A group of pro-Palestinian protesters outside Columbia University in April 2024. New York, United States—Columbia University, the epicenter of pro-Palestinian protests that have upended college campuses across the United States, began suspending student demonstrators on Monday after they defied an ultimatum to disperse.
“These repulsive scare tactics mean nothing compared to the deaths of over 34,000 Palestinians,” said a statement, read out by a student at a press conference after the deadline, referring to the death toll in Gaza. Meanwhile at the University of Texas at Austin, police clashed with protesters Monday, including using pepper spray, and made arrests while dismantling an encampment, adding to the more than 350 people detained nationwide over the weekend.“Instead, arrests are being made.”
Footage of police in riot gear summoned at various colleges to break up rallies have been viewed around the world, recalling the protest movement that erupted during the Vietnam War.Columbia University president Minouche Shafik, in a statement Monday announcing talks had broken down, said “many of our Jewish students, and other students as well, have found the atmosphere intolerable in recent weeks.”“Anti-Semitic language and actions are unacceptable and calls for violence are simply abhorrent.
One graduate student protester, who asked to be identified only as “Z,” said: “It’s finals week, everyone is still working on their finals, I still have finals to do.”President Joe Biden’s White House has also attempted to walk a fine line of defending the right to protest while condemning reported acts of anti-Semitism.
“What continues to transpire at Columbia is an utter disgrace. The campus is being overrun by anti-Semitic students and faculty alike,” House Speaker Mike Johnson said on X, reiterating his call for Shafik to resign.
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