Violent Anti-Jewish Riot at Columbia As Terrorists Smash, Take Over Academic Building, Barricade Doors

Anti-Jewish terror  at Columbia University barricaded themselves inside an academic building on campus, upping the stakes in their conflict with the school over a pro-Palestinian encampment.

The Hamas encampment movement is now full on Hamas. Are there hostages in the building?

Anarchists dressed in all black are breaking in through windows at the Columbia College campus in NYC.

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The masked student yelling is Khymani James.

He was expelled from Columbia for threatening to kill Jews.

The two students in front of the door are trying to stop the madness.pic.twitter.com/XGb5JJIfCi

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Antisemitic riot at Columbia reaches boiling point as agitators take over academic building, barricade doors

The students are demanding that Columbia divest its financial support of Israel, become more transparent and provide blanket amnesty to the protesters

By Lawrence Richard, Fox News, April 30, 2024:

Protesters take over campus building at Columbia in New York City

Hours after Columbia University began suspending students who did not abandon their anti-Israel encampment in the heart of campus, the agitators dialed up their demonstration by taking over an academic building.

Early Tuesday morning, hundreds of anti-Israel protesters at Columbia’s Manhattan campus took over Hamilton Hall, an academic building used by the dean and other senior offices. The unruly group gained access shortly before 1 a.m. and then began “moving metal gates to barricade the doors, blocking entrances with wooden tables and chairs, and zip-tying doors shut,” according to the student newspaper Columbia Spectator.

Other footage showed the agitators in New York smashing windows, unfurling a Palestinian flag over a window and chanting: “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” and “Palestine will live forever.” Outside the facility, the anti-Israel rebels, many of whom wore masks, locked arms in front of Hamilton Hall to form a human barricade.

The students are demanding three things from the university: divest their financial support of Israel, become more transparent with the university’s investments and provide blanket amnesty to students who have taken part in the disruptive, weeks-long demonstration.

Protesters locking arms

Anti-Israel protesters at Columbia University broke into the iconic Hamilton Hall building as they gathered to stage a demonstration at the New York City campus on Tuesday.

The mutiny comes after the university set a deadline of 2 p.m. on Monday for students to gather their belongings and leave their encampment of around 120 tents or face suspension.

The university confirmed that it began handing out suspensions with the aid of local and state law enforcement officers on Monday night for students who failed to leave.

Broken windows

During the unrest, New York Police Department officers arrived at the campus but did not enter it, according to the Columbia Spectator. The officers remained at the scene, outside of campus, telling the publication they would only enter if they “hear that someone’s gotten hurt.”

At least three facilities workers were inside the academic building when the anti-Israel agitators stormed in, the student newspaper reported. The workers were subsequently allowed to leave at around 12:40 a.m., with one reportedly yelling “they held me hostage” as he left the building.

Members of the mob also allegedly covered the cameras inside the facility.

The group placed a banner over Hamilton Hall renaming it “Hind’s Hall,” after Hind Rajab, a 6-year-old who died in Gaza during Israel’s war with Hamas.
A sign that reads, ‘Hinds Hall’