Columbia University campus protests: Students resume rallies in support of Palestinians

demonstrators were back at it for the first day of classes greeting new students with the same old demands so for today as as you see kind of like welcoming the new students and reminding them that Colombia is still investing in genocide that Colombia is still investing in weapon manufacturers um and kind of just to remind also Colombia that uh the students are here to stay uh that no matter uh how much uh oppression how much force you put against this student movement this would not stop at least two demonstrators were arrested for unspecified charges other than a statue graffitied with blood red paint the day's protests remained off campus where heightened security measures have been put in place once again the New York police department has been called to the campus also private security has been ramped up for the school year it used to be that the campus was open to anyone who wanted to enter it now you have to show a campus ID or be a pre-registered guest in order to get through the gates other universities have followed suit the University of California banning encampments as well as face masks the University of Virginia encampments as well as the use of megaphones on school days and at Rucker University in New Jersey the organization students for justice in Palestine is no longer recognized while Columbia student organizers say their goal is to end a genocide some Jewish students have complained of anti-Semitism I do not feel safe when the students on this campus are aiding and abetting terrorism a survey of students last year found 76% support divestment from Israel this Jewish Professor argues limiting speech is not the answer so if we go about making things worse taking unpopular measures here and saying it's because of Jews or to protect Jewish students we are absolutely going to make Jewish students the face of repression we're going to single them out in ways that are only going to make the climate worse the student demonstrators are promising more actions until their goals are met regardless Kristen salumi Al jazer New York make sure to subscribe to our channel to get the latest news from Al jazer

Share your thoughts

Related Transcripts

Germany announces temporary controls on all land borders thumbnail
Germany announces temporary controls on all land borders

Category: News & Politics

These people want to make a new life in germany following a path chosen by millions of others in recent years but soon the rules governing every asylum seeker here could be much tougher prompted by the stabbings in the town of singan in recent weeks in which a syrian man admitted killing three people... Read more

France’s Macron names former Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier as new PM thumbnail
France’s Macron names former Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier as new PM

Category: News & Politics

[applause] after months of political deadlock following july snap election france finally has a new prime minister michelle barer a conservative politician and former french minister barer is best known for his role as the eu's brexit negotiator at a ceremony in paris with his predecessor gabriel atal... Read more

Algeria’s Abdelmadjid Tebboune re-elected president with 94.7 percent vote thumbnail
Algeria’s Abdelmadjid Tebboune re-elected president with 94.7 percent vote

Category: News & Politics

94.6 that is the percentage of votes secured by the incumbent president abdul majid tabon according to the electoral commission the other candidate secured only a small percentage mr abdul maid tabun secured 5,329 253 votes which means 94.6 5% the second candidate mr abdul ali hassan sharif for map... Read more

How crucial are long-range missiles in the Ukraine war? | Inside Story thumbnail
How crucial are long-range missiles in the Ukraine war? | Inside Story

Category: News & Politics

No green light for ukraine to use longrange western-made missiles in russian territory vladimir putin says such a move would mean allout war with nato members but how serious is his warning and what difference could these weapons make on the battlefield this is inside story [music] hello there i'm james... Read more

What's behind the arrest in France of Telegram's CEO? | Inside Story thumbnail
What's behind the arrest in France of Telegram's CEO? | Inside Story

Category: Film & Animation

The ceo of telegram paval durov held by french police the detention of the russian born billionaire has been condemned by moscow and elon musk so why is he being detained does the case have wider implications for social media this is inside story hello and welcome to the show i'm sammy zam he's one... Read more

Palestinian Patients flee Deir el-Balah’s Al-Aqsa Hospital following Israeli evacuation order thumbnail
Palestinian Patients flee Deir el-Balah’s Al-Aqsa Hospital following Israeli evacuation order

Category: Film & Animation

Once an overcrowded tint side this particular location has turned into a wasteland as hundreds of this place families once sheltering inside this tin camp made their way searching for a new place to protect their families from the unpredictable falling bombs is really military issued evacuation orders... Read more

British band Oasis to reunite after 15 years, confirms 2025 tour thumbnail
British band Oasis to reunite after 15 years, confirms 2025 tour

Category: News & Politics

So years of anger fighting and lots of iconic music making from one of the uk's great brit pop legends oasis then around 15 years of [applause] silence but after days of rumors the gallagher brothers have confirmed they will be reforming one of the uk's biggest pop acts they posted on x that the great... Read more

Former England football manager Sven-Goran Eriksson dies aged 76 thumbnail
Former England football manager Sven-Goran Eriksson dies aged 76

Category: Film & Animation

Legendary football manager svor erikson has died aged 76 the swed had revealed at the start of the year that he had pancreatic cancer and had a year at most to live born in the small town of sunna in sweden erikson went on to have a memorable career perhaps the highlight was his tenure at italian giants... Read more

Mexico’s Senate passes judicial reform after protesters break into chamber thumbnail
Mexico’s Senate passes judicial reform after protesters break into chamber

Category: News & Politics

Not even the protesters who invaded the senate could stop one of the most controversial reforms in recent mexican history legislators simply moved to an alternative building to pass the judicial reform it will among other things replace the entire supreme court and around 7,000 other judges with new... Read more

Ugandan Olympian Rebecca Cheptegei hospitalised after being set on fire thumbnail
Ugandan Olympian Rebecca Cheptegei hospitalised after being set on fire

Category: News & Politics

A family in mourning for a rising athletic star long distance runner rebecca chapay had represented uganda at several international competitions including the paris olympics chay's relatives say her death was a culmination of a bitter land dispute with her estranged boyfriend he's accused of dowsing... Read more

Trump vs Harris: Contrasting messages in 2024 US presidential campaign rhetoric thumbnail
Trump vs Harris: Contrasting messages in 2024 US presidential campaign rhetoric

Category: News & Politics

[music] donald trump's rallies are full of dark pronouncements and personal attacks we're very close to world war iii and people don't realize that we're closer than we've ever been a communist known as kamla harris she a communist our country's going to hell that's all i can say we're a nation in decline... Read more

Israeli soldiers besiege Jenin on fourth day of West Bank assault thumbnail
Israeli soldiers besiege Jenin on fourth day of West Bank assault

Category: News & Politics

Is like a ghost town during the largest israeli military assault in the northern occupied west bank in more than two decades the refugee camp is largely [music] destroyed israeli occupation forces block the entrance to janine's public hospital and send in reinforcements the sounds of gunfire and explosions... Read more