Dueling protests between pro-Palestinian and pro-Israeli demonstrators were held outside Columbia University on Wednesday.
NEW YORK -- The main entrance gate was closed as demonstrations grew in front of the university. Students can still pass through the multiple side entrances, but they do have to show student IDs to get on campus grounds, which is not typically protocol.Demonstrators started gathering outside the school Wednesday afternoon.On one side were pro-Palestinian students, who are calling for an end to the war in Gaza.
They said hearing their classmates chant the word 'intifada' deeply troubles them, and one said as a Jew, she now regrets coming to Columbia due to the antisemitism she has seen and experienced on campus in the last few months.The other side of the rally said they were there to 'end Jew hatred.
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