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A growing number of leaders and organizations have called on Columbia University and its president to protect students amid reports of antisemitic and offensive statements and actions on and near its campus, which has been the site this week of a pro-Palestinian encampment and protest.
” Columbia/Barnard Hillel said in a post on social media platform X that it doesn’t believe Jewish students should have to leave, but the university and city should do more to protect students. It said in a letter Sunday night, it said Columbia “must put an end to the on-campus protests that violate the University’s events policies. Off-campus protests need to be moved if the protestors will not end their harassment of students.
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