Columbia suspends students after call to end Gaza camp unheeded

Demonstrators supporting Palestinians in Gaza barricade themselves inside Hamilton Hall, where the office of the Dean is located, on 30 April 2024 in New York City. Pro-Palestinian demonstrators marched at 14:00, and the deadline to clear the encampment given to students by the university came and went. The students were given a suspension warning if they did not meet the deadline.

Student demonstrators at Columbia University, the epicentre of pro-Palestinian protests that have erupted at US colleges, began to be suspended on Monday after defying an ultimatum to disperse. A few hours later, Columbia vice president of communications Ben Chang said the university had"begun suspending students as part of this next phase of our efforts to ensure safety on our campus."

For almost two weeks, a wave of protests against Israel's war in Gaza has swept through US university campuses from coast to coast after around 100 protesters were arrested at Columbia on 18 April. "We get that it is a painful moment that Americans are dealing with, and free expression has to be done within the law," Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Monday.

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