Pro-Palestine demonstrators take over New York's Barnard College
The group demanded that the university reverses the expulsions, gives amnesty to all students disciplined for anti-Israel protests, sets a meeting with Barnard leadership, and abolishes the college’s disciplinary system.
More than 50 pro-Palestine demonstrators on Wednesday stormed Barnard College, which is affiliated with Columbia University, to protest the expulsion of two Barnard college students.
The "Columbia Students for Justice in Palestine" announced the protest on Wednesday afternoon, stating that it was organizing a "sit-in" outside of the dean's office.
The group demanded that the university reverse the expulsions, give amnesty to all students disciplined for anti-Israel protests, set a meeting with Barnard leadership, and abolish the college’s disciplinary system.
"DISRUPTION UNTIL DIVESTMENT, RESISTANCE UNTIL RETURN, AGITATION UNTIL AMNESTY. WE WILL NOT STOP UNTIL OUR DEMANDS ARE MET. FREE PALESTINE," the group wrote on X.
The protest comes after pro-Palestinian demonstrators took over many college campuses nationwide last year amid the war in Gaza. The heart of the protests was at New York's Columbia University.
The New York Police Department is on the Barnard campus and is standing by, according to the New York Daily News, after a protester assaulted a school employee, sending them to the hospital.
Misty Severi is a news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.
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