[@BrianCombs-xr9op]

hmm - they do pay alot + you fired your post off so fast you misses s and for get Sss

[@berserkernews223]

My family will no longer donate to any of these colleges. And they've donated millions over the years. And I know many, many investors out here. That say, the same thing we will no longer invest in American colleges. We will start our own

[@Joe-no7gs]

Good to hear! I won't hire any myself.

[@ladycanada35]

you gotta put the money somewhere.... charity donations are a scam and asset taxes would take you down in half a generation.

[@erkayberkant1828]

So you actually wanted to buy obedience to the cause of Israel and not support education?

[@keiju49]

Wow. Real capitalism. Now I see the nature of the US.-not freedom, equality nor Democracy. It’s only about money😂

[@muzaffariqbal2809]

Save your earnings liar. Don't put your false claim of donation. You are not in control of your destiny and these students are adult with consciousness and standing to create a better world Free Free America from AIPAC

[@janardh1]

USA as a country has the history of interfering with similar protests happening all over the world. US used to make uninformed and biased comments about similar events, especially in India. What right US has to make moments about events happening outside US, when US itself suppress the voice of democracy ?

[@Nutmeg142]

You can hold lawful protests in the US all you want, but you cannot threaten other people nor encroach on another person’s rights, which is what the protestors are doing. Oh, and to be a totally lawful protester you need to apply for a permit and remain peaceful, which they did not, so not rights were trampled on other than those people who had been threatened with violence.

[@HANKHILLFORTXGOVERNOR]

Usa is the people, not the government over which we have no say in their actions.

[@Anpk24]

USA better stop lecturing to other countries about peace. USA is able to maintain order because they are allowed to use brutal force on protestors. People support police. Now the Supreme Court is saying it’s ok if the president commits crimes while in the office. Not sure if it’s a democracy.

[@sphsmith3400]

​​@Nutmeg142 That's a lie and a tool that's being used to silence students who are protesting against Israels atrocities.

[@Captain_Jack711]

Also you have to be a US citizen to have the Bill of Rights apply to you.

[@kms7012]

I have deep sympathy for the innocent Palestinians suffering In this war. But of have little sympathy for those use for the hateful protesters at Columbia who use intimidation tactics, but should anyone be surprised when the person in leading the protests Khymani James, a clearly unhinged individual.

[@aliissa5302]

God bless and thank you for supporting the oppressed people and children of Gaza.

[@JusticeObsession.]

I am extremely offended by the double standard between treatment of the two sides.

[@JusticeObsession.]

I don't want protests on the streets blocking traffic anymore. No pushing for attention

[@xaspirate8060]

They are dangerous. They think they know something that nobody else knows. People who have been held up for weeks during commute will not put up with this for much longer and it is not going to be a pretty resolution.

[@deusexmachina101]

Protests are meant to be disruptive, if you don't like the blockages maybe you should consider listening to their demands. And if you don't want to do that then I hope you have a stronger will than they do.

[@wckvn]

Finally something good and just happening. Antisemitism has to be removed.

[@jakobkljun4684]

I cant believe this! Resurrection of the spirit of sixties?! I thought America cant do that anymore...how many genocides do people need to DO something about their own establishment?

[@Faux.P]

The thumbnail looks like these 3 ladies got locked up and those are their mugshots ha. The reason I clicked lol

[@greenlissy]

I'm still trying to work out why a university should be expected to take a stance on a conflict happening on the other side of the world.

[@JakeSmith-jy1kx]

BDS is about antisemitism, not about any specific mission to release hostages by a foreign military.

[@7hx89]

Pay your tax. Hand over to the other side of the world. And get out these military based inconveniently located on that side as well.

[@evanielsen9438]

I foresee a whole generation of young people not getting hired anywhere.

[@Ccats231]

Sure, because there’s such an over abundance of workers 🙄

[@stewartsmith1947]

Many will not hire an Ivey grad !

[@beebeebee7000]

1000000%

[@user-qk2lo9iy4r]

They could not give AF about not being hired by the Z people. At least their life has meaning , they don't sell their arse like yall

[@jimlewis5477]

Why would I knowingly hire a troublemaker. Makes no sense.

[@rodshephard3837]

Shafik should be permanently removed and face civil charges.....deserves a lengthy jail time....

[@BoomerTactical]

It’s 1930’s Germany all over again

[@jimmymitchell209]

Or 1968 USA

[@ZangariRC]

A warning to Americans 👇 "Albert Einstein Letter to the New York Times"

[@HANKHILLFORTXGOVERNOR]

​@jimmymitchell209 nah, weve evolved.

[@leviashanken2506]

Did this journalist, Emily, really answer Jessica's question about the allegations that it reminds some of the 1930s? It seems like it was a long-winded dodge.

[@lavonnetraylor8403]

In Israel, yes.

[@kenwk2283]

Actually students should leave the schools if they feel their schools are not aligned with their beliefs

[@iamwell5654]

All the students should transfer to someplace else let Columbia lose all that money. Student can turn around and Sue to college for unused funds.

[@zalinabrooks1198]

The instructors are brainwashing these kids, the university needs to be held accountable

[@shawndorv8953]

you must own a brainwashing machine

[@RTILEBEINSR]

You are exactly correct.

[@Sldjdjfk]

Студенты молодцы, не то что ты глупая

[@BerryReymond]

The University needs to be defunded.

[@aztraeuz]

​@@BerryReymondColumbia is a private university.

[@blist14ant]

Consider voting for a third party as a form of protest for Gaza and cast your vote against any incumbents in the Senate and House.

[@layacohen]

Free the hostages!!!

[@Laight4work]

kudos to these amazing, smart, moral kids. Netanyahu tries to smear them but the truth is crystal clear.

[@daffidkane8350]

Where were the protests when the Russians and Syrians were reducing Aleppo to rubble? Where are the protests about the Moslem on moslem violence in Sudan? Why is this anger and action so selective?

[@JakeSmith-jy1kx]

We all know why.

[@murrowboy]

They should send these students to study at Gaza university.

[@paulinegallagher7821]

There is a lovely rooftop area for all the 'different' ones.

[@Uno.Numero]

This is an American Tiananmen Square Massacres.

[@stevesilva2780]

Obviously, Columbia should adjust it's investment policies to suit the demands of a bunch of students/protestors camping and yelling at people on the street.

[@Wuifgong]

Unfortunately she didn't really answer the question about the safety of Jewish students on campus. I already see her future in politics.

[@lizbethartemis4886]

Yes, she just knows one word but no description of what has transpired for her to arrive at that conclusion. Different ideology does not mean anti-s.

[@jammingammon1]

Why negotiate with terrorists?

[@dodiewallace41]

It didn't work for the indigenous people in the Americas to negotiate with the terrorist colonial settlers nor has it worked for the indigenous people of Palestine. Israel is engaging in ethnic cleansing and genocide as colonial settlers have always done. Colonized people are fighting back as they always do. Its really no surprise that this hasn't worked out well for anyone, is it?

[@dodiewallace41]

It didn't work for the indigenous people of the Americas to negotiate with the colonial settlers terrorizing them, nor has it worked for the indigenous people of Palestine to do so.

[@r.mucklin1703]

I don't understand why anyone would be pro-Palsestine when they still hold hostages, including U.S. citizens. Have those poor people been forgotten by these ignorant students?

[@ZangariRC]

"When a real and final catastrophe should befall us in Palestine, the first responsible would be the British and the second responsible the Terr0rist organizations build up from our own ranks. I am not willing to see anybody associated with those misled and criminal people." - Albert Einstein

[@theinkstainedtalonx3949]

That is hamas , not Palestinians civilians.

[@nosuchthing8]

That bubbly smile during protests...bizzare.

[@none-ih3cv]

Parents are spending massive amounts to destroy their children`s minds.

[@ladycanada35]

you sound like a parent who had no money

[@Johnny-pp7dx]

Demands, that's a good one

[@user-axistiltproductions]

Those demands will never be met...PHHH what a joke. Is that the best those students could come up with? Did they throw in Happy Meals too? I hope so.

[@JusticeObsession.]

The hostility towards respected professionals is pretty hard for everyone to stomach, those issues would be best ironed out because we can go faster if we keep it positive

[@kymharty4802]

There is no place for MADNESS we should not be doing anything like this fear runs rampant

[@DCHoosier62]

Since when do these “students” get to have the upper hand? They have demands???? NO! “You pay to go to school here. If you want to continue going to school here, you will disperse and get back to classes” OR BE EXPELLED!

[@InsomniacSleepy]

Demands... they have no right to ask for, dont understand, listen to the money from Qatar. This is disgusting.

[@artbeck3507]

Just like the $BBs of US taxpayer funds going to support izraheli society ? Oh, no, that’s different…

[@iamwell5654]

Yes, they are paying clients. They have a right to demand.

[@johnglover6657]

Who pays for the destruction of the campus these encampments cause ? The state , aka taxpayers ?

[@demetriusevans4139]

F AIPAC

[@racebannon2332]

@demetriusevans4139 F cowards (see mirror) 😂

[@YoninaS]

AIPAC is needed more now than ever. You are a case in point.

[@mariehartley6840]

Those students better learn how to protest for a job once they graduate 😂😂😂

[@marywalters1181]

Interesting that you think genocide is a laughing matter. You're either a liberal or a right winger.

[@marine4lyfe85]

They're done. You'll see them holding cardboard signs.

[@secretPENGUIN69]

@@marywalters1181what’s more important at hand, graduating or caring about a country you’ll never see in your entire life

[@mariehartley6840]

@@marywalters1181 I'm human that's what I am buhbye now sweetheart 😘

[@Hatrimn]

​@@marywalters1181Laughing at trendy activists is not laughing at genocide...

[@JLo-py9gt]

I didn't think the Hill could get any less professional. They have children reporting on children.

[@gemox3225]

Also I never heard of any college students protesting during the Syrian Civil War nor have they protested against China's treatment of the Uighurs. Are they possibly afraid to protest against China? Their motives thus seem a bit disingenuous.

[@lizbethartemis4886]

The future of American children was not involved. Today’s children will never pay this debt in their lifetime.

[@JakeSmith-jy1kx]

None of those have the glory of glaring antisemitism.

[@user-cu2zn9dr5i]

Imagine Jewish students both organizing, protesting and on the forefront of the university protests but they are being erased from MSM!

[@iamwell5654]

But an agitator lied about poked in the eye was given media and congress tours for 2 weeks. Her eyes were fine

[@dorianmorris4690]

With kids camping out, (in those really nice tents), calling out, "From the river to the sea:, how can any Jewish student EVER again feel safe on those campuses?

[@tivobelievo7390]

😄

[@jessewest2109]

Ask the ones who joined them. Maybe you should be in controll of your emotions?

[@FADE2maWAY]

“From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free”. How can calling for the freedom and ending of oppression for one people, mean you want the destruction of another? Unless you’re saying the only way Palestinians can be free is if Israel doesn’t exist…

[@rattylol]

How can calls for freedom of human beings in their own place in the world make you feel unsafe unless you don't like freedom

[@HANKHILLFORTXGOVERNOR]

​@@rattylol if The Round Table’s realm, were known as Israel, it wields the Excalibur of the modern age - nuclear armaments. It is our collective quest to ensure that this Excalibur remains sheathed, its power lying dormant, a deterrent rather than an active force. Moreover, within the castle walls of this nuclear-armed kingdom, it is imperative to quell any uprising of autonomous, violent factions, lest chaos reign and the kingdom fall from within. This is the chivalric code we must uphold for the preservation of global harmony.

[@user-yt8gy3lc1f]

Why negotiate, just arrest them, a few days in jail might be what they need.

[@speak592]

Never give up your right to protest.

[@diana572]

Protests were meant to voice when there’s been a wrong done not because of an emotional cause. Go cry on your pillow.

[@sid7804]

Someone is describing themselves without realizing it.

[@CheerfulFerryBoat-ug8gr]

@speak592 Only if you protest for the right reason lol!

[@JoeMcGee-iz4td]

Hamas attacked israel. There was a ceasefire on 10.6.23.Tell me how denying Jewish students access to education and intimidation is freedom of speech!

[@AthenaSaints]

These protestors showed up in October, November 2023. Disappeared in December 2023, January, February and March 2024. Showed up again in April 2024. Why? They cannot camp outside in freezing weather with snow on the ground? If so, these protestors get to choose nice weather to do the protest. Mean while Gaza children survived the winter without adequate shelters.

[@jackcslewis2009]

That thing you totally made up is very convincing! I'm going to guess that you are the sort that needs a /s.

[@sedfcfthhjy]

Ok, and none of what you said is going to stop the genocide that israel is committing... The students are protesting, so the universities will stop sending money to israel

[@lebladful]

At least better than corrupted Congress members

[@mindlessmotion5864]

@@jackcslewis2009 no its 100 percent correct. it was just 4 months ago . but hey dont let facts get in the way of a good story huh

[@ladycanada35]

@@mindlessmotion5864 just cause you don't see it on the news doesn't mean it isn't happening. The International Court Of Justice globally found it to be an unprecedented genocide. Did you not hear?

[@user-xb5uo5qk7d]

LONG LIVE the student protesters of the COLOMBIA UNIVERSITY.i salute you

[@ClaytonHardee]

So far as the protest at Columbia is concerned the student protesters have the right to free speech. Even if it’s labeled “hate speech” it’s still protected speech. However, they don’t have the right to destroy private property, trespassing, disturbing the peace, criminal mischief, vandalism and resisting arrest. If they were arrested for illegally entering a private building and destroying it, then that’s on them. They went from peaceful protest, which is protected, to violently taking control of a private building, which is not a protected activity. You can’t break the law and then whine about the consequences. Civility demands accountability. Peacefully protest all you want, just keep it civil, keep it legal.

[@aroncristellotti4540]

Nothing against the sponsors of terror

[@theshiled]

Columbia's campus needs to be closed down for all students immediately. If Jewish students can not go to classes, then no student will.

[@robinrapport8728]

Don’t these students know that they have the rights not to go to that university if they don’t want to.

[@jessewest2109]

Spoken like a true tyrant.

[@911porschehippie5]

⁠​⁠​⁠@@jessewest2109it is freedom to choose, I think all the protesters should go to Gaza and Palestine

[@got_glintsp963]

@@jessewest2109 I don’t understand how this comment sounds “tyrannical”. I’m not being mean or taking sides. I honestly want to know. It seems like a logical statement.

[@HANKHILLFORTXGOVERNOR]

​@@jessewest2109 you sure did. Others there want to learn, you impeded on that educational chance.

[@JeremyS.-ug3sp]

Ok boomer.

[@TheActualLiz]

I was literally on my way to campus to register for class and something told me "this is not the year, take a year off from college." I'm SO glad I listened to that still, small voice. this was definitely not the year to work on my degree. I'll go back after all this BS is over. Maybe.

[@reneesimmons8698]

Just maybe, you might get an actual education and understand what a genocide is and who is funding it.

[@bman-lj8xs]

No credit for students or that protest…

[@dmmchugh3714]

Nice to make demands while your attending school on the $$ of mommy and daddy.

[@aridelrey1]

Or taxpayers money 😂

[@juliacallan5113]

Professors have cancelled finals? At Columbia University? 🧐

[@mrnice111]

Testing is racist.

[@mp5249]

😂😂😂😂😂 what a joke

[@amysisi]

no they have not, it’s simply there is an online option for finals

[@anns.7683]

Everyone will earn an A

[@godmisfortunatechild]

She came on here and said nothing essentially.

[@davidmuirhead9703]

Those poor students,they have had to really go without ,why don’t you go to Sudan and spout your nonsense

[@LBVeil4215]

It's nice to see that the concept of "free speech" is catching on among the student and faculty populations at Colombia; the other universities as well. Maybe voices that are outside of the group think narrative won't be shouted down or silenced in the future.

[@mindlessmotion5864]

dont bet on it

[@mheiseus]

They are cheering for killers...

[@annaverano5843]

The same mob you are cheering on about them having free speech. Are them same mob who shuts down free speech when it's speech they don't agree with. They have been very vocal since 2016 and threaten anyone who dares have a different opinion to their herd thinking.

[@parasite674]

​@@mheiseus Over the years, Columbia students and professors were recruited by Russian spy rings.

[@HANKHILLFORTXGOVERNOR]

The villain must always think they are doing right, hence i understand now your comment.

[@stormkrow777]

Stop sending your kids to college, learn the skills and trades yourself and teach them early on. Make room for what is important and toss out the rest.

[@VerbilKint]

While I understand the spirit of your comment, that's not feasible most of the time. My daughter just graduated with a PHD in veterinary sciences. There's not a single person on the planet that is knowledgeable in all the different disciplines. That's why there are so many different classes. She get to learn from experts in each discipline.

[@user-pg5rt7ju4f]

wilderness survival skills can be accelerated by joining the mil-__

[@erikw2460]

University should be and is more than just a pipeline to job

[@ladycanada35]

you sound jealous, and highly uninformed

[@mickymiller6130]

Make America Great Again, stay ignorant.

[@tivobelievo7390]

Years of "safe space" ideology have turned college kids into a bunch of quivering excuse-seekers/makers. Grow a pair and get on with life, kids.

[@James-xf4pc]

I think all these kids need to take a field trip to Gaza. They obviously have the money. Protest there.

[@fuzzypeaches7552]

Dont bother applying for emplyment if you have a past history of supporting hamas

[@pnut3844able]

There's a difference between supporting Hamas and supporting Palestine.

[@mattdobson7598]

@@pnut3844ableplease tell us how there is a difference when every expert says there is no difference

[@mattdobson7598]

@@pnut3844ableplease ask for sources so I can make you look really bad

[@mattdobson7598]

@@pnut3844able no there is not

[@ianmcshea913]

How would employers even know forreal

[@darrinatorrr]

They do not have a right to pitch tents on private property. No negotiations with terrorists

[@Krispy1011]

If the University or college gets any Federal monies then its a public space

[@iamwell5654]

They were not on private property. It’s the exact same place many other protest over the past decades were the same. Look up Columbia April 30, 1968 please

[@yousreyakhalil5238]

The young lady did not answer any of the questions really She danced around it but not given any answer

[@youtubetravel937]

"you have the option to use Zoom if you feel unsafe"... yea. that's not okay. they pay a lot to be there.

[@EASTSIDERIDER707]

Seems like feeling unsafe is an epidemic.

[@vincekilloran843]

"Feeling" unsafe isn't the same as being unsafe. Deal with it kiddies.

[@yelenamasotti]

Are Jewish kids feel safe there?

[@myraschreiber8786]

What a nasty reaction. Four students had to be put into a safe room so they wouldn’t get hurt. Another girl almost had her eye poked out. Now a Jewish professor isn’t allowed to go to work, his entrance card was turned down by the school.

[@thomasjosullivan9179]

Try being a child in Gaza.....Remember little 5 year old Palestinian Hind Rajab murdered with her family

[@bjarkiengelsson]

​@@myraschreiber8786So they finally show what this is about. They simply hate Israelis. Sounds like we need the national guard to take care of these rioters

[@jennyazar5488]

You mean hamas killed? Hides behind the people of Gaza. Takes $ to use for tunnels for terrorists not to help there own people