Student protesters demand schools cease US funding of Israeli military

Student protesters demand a divestment in funding from businesses they say are profiting from Israel's war in Gaza. ABC News' Elizabeth Schulze breaks down the economics.
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[@MikePoulson-qt1me]

Schools don't fund aid to countries. US middle class taxpayers do.

[@Salemchevy]

In my opinion for a few years America don’t need to send anything over seas for a few years

[@aycc-nbh7289]

@@SalemchevyBut the U.S. would otherwise be expected to deal with a sudden influx of millions of refugees. Would you want our taxes going to that?

[@drgonzo305]

You’d think they’d know that seeing that they’re “college students” although most are professional activists who don’t go to these schools

[@Salemchevy]

@@aycc-nbh7289 nope. My opinion because of the border crisis and god knows how many illegals and terrorist are in this country right now. Also say we take in no one for a few years too. Tax dollars should be for American citizens only

[@tonyparker9568]

​@@aycc-nbh7289Yea. To deportation.

[@CasualMisinformationSpreader]

Taxpayers are the real victims here. We are getting robbed by both sides.

[@txbulldogboxing1462]

Like crazyyy

[@krashoutmods]

So why not protest most tax payers are calling these people the enemy when they’re the only ones doing something lmao America is weak and the people have no control or say

[@DrewbattleTheGreat]

Go protest then

[@RailBuffRob]

Our roads are crumbling, our bridges are collapsing, our homelessness and severe drug addiction is skyrocketing and our money is going to unwinnable holy wars.

[@user-lp1jw9bo5y]

If you have victims and you have a winner or a culprit and I see the winner is Israel if not the culprit as they have no victims over there other than receiving our money annually for the last 55 years

[@seajay958]

Stop war funding period

[@jaclynrachellec]

+

[@jurj97]

What a brave and controversial thing to say

[@brycepeddicord6763]

You stopped it. Now we can all go home. Have you ever even heard of America. Stop war funding? Stop paying your taxes or move somewhere else that's all we do bud

[@alanwarner7057]

How about taxpayers stop funding universities.

[@fuckakakaka]

funny how other countries deserve our money more than our own citizens exercising their first amendment rights. you surely sound american

[@monsieurstalin6841]

How about we dissolve the government and create a government that is fair for everyone?

[@asscheeks3212]

​@@monsieurstalin6841cool, let's make it easier to stop funding to NATO and all aid to the EU.

[@user-lp1jw9bo5y]

Their job is to create a lot of stupid student athletes on HGH in the bus room to perform for you on Saturday and Sunday and keep you distracted while the schools pay millions of dollars to fly them around on airplanes any hotel rooms which does nothing for economy or our science labs and design and research teams we will have a bunch of people with head concussions who use their bodies to get A fancy high priced education that could have been reserved for people with minds and brains not bodies

[@mikedarren6658]

@@monsieurstalin6841 Just dissolve the DemocRAT party

[@JB-ls3dj]

I'm opposed to the US Gov't sending money over there. In fact, let's make it universal. Let's stop our sending money to anyone over there, no matter what the purpose is or which side they're on. Our money needs to stay here in this country. For example, there's plenty of American families who lost homes or livelihoods to fire or other natural disaster that need more support than they're already getting.

[@user-sk8zk2st2t]

relativism ew

[@economiccrisis9267]

But those American families are getting support.

[@somehowstillhere8766]

No money for jews

[@farrukhbek8378]

Unfortunately this will never happen. More than 50% of senate members are jews. They will decide where to spend billions. Ordinary people will be busy with kardashians and decapitated baby stories…

[@bleb87]

The us has sent a ton of money in aid to gaza too.

[@Costarluv007]

It’s only a democratic right to protest until it’s a protest you disagree with

[@voiddistortion7937]

And everyone else is protesting to not give in to supporting terrorists (Gaza).

[@mlbw1966]

Against Israel and a religion of Jewish people ✡️ I stand protect Israel at all cost. My Lord GOD Almighty tells me to

[@user-vx7vi3vq1c]

Notice they aren’t protesting Hamas.

[@davidwinters4329]

Civil Disobedience has consequences.

[@brycepeddicord6763]

​@@davidwinters4329says the guy arresting Rosa Parks😅

[@Arabtone]

Love how they snuck in the truth in the last 15 seconds

[@arcanewyrm6295]

At least it was included. You wouldn't get that much from Newsmax or FOX or OANN.

[@Shadow-1949]

So divest and the the students will get to pay the shortage

[@Shadow-1949]

One other thought.your picking on index funds . I Blink my eyes and think what they’re asking . It’s like turn off the lights and lock the door on way out!

[@junsu21]

Yeah, took them bloody long enough to admit that divesting can work

[@itzjustkris7964]

@@arcanewyrm6295god forbid MSNBC lol

[@Jarpasaurus]

Must be nice to be able to afford these colleges and then ruin it for everyone.

[@lynnrathbun]

Simple protest isn;t harming anyone. Until the admin called in the thugs

[@Jarpasaurus]

@@lynnrathbun “harm” physically? Not yet. They’ve asked Jewish students to stay home for safety reasons and are cancelling graduation ceremonies. That’s harm enough. And it’s all for nothing. None of these fascists paid any attention to Israel before the rape and slaughter done by the terrorists on October 7th.

[@Jarpasaurus]

@@lynnrathbun yea the privileged are making it so the universities are telling Jewish students to stay home for safety reasons and they’re cancelling graduations at some of these places. Forcing change through terror is terrorism. They’re terrorizing the school and students.

[@Lis3436]

Americans tax payers money is going into the drain. That country has a free healthcare and we have a lot of homeless

[@erkayberkant1828]

They have also free education and more… United States of AIPAC cares more about Israel then US citizens.

[@Leftywrecker]

Will protesting to kick out foreigners who hate us work too?

[@brycepeddicord6763]

What? What does this even mean

[@alexandersheppard1997]

Is this the same kids who were eating tide pods a couple years ago?

[@anonyoutuber1234]

nope thats the millenial

[@troydenbrum2979]

@@anonyoutuber1234 that was 100% gen Z and later, you should look up the definitions of age brackets and look at how old the people were doing it

[@anonyoutuber1234]

@@troydenbrum2979 I’m a millennial I remember when the trend started and who was doing it…

[@UndertheNeedle282]

So... The school has increased their endowment and has more money than ever but still has to raise tuition??? Somebody explain.

[@alishabellavia-ep7po]

Are the protesters going to stop using these companies? No Google, no amazon, no Microsoft ?

[@kevinjervis916]

Thats what im sayin, how may of those collage kids ya think got an Xbox with a Microsoft account they pay for🤔😏

[@johnwong5317]

Meanwhile, most of them support China which way worse.

[@johnwong5317]

These students support Red Book of Mao. Let's that sink in.

[@ThomasLindellart]

@@johnwong5317 Someone have a brain. Thank you for that.

[@raviolithedesigner3736]

Hmmm... you want to change society... and yet you participate in it! Mm yes I am very clever! Yeah a lot of protestors actually did stop eating at places like McDonalds, wasn't hard. You can't exactly stop using Google or Microsoft, though, at most jobs anyways. Expecting protestors to meet impossible standards like that is weird behavior.

[@RobertAllred-wd2pp]

We demand our tax payer dollars quit funding these schools.

[@user-sb3qc6yq3j]

😂😂😂are you Netanyahu pro

[@kerrycarter330]

You’re so right.

[@nihaarwarrior658]

Defund Israel or be complicit in Israeli Terrorism

[@TurtleMom56]

Hell Yeah!

[@juliemanarin4127]

Yes!!

[@abdelrheemelsayed9566]

90 billion dollars Enough to end student loans Enough to strengthen the border Enough to end homelessness Enough to get a national health care

[@williampeterson4416]

What??? Are you that monetarily ignorant. That wouldn’t be enough to cover 1%. Just tackling homelessness would cost over a trillion dollars.

[@ravenslair117]

Exactly

[@arcanewyrm6295]

​@@williampeterson4416I mean, if you're planning on building a new, single-family home with a garage on a quarter acre of land for every homeless person or family in the country, sure. But there are far more cost-effective ways of doing it.

[@-dash]

National health care would costs orders of magnitude more than $90b.

[@nickbierman3640]

Thats not enough to pay for any of that. Still i dont want it going to other countries to find war.

[@shirleymiller1337]

Students,You are not in charge Donors are!

[@theonlycaulfield]

The students are not in charge and they also have no bargaining power. The protest also makes no sense, if they want Columbia to simply get rid of Amazon, Google and Microsoft stock. That wouldn't be cutting ties with Israel but with 3 of US's top companies. If these students cared to look, they could see that almost every company does business in Israel.

[@user-os3rp3sx9e]

and stop funding Iran and Hamas also. our tax money should be used on OUR INFRASTRUCTURES and secure OUR BORDERS, not these stupid arab & jew wars

[@sameemas1723]

I KNOW , RIGHT. THEY SHOULD ALSO ARREST TRUMP FOR ALLOWING TERRORIST TO INVADE THE WHITE HOUSE AND FOR TRYING TO OVERTHROW THE GOVERNMENT . THATS MORE CRIMINAL THAN THESE PROTEST . IM WITH YOU

[@tlktic]

AMEN

[@SargonofQueens]

I didn’t know America is funding Iran and Hammas. But I do know the ruling party in Israel is the continuation of Irgun, a United nation certified terrorist organization.

[@yili9725]

you must be so un-informed. US entities are by law not able to do ANY transactions with Iran. Hamas is listed as a terrorist group by FBI, I am sure there are a lot of restriction as well.

[@reviewerreviewer1489]

Lol no comparison

[@tobacjoe6812]

These are the same kids that want tax payers to pay off their college debt.

[@musicman7297]

Yes

[@AD-cy7wx]

No. 😂😂😂 We are ANTI Biden STEALING tax money from poor people here and sending it to Israel… a country that has FREE healthcare!!! Try again!!

[@jakeotero9514]

And this is the same KZbin commenter that doesn't care that your tax dollars are going to fund Israel's killings of innocent people? You support that? Think more before you comment, please. Or be okay with someone like me calling you out.

[@brucecampbell6578]

At least they retain their own empathy during an onslaught of apathy.

[@bubbercakes528]

Heaven forbid these children think for themselves?🤨

[@jaclynrachellec]

We need to invest in education, not wars.

[@anthonyg.4761]

So go protest at the source. Hint, it is not a university campus.

[@zachw4394]

Military Industrial complex has gotten out of control. Should be divesting from war in general. Government is completely ineffective can't pass a single bill that benefits Americans but can somehow always pass a bill to fund war or weapons.

[@notdave2993]

And we the people demand these students pay their own loans back!

[@juliemanarin4127]

That's right...I paid mine!!

[@notdave2993]

@@juliemanarin4127 same here! I worked hard to pay my debts. These brats want everyone else to pay? No! Time to grow up I say!

[@zacharyolson1755]

…I mean, most of them are still students and you don’t start paying on student loans until you graduate so…you’re dumb.

[@zacharyolson1755]

@@notdave2993literally has nothing to do with anything. Jesus how do people like you brush their teeth without drowning?

[@abdelrheemelsayed9566]

90 billion dollars Enough to end student loans Enough to strengthen the border Enough to end homelessness Enough to get a national health care

[@seanmolloy6188]

The protesters don't know what their demanding they're just protesting for the sake of protesting.

[@seanmolloy6188]

@spagooter1807 Actually, I do know what I'm talking about, unlike your generation. I've seen the interviews with your generation. You guys just like to say words. You have no idea what the meanings are. Protesting is just the cool thing that you guys like to do none of you know anything about Palestine most of you wouldn't even be welcome there and if you did go there you'd probably end up in jail. So before you open your mouth and say ignorant stuff, you should do some real research, not just listen to other morons on tiktok.

[@joelopez9567]

If a protest takes place and there are no cameras around to broadcast it, does it make a sound? It’s something to think about.

[@amitsunoko7270]

Israel knows the answer to this question

[@keymusabe7207]

If white supremacy isn't written about .....did it exist? This us BTW why Florida rewrote their ``history "books cause ITE " his story "

[@Moo-cs3xn]

@@amitsunoko7270 Good one! Netanyahu knows something about silencing protest.

[@robe8591]

The leftist own the media, they will always be around to support the lunacy of the agenda.

[@alicejones9031]

Exactly! Way too much media coverage of these brats

[@DirtyRedMuzik]

Most of these protesters aren’t even students at that these schools. 😂

[@Quantumwolf45]

Bingo

[@johnm.3279]

The tail doesn't wag the dog. These kids never got the memo; They ain't the dog.

[@BigBelairePapi]

😂 they aren’t even the tail

[@johnwong5317]

They support China, which way worse.

[@-Katastrophe]

@@BigBelairePapi They're straight up a flea on the tail

[@AD-cy7wx]

😂😂😂😂 how about stop stealing our tax Money and sending it to Israel!!! Wake up!!

[@Moo-cs3xn]

you tha dawg, big dawg johnny

[@bobby9195]

Why don't they just move to Palestine. See first hand what Hamas really is. It's stupid, they have no idea what their even protesting for.

[@BettyBlack99]

We haven’t seen a single protest by the Palestinians there or in the West Bank demanding hamas give the hostages back & stop this. Because they agree with them. They are proud of hamas just like hamas is proud of these students

[@diapysik]

Why don't the companies just stop working for a rogue nuclear state that won't even disclose it's stockpile?

[@miller566]

They can't even point out on a map of the world where these countries are even located it's disgusting 😤

[@nohmadbaker5449]

I don't think they are allowed to go back to Palestine.

[@MiladaKaiser]

Palestine is Hamas. Hamas are terrorists. Free free the hostages from Palestinian hands.

[@Anthonycapone8146]

Who cares what those kids want! There's 30,000 kids in this school who cares about a couple hundred kids are doing. They should have just completely ignored them.

[@Moo-cs3xn]

There's 30,000 corpses of women and children in Gaza.

[@ginaderek7963]

Who cares is your statement? Maybe you should listen to what they have to say

[@Moo-cs3xn]

There's 30,000 women and children beneath the rubble

[@Anthonycapone8146]

@@Moo-cs3xn Yes, you're right, that's a good point. There are casualties when you start a war!

[@Moo-cs3xn]

@@Anthonycapone8146 You mean when it started in 1948?

[@MyYouie]

I demand we stop funding these universities who own hundreds and millions of dollars in assets/cash.

[@kbrown5218]

Actually it's billions. Yes they can use that to pay for kids education. Not tax payers.

[@user-sk8zk2st2t]

same

[@jamesricker3997]

We need to degrade the quality of American education if China is to become the dominant power of the 21st century.

[@FckPRouNs]

I demand ALL ILLEGAL IMMIGRATES be DEPORTED. Never should’ve been allowed into America to begin with. Protests about whatever is going on in other countries shouldn’t be tolerated by American citizens

[@user-lp1jw9bo5y]

Then how would we pay the stupid high price college coaches who are demanding Million dollar contract to be coaches and managers of those teams what about athletic Director to modify them around on airplanes and hotel rooms who’s gonna pay for all those stupid boneheads to bang their heads on Saturdays

[@MrWOLFPACK1974]

What a waste of time....these people are nuts. I would never hire them.

[@destinypuzzanghera3087]

What is wrong with them? They’d rather grow in endowment than save lives.

[@lawsonharrison6927]

I remember when the goal of a protest was to create awareness. Today, now that basically everyone is aware of almost everything, it seems the goal is to hold decision makers hostage.

[@chriscordray8572]

Remove federal funding for these schools not protecting everyone. Not just who they think they can.

[@economiccrisis9267]

Since when do Schools fund wars 😂?

[@naelberg7356]

right?! that says a lot abou those protesters.

[@goated313]

Let's be clear: Before Israel, there was a British mandate. not a Palestinian state. Before the British Mandate, there was the Ottoman Empire, not a Palestinian state. Before the Ottoman Empire, there was the Islamic state of the Mamluks of Egypt, not a Palestinian state. Before the Islamic state of the Mamluks of Egypt, there was the Ayubid Empire, not a Palestinian state. Godfrey IV of Boulogne known as Godfrey de Bouillon, conqueror of Jerusalem in 1099. Before the Ayubid Empire, there was the Frankish and Christian Kingdom of Jerusalem, not a Palestinian state. Before the Kingdom of Jerusalem, there was the Umayyad and Fatimid empires, not a Palestinian state. Before the Umayyad and Fatimid empires there was the Byzantine empire, not a Palestinian state. Before the Byzantine Empire, there were the Sassanids, not a Palestinian state. Before the Sassanid Empire, there was the Byzantine Empire, not a Palestinian state. Before the Byzantine Empire, there was the Roman Empire, not a Palestinian state. Before the Roman Empire, there was the Hasmonean state, not a Palestinian state. Before the Hasmonean state, there was the Seleucid, not a Palestinian state. Before the Seleucid empire, there was the empire of Alexander the Great, not a Palestinian state. Before the Persian Empire, there was the Babylonian Empire, not a Palestinian state. Before the Babylonian Empire, there were the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah, not a Palestinian state. Before the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah, there was the Kingdom of Israel, not a Palestinian state. Before the kingdom of Israel, there was the theocracy of the twelve tribes of Israel, not a Palestinian state. Before the theocracy of the twelve tribes of lsrael, there was an agglomeration of independent Canaanite city-kingdoms, not a Palestinian statehood. Actually, in this piece of land there has been everything, EXCEPT A PALESTINIAN STATE! "From the river to the sea" is a literal call for genocide against jews. Palestine supports hamas, hamas is a terrorist organization. That means you supporting Palestine means you support and condone hamases actions, and supporting a terrorist organization is a crime under U.S.C. 18 subsection 2339A and 2339B. Everyone of these "protesters" is guilty of supporting terrorism...

[@edwardl.990]

Right on!!

[@1BigDaDo]

100% agree

[@certifiedholisticchic]

you don't know anything.

[@goated313]

@@certifiedholisticchic go fact check it

[@goated313]

@@AbdallahKhreishah-js2zm that's what I said in the 1st sentence...

[@DigitalDeath88]

They think sheets and signs will make reality change. Their parents are fully regretting wasting all the money on "educating" them now.

[@txbulldogboxing1462]

1968 wasnt that long ago

[@synchronium24]

If they protest violently, you call them thugs. If they peacefully hold sheets and signs, you call them ineffectual. I'll take the peaceful protests.

[@DigitalDeath88]

@@synchronium24 They are ineffectual either way.

[@BeholdMyStrength]

@@DigitalDeath88 Over half of them are being financed by John Q. Taxpayer, forget their parent(s). (I'd put good money on the majority of these people being from single parent homes).

[@synchronium24]

@@DigitalDeath88 "They are ineffectual either way. Maybe, maybe not. If so, then right wingers making such a big stink to shut down the protests is puzzling. Seems like they are more concerned protesting will work than they let on.

[@Dessaline57]

How the hell can student’s stop a business from investing. ??😑🧐 go to another school

[@lindawhite3189]

Cut all federal funding of that university

[@AD-cy7wx]

😂😂😂😂 how about stop stealing our tax Money and sending it to Israel!!! Wake up!!

[@MyYouie]

@@AD-cy7wx I suppose you are "woke".

[@darksidegarage910]

private university. try harder next time

[@tigerlily2086]

​@@AD-cy7wxIsrael is our ally. You help allies.

[@brucecampbell6578]

@@tigerlily2086 Does helping allies mean being an accessory to murder?

[@Brgbkjadcb]

These are the same children that can’t pay their college debt. A mixed up bunch!

[@loudcloud6889]

Me love golf!

[@venusbloodflow]

These are Ivy League schools, I HIGHLY doubt that. Many Republicans in congress had their time in these universities paid for by their wealthy parents, much like most students... the majority of people seeking help with debt are hard-working adults who were screwed over with high interest rates.

[@musicman7297]

​@@venusbloodflow DON'T TAKE THE LOAN ,IF YOU CAN'T PAY IT BACK. CRY ME A RIVER

[@chinavirus841]

@@musicman7297then cancel student loans

[@naelberg7356]

@@venusbloodflow ivy league schools have a lot of financial aids, which comes from their endowment. You can even get a full ride if your household income is below certain threshold.

[@sdfsdf2205]

This is America, we are one. Get it figured out amongst yourselves. To the left to the right, you're under one Flag if you're Standing on our Land. Be grateful to be able to hash it out on your own accord, peacefully under our laws for generations.

[@robertdaone]

I’m against funding of any country until we can get our on country back on its feet and take care of our own that’s suffering!

[@Drknnja]

Yet these students are getting financial aid from these same endowments.

[@thesink5723]

Yeah so let their parents carry that load !! Have they asked their parents to divest from stocks , bonds , the USA government?? "Hey mom , dad don't pay your taxes till there is a cease fire!! "

[@brucecampbell6578]

I don't think the students are protesting to benefit their own financial interests. Just a guess of course.

[@user-lp1jw9bo5y]

And when you collect your Social Security if you are working and you get to that age you’ll be getting financial aid also you nincompoop if you’re worried about financial aid go to the border and watch all of your taxes wash away for AID!

[@mrsammyg3125]

Not as bad as Israel getting financial aid

[@RacerX1971]

Same students protesting to forgive student loans😂😂😂

[@garycastronova7939]

Of course they are. Lazy socialists who think they're owed something for being alive.

[@sm7425]

I mean since millions of dollars can go to foreign countries then why not.

[@RailBuffRob]

They'll get their student loans forgiven and will cry oppression over pronouns.

[@YoutubeSucksEggs]

@@sm7425all Americans could be given a lump some of money instead. Doesn’t punish Military or tradesman that didn’t “invest” in college.

[@marywemigwase3354]

War is big money . Contractors and equipment aren’t cheap

[@robertnuno-luevano7930]

Those students need to buy a plane ticket and go protest in Israel if they really want to make difference. Leave us out of it

[@JimmyCasserole]

I bet some of them have partime jobs at the Amazon warehouse while some make videos and get paid revenues by KZbin parent company which is Google but they want the University to cut ties.

[@TimsOutpost]

So have any of these kids dropped out of school in protest? Doubt it.

[@safffff1000]

I doubt they let white Christians protest for pro-life on campus. These students are famous cancel culture for anything they don't agree with

[@Moo-cs3xn]

why are you on youtube

[@Guerrilla727]

Why do you love Israel more than America?

[@k-wc1rz]

@@Moo-cs3xnbecause it’s an American company and I love America and respect its government’s stance on Israel conflict. On the other side, why are YOU on KZbin if you think the US commit genocide and all corporations are greedy? Seem like you are giving benefit to your enemy by using their app and increase popularity.

[@Moo-cs3xn]

@@k-wc1rz Name one viable far-reaching platform that isn't corporate owned. Gotta use what's available.

[@vickanid1862]

Perhaps Columbia should follow Florida's example when dealing with these protestors.

[@paulaclark7989]

Yes 👏 and you nailed it!

[@antifaslayer]

Remove all funding of colleges and universities

[@user-lp1jw9bo5y]

OK President Joe Biden

[@huyphan2510]

But yes funding to a foreign country with free healthcare and college amirite

[@christinemarshall7777]

Honestly these people call for a ceasefire but the people Hamas Hezbollah they all do not really want a ceasefire

[@tigerlily2086]

Goes to show how ignorant these Pro Hamas protestors are!

[@andrewtate6594]

@@tigerlily2086Hamas wants a permanent ceasefire & all hostage will be released. & there demand is to free unjustly jailed Palestinian prisoners including women & children. But Israel wants a temporary ceasefire & hostage exchange with minimum Palestinian prisoners. So that, they can attack Gaza once temporary ceasefire is over. I know a lot of you people may don't like Muslims because of their race, religion, laws. But we should not blindly support a side who has no humanity, morality what so ever.

[@zacharyolson1755]

True. They want Israel to stop murdering them.

[@somehowstillhere8766]

Israel is the one to blame, not the ones fighting back against them.

[@eleazarthe_conqueror7778]

Only Zionist scum would say this

[@sallykoch3681]

Correct if I'm wrong, but didn't Palestine start this? Why aren't these students protesting the corruption of our own Supreme Court. Put your energy into this country!

[@lynnrathbun]

No, "palestine" didn't start this. Hamas did. Well, you could say that Israel started it by treating gaza like a concentration camp for decades.

[@zezoo2107]

How about not use my tax money for your financial benefit (student loan forgiveness)

[@alexmurray7949]

Israel also has free universal healthcare

[@BrandyTexas214]

Hamas leaders are billionaires!

[@matthewmckinney6164]

The same group of people who got a useless degree they want everyone else to pay off and still have no job. So now they're "doing something" because their parents kicked them out of their homes. Waste of air.

[@landkruiser1095]

They’re called dimocrats. Useless whiney bastards that have nothing to offer except acting like spoiled little children because the feels are all that matter to them.

[@michaelcollazo7911]

Just keep paying off israels free healthcare system. Something you dont have here in america.

[@Moo-cs3xn]

Jealous of youth, you celebrate the murder of thousands of children.

[@Moo-cs3xn]

Jealous of youth, you celebrate the death of children.

[@herbertenglish3540]

I have heard as long as you have tuition its impossible to flunk out of an ivy league school like columbia .

[@james-p]

They're not students, and they don't even know what they're chanting their little nursery rhymes about.

[@ayodejioyewumi]

The students should stop using the products of those companies. Misplaced priorities.

[@-dash]

Yup there’s no chance in hell that any of these kids are themselves actually boycotting Google, Microsoft, or Amazon’s services

[@workingTchr]

This is how it started with South Africa. Once it gets going, even mainstream programs like ABC news see which way the wind is blowing and jump on.

[@MsProbski]

😂

[@workingTchr]

@@koreyb Maybe the country was doomed to that because it was founded upon racism.

[@flameofthewest6196]

Have you seen the absolute diseaster that Soith Africa is today? Riots, ramant crime, a once prosperous economy in shambles, murdering the Boer farmers, and failing power grid. They can't even keep the lights on. But they have lots of "diversity". Not based on merit, but on "equity". A total failure.

[@ResurrectionJP]

I wonder why some people raise the national flag without going to the battlefield.

[@JohnSmith-zw8vp]

Why would schools of all places be funding a foreign country's military...or really their gov't in general?

[@halay9568]

Protesting is your right to oppose misusing your money (your tax money) funding genocides. If you ignore that and keep on just working, you are actually acting like a donkey that just works regardless how it is treated.

[@rblauson]

We’ve had enough of these pro Hamas anti American protesters!

[@AD-cy7wx]

😂😂😂 we aren’t PRO hamas!!! We are ANTI Biden STEALING tax money from poor people here and sending it to Israel… a country that has FREE healthcare!!! Try again!!

[@785joker]

It’s protected by the constitution so too bad

[@nocheckmarkgames]

what's anti-american about protesting a foreign country?

[@pugilist102]

@@nocheckmarkgames They chanted death to America and flew terrorist flags.

[@rblauson]

@@nocheckmarkgames burning the American flag and waving Palestinian ones is about as anti American as you can get. The majority of Americans DO NOT side with you.

[@Nonsensically]

No more student loans for anything but STEM.

[@473weasel]

🤡

[@user-sk8zk2st2t]

this should be obvious to anyone with a brain trying to play the game

[@sweatergod5386]

Oh wow and instigate an economic crash? Thats a genius idea

[@user-lp1jw9bo5y]

Don’t you know the government loves to build institutions Weatherby universities high schools or elementary schools or even a park that means they have more stupid taxpayers to die for them

[@mikedarren6658]

@@sweatergod5386 Yeah, those African-American studies, sociology majors, etc. add so much to the economy....

[@sreed7637]

And let’s also cut funding from illegal immigrants as well, how bout we accept people loyal to the U.S. and help U.S. citizens!

[@scaryperi3051]

Anyone who actually cares about the Palestinians would not be asking Israel for a ceasefire, but for Hamas to surrender; this war can be ended at any time, if Hamas releases the hostages and surrenders, so if you care about the Palestinian people, protest Hamas--not Israel.

[@mustyata8118]

Palestinians have been killed for years. He says that even if Israel takes back the captives, the ceasefire will not be permanent. Of the 40,000 Palestinians killed, more than 30,000 were civilians, the majority of whom were children and women. I know that the dead Palestinians or the Palestinian people have no value in your eyes. You even forgot that they are human. They are now just numbers showing the death toll.

[@jwiki1]

😂😂😂 These college students have no clue what they are asking for and what repercussions there will be that will affect them!!

[@mg5ed]

Sound like you don’t

[@bingchilling4290]

Free speech is allowed in the US until you’re against the Israelis.

[@ageeknameddavis7628]

You sound like you don’t either

[@mg5ed]

@@ageeknameddavis7628 how so? Divesting in a genocide is the moral right, when you trap people in a ghetto and bomb them often they will revolt, they did, and now Israel is using it as an excuse to bomb more. College students get taught the genocide is wrong, and now they are doing a small part to stop one.

[@uncertaintytoworldpeace3650]

Buddy I can tell you are a 14 year old disconnected American gamer you obviously know nothing about how American intervention in Afghanistan created Osama bin Laden and 9/11. Makes me recall of how police intervention in communities has been statistically shown only to increase crime rates as you are giving these people something to organize around.

[@brentevje5939]

No funds for schools

[@venusbloodflow]

Tuition funds em, not to mention many 501c.3s & more. Using our educational system like hedge fund piggy banks isn't good...

[@fuckakakaka]

funny how other countries deserve our money more than our own citizens exercising their first amendment rights. you surely sound american

[@brianholloway6205]

lol that money is what makes the schools so lucrative. It’s literally why these kids go there. How about they transfer schools…

[@anagonzales2197]

Who do they think they are the White House

[@destinypuzzanghera3087]

Those kids are 100% right they’re putting human life before profit

[@johnfech3985]

These kids are allowed to say that, but wow are they ever stone stupid.

[@tielmaster7879]

How are they stupid exactly? These protests not only bring pressure to colleges but also to politicians. And it's working. Two months ago, any resistance to Israel would have been political suicide. Becoming less and less so by the passing day.

[@AD-cy7wx]

😂😂😂😂 how about stop stealing our tax Money and sending it to Israel!!! Wake up!!

[@tielmaster7879]

@@AD-cy7wx facts. 💯

[@Vendea]

Wanting to protest against genecide is just sooooooo stupid. 😂 where has empathy gone?

[@johnfech3985]

@@Vendea no they are protesting in favor of it. I don’t know what planet you’re from.

[@paulclarke3132]

Student Demonstrations. Always on the wrong side of things.

[@Liferestart6969]

It’s time to shut down Ivy league school in United States

[@lesterwatson8519]

I suggest the government stop funding these schools and the students that are doing the protesting.

[@juliemanarin4127]

You mean we taxpayers

[@gondolapirate1609]

@@juliemanarin4127 well, taxpayers never had the choice. the government robs us and it spends that money whereever it wants to.

[@Beebee13461]

​@@juliemanarin4127You soon to be on welfare lol. Idiot pick up a history book.

[@SadSilenceinDarkness]

Private school, privately funded, educate yourself

[@michaelcollazo7911]

They already do. Stop being a moron and supporting israeli terrorists.

[@jameswest4819]

One thing that ABC is omitting; those students that are protesting, is that they make up a large portion of the student body. If they switch to other colleges, that college will need to start another enrollment campaign. Students keep that college existing.

[@JENNIFERGOTTI]

Those who "demand" have likely voted very little if at all and it's doubtful if they've contributed anything to society; but they certainly want and take. Get Lost !!!

[@johnmiller3494]

Cease funding for colleges and universities. Every student with a visa who is involved in this should have their visas canceled.

[@fuckakakaka]

funny how its more illegal to protest other governments than your own in america

[@juanmangasmochas1533]

Funny how what is being protested is these universities and not our government or others. Now, foreigners come to our country, being educated by our country and then protesting our country have no room to protest the hand that feeds them.

[@thomasgirty6397]

ESPECIALY THE VISA STUDENTS. your a guest. probly being financed by the US. dont like it ,THEN GO HOME!!!! not in class??? then bye bye.

[@theedspage]

Let's just cancel everyone because your feelings are hurt. It's not how the Constitution works, honey.

[@johnmiller3494]

@@theedspage educational visas for foreign students and college education for anyone is a privilege. Being able to come to this country and study, EVEN IF COLLEGES DID NOT TAKE FEDERAL FUNDING, is a privilege and not a right if you are disruptive and a threat to society, whether a citizen or not, you forgo those rights.

[@hoangquang4241]

Delusion

[@Moo-cs3xn]

Hater

[@hoangquang4241]

@@Moo-cs3xn hate who??

[@brucecampbell6578]

By delusion are you referring to Zionism or US exceptionalism?

[@Moo-cs3xn]

@@hoangquang4241 exactly, vegas. state yr position

[@hoangquang4241]

@@brucecampbell6578 I don't see both categories in this video

[@jeremiasfly]

Oh please! more like cease the free tuition funds on students who are skipping class and give it to those who are waiting at the door to come in and get an education! Not these privileged kids.

[@jewels11189]

This is a fact : Israel blatantly attacked the Iranians' embassy. Israel violated the Vienna Convention agreement : Article 22 of the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations (VCDR) states that the premises of a diplomatic mission are inviolable. This means that agents of the receiving state may not enter the mission's premises without the consent of the head of the mission. The receiving state is also responsible for protecting the mission's premises from damage, intrusion, and disturbance of peace. The mission's premises, furnishings, property, and transportation means are also immune from search, requisition, attachment, or execution. (copied and pasted) People, please do your own research. Don't just believe what mainstream media reports. CNN should delineate the entire Israel-Palestine-Iran conflict. Orthodox Jews profoundly comdmen Israel's blatant war crimes. People, please do your own research. Don't just believe what mainstream media reports. CNN should delineate the entire Israel-Palestine-Iran conflict thoroughly as it happens.

[@DavidCajun-qf9ti]

Okay, lets cut the financial ties for these kids grant funding !!! 😂😮😁🇺🇸

[@jakeotero9514]

Great idea. Punish Americans for exercising their right to protest. Educate yourself before you make ignorant comments, please.

[@Beebee13461]

My kids are laughing at you guys. They both finished their degress and making money. You are future welfarians who do not know history but are pulled in by a bunch of terrorists. 😅​@jakeotero9514

[@gondolapirate1609]

@@jakeotero9514 I would not say he is ignorant because he has different opinion than you. I don't totally agree with him either but if students engage in illegal protesting, there should be punitive actions such as one suggested. after all, we all have responsibilities for our rights.

[@jakeotero9514]

@@gondolapirate1609 He's ignorant because cutting financial ties to student grant funding is so dumb. And for what? For protesting? Not every student gets free money for college. The thing that citizens have been doing since the dawn of our nation? You really want to defend this guy and his ignorant comment? He doesn't just disagree with the protests, he wants to punish them. And in a way that's totally fascist, and likely illegal itself. Illegal activity is being taken care of by law enforcement. They're arrested if necessary. And this guy wants to punish them more? That's not how our laws work. That's ignorance. Or stupidity. But I gave him the benefit of the doubt. Seems like @DavidCajun-qf9ti wants vigilante justice. Which is completely hypocritical for punishing people for allegedly breaking the law. C'mon now. Think better. @DavidCajun-qf9ti is upset about something and wants to think he knows better. But feel free to disagree with me. I'll happily call you out too.

[@gondolapirate1609]

@@jakeotero9514 First of all, being arrested is not a punishment. it is a procedure to detain someone until sentence or punitive action is served. Second of all, students with legal history (most likely felony) are not entitled to Government Grant. so, I agree with you that we should not take grand for allegation, but after conviction. Third of all, there is no constitutional obligation for government to provide student Aid. but it is of course nice. I benefited from it too.

[@phillipsprague3275]

Most of these students don’t have the right to ask the government anything except when they need to start paying back their school loans! Once these punks get a job and start paying taxes then they can have a voice!

[@BigJim-rb8bn]

Just like you did?

[@julianorman6964]

This is a private school. They pay tuition. They are asking their schools disclose investments and divest from an apartheid state that is enacting a genocide.

[@RailBuffRob]

Most of them will be $60,000 in debt and working at Starbucks to pay off a useless Gender Studies degree.

[@arcanewyrm6295]

So, no 1st amendment unless your intimately familiar with a 1040?

[@phillipsprague3275]

You lose your rights when you’re shouting death to America ! That’s not a protected right that’s Treason m, look that up! You can criticize all you want, but the second you uttered a word that promotes attacks on a group of people or the sanctity of the nation you have crossed the line!

[@user-vx7vi3vq1c]

Notice they aren’t protesting Hamas.

[@gokucougar]

This country was screwed , no more dreams, wake up for nightmares. It’s now DividedSA. Thank FJB.

[@dawn-wi9bx]

How dare the presidents of these universities telling the Jewish people they need to go home you should be ashamed of yourselves !

[@keymusabe7207]

Is it the same as telling melanin people to go back to "Africa"?

[@miller566]

My niece was failing her classes because she supported trump. The professor told her that when she decides to get smart, she will pass. The next quarter, she said she supports biden now, and she has all passing grades now. True story from nyc.

[@rofflestomp684]

@@miller566 Lets hope she votes Biden then. Trump supporters are only as good as far as you can throw them as far as honesty anyway.

[@somehowstillhere8766]

No one with power is telling jews to leave our country. Jews are the ones threatening people that they won't have jobs if they criticize Israel.

[@KU847]

Look at what Israel is doing they are taking Palestine land learn the history go spend some time on google and search the history

[@MonkeyDelicious]

These idiots have too much free time on their hands.

[@AD-cy7wx]

😂😂😂 we aren’t PRO hamas!!! We are ANTI Biden STEALING tax money from poor people here and sending it to Israel… a country that has FREE healthcare!!! Try again!!

[@terrific804]

And what do you do with your time? Give your tax money to Israel? Over 300 billion went to Israel because of judeo-christian values? and what did Israel give to the US in Return of value? absolutely nothing

[@473weasel]

Juat like you have free time to shitpost and troll.

[@Max-jv6sx]

They have goals. Your worse than useless comment does not.

[@herbertenglish3540]

if these kids had been disciplined when they were children , I mean if they had had their asses paddled when they were disrespectful, , they would act different today

[@thomaswilde3776]

So nobel of these kids to donate the tens of thousands of dollars their 529 accounts made in investments in these companies allowing them to attend these private schools to humanitarian aide

[@laureanog1]

Expel these protesting students. They got some nerve. If you don't appreciate your freedom in America, go to another country. See how that goes. Ridiculous!!

[@fuckakakaka]

crazy how its more illegal to protest OTHER countries governments than your own in America

[@laureanog1]

It's not illegal to protest. But, how selfish these students are to disrupt the education of others. I'm against the suffering for Palestinians. They need to fly to Israel and protest to Netanyahu. Even the majority of his people are against him. Or go to Washington or your state senator's office. Some students worked hard to get into these prestigious institutions. How crazy huh! Back at ya.

[@fuckakakaka]

@@laureanog1 its a freaking college, this is far from the first protest to ever happen at one. tell me a college that has never became a place for people to express protest are you only complaining because the subject is what offends?

[@MzBAnthony]

Stop paying to go to school there

[@venusbloodflow]

Using our educational system like hedge fund piggy banks isn't good

[@naelberg7356]

I bet majority of these protesters get financial aids from the school.

[@user-sx6lh4vh6e]

There’s no reason to send all that money to Isreal when do United States has its own problem Fix the problem in home America first

[@justdoingitjim7095]

Paying tuition is the same as paying for admission to a movie theater. In both cases you don't get to make DEMANDS and dictate how that money is spent!

[@TJPoppy]

“ Higher education? “ 👀

[@differentfacets]

Highest intellect

[@Patrick-kt5mc]

After smoking weed they do get higher.

[@1timeslime971]

Then don’t attend that school….you’re a guest there at that school….if you don’t like the schools financial ties….then LEAVE

[@ReaverLordTonus]

Schools don't provide funding, they recieve funding. I take back everything I've ever said about the Hippies from the 60s, at least they knew the right places to protest.

[@Braddha]

WOW... Look at this... Journalists actually asking what students are protesting about - rather than demonizing them while they show footage of them getting attacked by police.... Maybe there is hope for democracy... .

[@qwertyuiop2994]

How will they force Google to divest

[@thomasgirty6397]

google is keeping a list of future NO HIRE'S for when they apply . just wait and see. A LOT of companies are taking notes on these trouble makers. good luck in the job market!!!! Mc D's will hire you{maybe}

[@guramare44]

These students have moral values and compassion. They deserve respect for their courage too.

[@user-si5dn5gf8b]

However, they do not know the history of the Middle East. The Jews do have a legitimate claim to their land. Great Britain rewarded the Jews after WW11 giving them the land because they fought with the British. Whereas, the Palestinians fought against the British in WW11. Going back farther in the early history of the Holy Land, the Jews established themselves there well before the birth of Christ.

[@carolynwilliams7414]

That's right. Israel has prior claims to the land. Almighty God gave them that land.

[@guramare44]

@@carolynwilliams7414 The Almighty lives only in your imagination. He can't give land to people. Bible is not a history book.

[@stangman962]

Why doesn’t America end tax breaks and support for these intelligent independent colleges?

[@barbarahamilton586]

How about we just stop paying the universities to teach our kids how to waste their lives.

[@argus9609]

Student protesters don't get to set policy, send the little whiny children home to mommy and daddy.

[@jakeotero9514]

Women couldn't set policy either back in the day. You want to tell them they should have gone back home to cook dinner and take care of the children? I recommend you reel in that righteous judgment of you demonstrate you ignorance more.

[@Nessy-of-the-Lynn]

Hate to break it to you, but they are adults and are voters. So they DO get a say. There may be some concerning Hamas supporters, but many have legitimate concerns about funding a government who commits war crimes. Some of the crowds and those supporting them are Jewish! This constant targeting of them for exercising their right to free speech is disgusting. It is the same thing people did to those protesting the Vietnam War. Look how many people think it was a smart war to get into now? I do think they are not thinking very straight in asking for divestment from their college. They should be putting pressure on the federal government, not the school they happen to be enrolled in. Divestment is not going to stop the war.

[@charlesbarry7479]

Taxpayers demand the government stop funding universities that do not foster American ideals.

[@RobertPaulsen-gk8qc]

Since when is supporting an apartheid state an American ideal?

[@hummingbirdofgumption3263]

So you like spending billions of US tax dollars to foreign countries? Why do you hate America???

[@W.J.M.]

@@RobertPaulsen-gk8qc it isn't apartheid tho.

[@stab74]

@@RobertPaulsen-gk8qc Who let South Africa in here?

[@charlesbarry7479]

@@RobertPaulsen-gk8qc What apartheid state? When did it become an American ideal to shout death to America?

[@Yezindeed]

Take the money out your own pocket and stop stealing from the Americans who have worked for it🤨