New York police removed a pro-Palestinian protest encampment at Columbia University on Thursday and arrested dozens of protesters.
Police in Riot gear stand guard as demonstrators chant slogans outside the Columbia University campus, Thursday, April 18, 2024, in New York. The protesters were calling for the school to divest from corporations they claim profit from the war in the Middle East.
The congresswoman, at a hearing on Wednesday, had questioned Columbia's president, Nemat Shafik, about the school’s targeting of pro-Palestinian protesters.since early Wednesday, demanding the school divest from companies they claim “profit from Israeli apartheid” and the Israeli military action in Gaza.
Shafik also said the university tried through several channels "to engage with their concerns and offered to continue discussions if they agreed to disperse.”
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