Columbia University is seeing renewed activism as students set up tents in solidarity with Gaza, calling for action against Israeli invasion.
Columbia University has became the epicenter of Israel's war against Palestine as students resume demonstrations, calling for solidarity with Gaza. / Photo: AA
Students in the area hung banners saying"While you profit, Rafah burns" and"All eyes on Rafah" urging the university administration, criticised for its support of companies backing Israel's offensive on Gaza, to sever ties with them. Pro-Palestine campus protests have been taking place in the US since April when students at Columbia launched an encampment in solidarity with Gaza and demanded that the school divest from Israel.
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