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April 17, 2024

Columbia University Students Launch Gaza Solidarity Encampment
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In other protest news, students at Columbia University and Barnard
College have set up dozens of tents on campus to create what they are
calling a Gaza Solidarity Encampment. This is Isra Hirsi, a student at
Barnard who is the daughter of Congressmember Ilhan Omar.

Isra Hirsi: "Hello. I am a organizer with CU Apartheid Divest. Today we
have over a hundred-plus people who have come together to form the Gaza
Solidarity Encampment. Today we are calling for divestment. We are
calling for amnesty for suspended students, as well as transparency from
Columbia University on what they invested."

The encampment began hours ahead of Columbia University President
Minouche Shafik's scheduled testimony before Congress.


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