Pro-Israel billionaires urged New York crackdown on Gaza protests
A handful of powerful businessmen pushed New York City Mayor Eric Adams to use police to crack down on pro-Palestinian student protesters at Columbia University, donating to the politician and offering to pay for private investigators to help break up the demonstrations, the Washington Post has reported, based on leaked WhatsApp conversations.
#wkcr is reporting that they have been locked out of their station. They are playing a prerecorded message relayed in by a remote computer.
They are supposed to be covering the arraignment of arrested #ColumbiaUniversity protestors this morning but have no access to their equipment or station.
They are generously referring to this lockout as a mistake by #columbia and not an attempt to shut down their #journalism coverage.
Who is Hind Rajab, the Palestinian girl Columbia University protesters named a hall after?
Students at Columbia University say they renamed a building they occupied as Hind Hall in memory of Hind Rajab, a Palestinian girl who was killed by Israeli forces in Gaza City on January 29.
Hind was just six years old when the car she was travelling in with her family came under Israeli fire.
Minouche Shafik, the president of Columbia University has asked New York police Tuesday to remain on campus until May 17 to “ensure encampments are not reestablished”, the AFP news agency is reporting.
New York Police Department officers in riot gear break into a building at Columbia University, where pro-Palestinian students were barricaded inside, in New York City on April 30, 2024 [Kena Betancur/AFP]
“I’m horrified by the decision-making process here. This isn’t Moscow. This isn’t Tehran. This is New York City. We should be able to protest peacefully.”
Members of the New York Police Department strategic response team move towards an entrance to Columbia University, on Tuesday night, in New York City [Julius Motal/AP Photo]
Protesters hang banners on the exterior of Hamilton Hall building after barricading themselves inside the building at Columbia University, after an earlier order from university officials to disband the protest encampment supporting Palestinians, or face suspension in New York City, U.S., April 30, 2024
You can add the #ColumbiaUniversity
radio station WKCR in your podcast player app (this is what it looks like in Podcast Addict), audio is a little spotty because of how many people are tuning in right now, but this works when it wouldn't in browser #StudentSpring#BDS#FreePalestine
A group of students cover the area where others gathered to pray while taking part in a student protest encampment in support of Palestinians at the Columbia University campus in New York City, April 26. REUTERS/David Dee Delgado
Students at Columbia University paint a banner in response to a message of thanks Palestinians wrote on tents in Rafah, on Sunday [Caitlin Ochs/Reuters]
A sign saying "The revolution is here! So put on your helmet and strap in" is posted outside of a protest encampment on the main campus of Columbia University [Caitlin Ochs/Reuters]
Barnard AAUP Members Vote of No Confidence in President Laura Rosenbury
"On Monday, April 22, 2024, the Barnard College members of the American Association of University Professors voted 102-0 that they did not have confidence in President Laura Rosenbury’s ability to serve as President of Barnard College."
A Palestinian child walks past a tent with a ‘thank you’ message dedicated to students at Columbia University in New York, at the Rafah refugee camp in southern Gaza on Saturday [Haitham Imad/EPA]
Pro-Palestine protesters at Columbia publish list of demands
The students at Columbia have released their five demands from the university, including the institution to divest from companies that aid the Israeli government, sever ties to Israeli universities and stop the policing of Palestinian students and allies on and off campus.
They also call on the university to release a public statement calling for an immediate, permanent ceasefire in Gaza.