There are fresh protests taking place today at Columbia University and at other schools around the country on the first anniversary of Hamas' 10/7 attack on Israel. Columbia's interim president sent an email yesterday announcing new security measures and warning about the potential for outside groups to spark violence.
In an email to students and staff at Columbia on Sunday, interim President Katrina Armstrong said the university's administrators have “anticipated and have been preparing for a period of uncertainty in the coming days.”
She said some groups have worked with university officials and school security to plan nonviolent protests and commemorations. Some Jewish groups had erected on the school's lawn what appeared to be large milk cartons with photos of hostages taken by Hamas...
“We have also learned and had evidence of plans of groups not affiliated with Columbia choosing to come to our Morningside campus for activities that raise concern about the potential for violence,” she said.
The student protesters will be marching off campus and joining up with members of Within Our Lifetime, a group that has made a habit of vandalism in the city. Also, the instructions given to protesters seems to suggest they will be looking to get away with violating school rules or worse.
Apartheid Divest leaders cautioned supporters on social media to remain masked, cover any identifying tattoos or piercings, avoid swiping their ID cards too close to the rally time, and take other measures to avoid detection. “Stay safe! Be Brave!” the group said on Instagram. “The fight for liberation will always be risky. We must take the risk.”
Here's some video of what has happened so far. First, as mentioned above, Jewish groups set up these milk cartons with the faces of hostages.
NOW: An "encampment" art instalation is set up by Pro-Israel groups as Pro-Palestine students are expected to do a walk out to mark October 7th.
— Oliya Scootercaster 🛴 (@ScooterCasterNY) October 7, 2024
Current instalation of hostages and those killed is set up on Columbia University grounds, where a pro-Palestine Encampment was… pic.twitter.com/H1KguXC6mr
Here's the pro-Hamas student group. I'm not hearing any chants for a ceasefire. They are chanting "Intifada, people's war." These Columbia students support Hamas. Notice their faces are all covered.
NOW: Pro-Palestine students at Columbia University begin their WALK OUT to mark October 7th. Pro-Israel students are also set up across from them.
— Oliya Scootercaster 🛴 (@ScooterCasterNY) October 7, 2024
Video by @a_lkoakes @FreedomNTV [email protected] to license pic.twitter.com/41RWdB6xoD
"Long live the intifada!"
NOW: Columbia University Pro-Palestine students walk off campus to mark October 7th
— Oliya Scootercaster 🛴 (@ScooterCasterNY) October 7, 2024
Video by @a_lkoakes @FreedomNTV [email protected] to license pic.twitter.com/nuY2YvKSyK
"Resistance is glorious! We will be victorious!"
NOW: "Resistance is glorious! We will be victorious!" - chant Pro-Palestine Columbia University students stage a WALK OUT and march across the campus with signs.
— Oliya Scootercaster 🛴 (@ScooterCasterNY) October 7, 2024
Video by @ScooterCasterNY @FreedomNTV [email protected] to license pic.twitter.com/tlMoSg4lnW
They walked off campus and headed to the subway where it appears they were jumping the turnstiles in front of police. And because the police didn't allow that, the chant changed to "Oink, oink, piggy, piggy. We will make your lives s***ty."
#NOW Columbia students FLOOD SUBWAY on October 7. Hundreds of students poured into the Subway Station after walking out of class. They are making their way to the Wall Street protest, gathering now DOWNTOWN #NYC pic.twitter.com/Cho7sYLTG3
— Oliya Scootercaster 🛴 (@ScooterCasterNY) October 7, 2024
Still harassing the cops.
"Get the f*** off out train, get a job and grow a brain," Pro-Palestine protesters on the subway chant at the cops as they ride the Subway to protest downtown. pic.twitter.com/rhGgW4VZBR
— Oliya Scootercaster 🛴 (@ScooterCasterNY) October 7, 2024
These Columbia students will eventually return to supporting Hamas and calling for more violence against Israel. Just a couple days ago a group called Columbia University Apartheid Divest (CUAD) praised a terror attack in Tel Aviv that killed 7 people.
On its Substack post written yesterday, CUAD referred to the attack as a "bold act" and framed it as a continuation of the broader resistance against Israeli occupation. "The shooting serves as a reminder that the struggle is not confined to Gaza or Lebanon," the group wrote.
CUAD further described the October 1 shooting as a "significant act of resistance" against "Israeli forces and settlers.' The statement asserted that the attack underscores the expansion of resistance efforts into "the heart of settler-colonial territory," challenging Israel's security. It also praised the Iranian missile attack on Israel.
These people celebrate the murder of civilians, so long as they are Jews.
.@Columbia Apartheid Divest (CUAD) praises the terrorist attack in Tel Aviv, “targeting security forces and settlers”. The terrorists murdered Inbar-Segev Vigder who was protecting her 9 months old baby.
— Gil Zussman (@gil_zussman) October 3, 2024
Do members and advisors of the 116 student groups in CUAD support this? https://t.co/ZHx987axR8 pic.twitter.com/ZrnVXCYNDa
That's all for now but I'll update this below if there anything develops.
Update: Here's the Within Our Lifetime march.
📍Centre st Broome st
— Within Our Lifetime (@WOLPalestine) October 7, 2024
Raise the flag of revolution high! 🇵🇸🇵🇸 pic.twitter.com/GdRhDGwCVd
They really aren't interested in a ceasefire any more than Yahya Sinwar is interested in a ceasefire.
If you’re still calling for a ceasefire one year into this, you’re engaging in genocide propaganda that gives cover to the israeli killing machine.
— Nerdeen Kiswani (@NerdeenKiswani) October 6, 2024
The only solid demands we must be making now are to end all funding, sending weapons, diplomatic and political support to “israel”
Update: Naturally the pro-violence mob gets violent.
BREAKING: Pro-terror protesters attack Israel supporter in NYC.
— Jessica Costescu (@JessicaCostescu) October 7, 2024
The man is bleeding after he got hit on the head. His Israeli flag was also stolen@FreeBeacon pic.twitter.com/sWzGIjcIFc
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