Student Gaza protests: Columbia students defy ultimatum to end anti-war encampment

Pro-Palestinian protesters at Columbia University have rejected an ultimatum issued by the university's president, Minouche Shafik, to disband their pro-Palestine encampment by 2pm ET.
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Sueda Polat, a student organiser, told reporters that the university's negotiating position 'evidenced an elementary understanding of the words boycott and divest' and they would not 'be moved unless by force'.
Columbia University has been at the heart of a student protest movement calling on their institutions to cut ties with Israel and join calls for a ceasefire.
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#ColumbiaUniversity #Gaza #StudentProtests

[@BryantMitchell]

History might not remember rhese students' names, but it will remember how the University reacted.

[@AllanHinde-mb2pr]

🤡

[@virgil13stealthman]

gaza is already leveled, there is nothing there anymore why protest

[@user-tg6zs6us3m]

What part of this demonstrations Cumbia University does not understand. this movement is not going away.

[@PauloAdriano-zo2ng]

That's nice, dear! *It's Columbia* 😅

[@FS-me8mj]

@@PauloAdriano-zo2ng what's rong with this sentence?

[@emelieandersson4127]

Swedish millennial, thanking these brave and honorable students for representing the younger generations, who are locked out from politics! DO NOT STOP! ❤️ 🇸🇪

[@rajafernando2787]

The Students change the World for Peace and Justice....

[@user-zh2ui2mc3m]

Not these terrorists

[@dieterhellstrom308]

Yeah exactly these people 😂😂😂

[@asifshamsudeen5736]

STOP GENOCIDE 🛑

[@GaneshM-xm8kg]

free all hostages first

[@barrett2724]

Remember October 7th

[@dailydose380]

​@@GaneshM-xm8kgWhy don't you mention the oppression of the Palestinians for the past 75 years

[@dailydose380]

​​@@barrett2724Why don't you mention the oppression of the Palestinians for the past 75 years.

[@ultrasimplexdeuswhitescscope]

​@@dailydose380why don't you mention the countless murders/attacks commited by Palestinian civilians as well as the crimes of Hamas.

[@MeleanDialogue]

Apparently bright young students have enough self confidence not to be intimidated like the rest of us by establishment lies

[@yvonneyork1263]

salute these brave students putting their academic careers, years of hard work to gain admittance to these competitive schools, thousands of dollars of tuition, their security and property, to stand up for the rights of a beleaguered people who have been abused for 75 years at the hands of the Israeli ethnostate.

[@fedorpravov5372]

Is this sarcasm?

[@everest4133]

Peace Gaza 🕊️🕊️🕊️ Free Palestine 🇵🇸🙏🏼

[@GaneshM-xm8kg]

free all hostages

[@Blob-jx3fg]

@@GaneshM-xm8kgthe thousands of Palestinian hostages in Israeli prisons too?

[@AllanHinde-mb2pr]

You mean Hamas

[@user-ts2eu6rf6i]

I respect the freedom to protest but are people allowed to pitch tents in public places...?

[@AdeeSesh]

It won't surprise me if those tents transform into brick houses in some years

[@noorgulzar8824]

Thank you Columbia University

[@Balletcalvero]

Keep exercising your right to peaceful protest, students! Anyone who wants you punished for doing so is not a real American

[@ABC-1234-]

It hasn’t been peaceful. That’s why it’s making headlines.

[@Balletcalvero]

@@ABC-1234- when you rely on the major news networks that have a financial interest in AIPAC, then yes, the content you view will appear chaotic, and dare I say even unruly

[@Balletcalvero]

@Moxie860 they are not supporting terrorists. But if we can't even agree on that one simple fact, I don't know what else to say

[@ABC-1234-]

@@Balletcalvero The video doesn’t lie

[@Balletcalvero]

@@ABC-1234- please find videos that highlight more than just the chaotic moments. I truly believe your perspective could change (if you are willing)

[@auroragudunov1914]

What a joke! 34000? 700 000 Syrians have died and no ones protesting that! 🙄

[@xxoo-lp6vc]

Because they are not taking away Emerican tax $. where 000111srex1111 taking 26b of their tax $, annually

[@johntu1967]

Don't be silly. It's not a joke because people also were killed somewhere else.

[@coolwalk6022]

I stand with the brave students they are on the right side of history!!!

[@SerbianSniper]

When Egypt,Jordan,Syria,Lebanon,Iran,Saudi Arabia give af instead of "pretending" to give af about Palestine...maybe there can be a resolution.

[@lornanotaras2026]

It's time for lawyers to step up and start a petition is support of these students who have a right to protest and want peace. What is wrong with wanting PEACE Mr President?

[@ninimusta336]

Divest

[@user-mj5gu9sp6g]

FREE PALESTINE 🇵🇸

[@nasimaahmed2507]

Students are our hope to free America from occupation of foreign power!

[@grymek737]

😂😂😂😂

[@jeannine7002]

It’s scripted and financed

[@dailydose380]

Why don't you mention that Israel has been oppressing the Palestinians for the past 75 years

[@zamiruddin-jc1uv]

Best world uni world intelligence students protest solidarity.

[@desistarktm7270]

Qatar employees..

[@india7475]

😂 Beautiful scenery! Greetings from Hong Kong!!

[@Gsxr-xw5vi]

Trash

[@thuatle7049]

Abolish ...UN. 😂😂😂

[@胡]

Go Columbia students

[@anshumanjaiswal5787]

Go where?

[@胡]

@@anshumanjaiswal5787 go on

[@anshumanjaiswal5787]

Just wait.... Trump is coming for you.....

[@roan6125]

Why are they reading off their phones? Ridiculous 🤣

[@alhassanalando1124]

Joe Biden reads from Teleprompter 😆 🤣 😂 😹

[@ktleong7116]

Nancy Pelosi said: "a beautiful sight to behold"

[@duckduck763]

Free USA from Israel

[@user-jq2ww7sr5m]

🇨🇳你是非常清醒的人，兄弟注意安全他们非常邪恶。

[@jodypetersen]

🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉Free Palistine!!! go,Go,GO Leaders of tomorrow!!!❤

[@burnout02urza]

KENT STATE KENT STATE

[@barrett2724]

Remember October 7th

[@dailydose380]

Why don't you mention that Israel has been oppressing the Palestinians for the past 75 years

[@thomashunter5645]

I am a Democrat. There Hamas supporters on campus scare me. I am voting for Trump this time. We need a strong president.

[@alirezakamelan9173]

❤❤ free free palestine ❤❤

[@seanocarolan359]

Courageous principle people. These guys are the future.

[@shionniefurio8408]

Go to Gaza it's better for you there than spreading hate in US.

[@Blob-jx3fg]

If you're offended by calls for peace and the genocide to stop then the problem might be you

[@xenon6947]

Divest from Apartheid Israel. Free Palestine 🇵🇸.

[@shoelrana9887]

🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

[@kiraslife329]

From the river to the sea Palestine shall be free

[@mathrodriguezschwartzmann]

Kiss me?

[@superdaveozy7863]

Why are they not protesting problems here at home? Inflation, 80 yr olds running the country, housing costs. What about the country you live in? A stronger American can help the ailing world better with less money spent.

[@Va1iant]

The U.S. government has recently approved a $95 billion aid package for Ukraine and Israel, which certainly raises some points for consideration

[@ultrasimplexdeuswhitescscope]

Because none of those issues are considered 'cool' or the 'latest thing'

[@abushaker612]

😭♥️🇧🇩🇧🇩🍉🇯🇴

[@richarddunne9802]

The U.S. and Russia; both places where you can be arrested for protesting war.

[@ABC-1234-]

Palestine chose to go to war. That was a bad decision.

[@MohamedAmin-zz8wo]

Yeah but you skipped a couple seasons of this series

[@alhassanalando1124]

You skipped the war before the war 😆 🤣 😂 😹

[@mitulchowdhury1397]

You live in a fool’s paradise

[@dailydose380]

Why don't you mention the oppression of the Palestinians for the past 75 years

[@FS-me8mj]

bro started watching from season 69420

[@raulcriollos1497]

Felony charges

[@Warrior_Resisting_Colonialism]

Protesting should be a felony in the land of the "free"?

[@alhassanalando1124]

First Amendment is a scam in the US.

[@RobespierreThePoof]

Weird comment

[@ninimusta336]

Boycott next semester

[@randomcheese1719]

all these fools gonna be cryin in a few years when they didn't get their degrees but all their peers did 🤣🤣

[@aysegulkoc4203]

Onlar tarihin doğru tarafında yer alan kahramanlar..Sen ise hiçbir şeysin

[@wikijiang2124]

​@@aysegulkoc4203 which side is right? Terrorist?

[@aysegulkoc4203]

@@wikijiang2124 Ölen binlerce çocuk bebek de terörist mi..Annesi babasız kalan dünyada yapayalnız kalan binlerce çocuk da mı terörist..Ben insanlığın yanındayım

[@GaneshM-xm8kg]

authorities: do not allow terrorist flags & apparels to be displayed so aggressively in the great USA...ban all the illegal sales of such anti-national eye-sores

[@wilfredsterling2124]

All my respect and love to these protesters and everyone fighting for Palestinian peace and justice.