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Columbia University came under intense criticism due to its mishandling of pro-Palestinian student protests on campus last year. Its revamped guidelines follow previous ones released earlier this month – widely criticized as vague and inadequate

  Columbia University on Monday canceled its main, university-wide commencement ceremony scheduled for May 15 in favor of smaller, school-based events, a decision that follows weeks of pro-Palestinian protests that roiled the Ivy League school. "We have decided to make the centerpiece of our commencement activities our Class Days and school-level ceremonies, where students are […]

Omer Lubaton Granot, an Israeli student at Columbia University, spoke with Udi Segal and Tal Shalev on 103FM after the New York police removed pro-Palestinian protesters from campus.

  Police officers carrying zip ties and riot shields stormed a Columbia University building being occupied by pro-Palestinian protesters, streaming in through a window late Tuesday and arresting dozens of people. The protesters had seized the administration building, known as Hamilton Hall, more than 20 hours earlier in a major escalation as demonstrations against the […]

After pro-Palestinian student protesters forcefully took over Columbia University's Hamilton Hall, the school's administration decided to close the campus entirely, including for members of the press and students who do not live on campus, and subsequently announced it would begin expulsion

'Will Colombia be remembered as Heidelberg? To a large extent, it depends on you, Madam,' wrote the Yad Vashem chairman amid the mass anti-Israel protests escalating at Columbia University. In Israel, university presidents urge Jewish and Israeli students to enroll at Israeli institutions

  Columbia University announced Wednesday it has made significant progress in negotiations with student protesters occupying the campus in a demonstration related to the Gaza war. In a statement, the university said students have agreed to remove a substantial number of tents from the encampment on the main campus lawn as part of an interim […]

  President Joe Biden issued a stern warning on Sunday about an "alarming surge of Antisemitism" in the United States, making pointed reference to the highly charged Pro-Palestinian protests and escalating tensions targeting Jewish students at Columbia University. "Silence is complicity," Biden's statement read. "Even in recent days, we've seen harassment and calls for violence […]

  Israeli students were outraged this week after a pro-Palestinian group announced its intent to hold a controversial event that belittled Hamas' atrocities. "Counteroffensive" – that is the way the October 7 massacre in southern Israel was described by an extreme student group at Columbia University in a promotion for an event scheduled to be […]