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Pro-Palestinian Students Occupy Barnard Library, Escalating Campus Tensions

Masked activists demand amnesty for expelled students, distribute controversial materials, and defy administrative orders to vacate.

FILE - Banners hang from a building at Barnard College, May 28, 2015, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
NYPD officers clear pro-Palestinian demonstrators from the Barnard library after a group of student protesters occupied it on Wednesday. (Lokman Vural Elibol/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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Overview

  • Protesters from Columbia and Barnard stormed Barnard's Milstein Library, renaming it the 'Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya Liberated Zone' and vowing to stay overnight.
  • The activists demanded the reversal of student expulsions, amnesty for all disciplined protesters, and the abolition of Barnard's disciplinary process.
  • Materials distributed by protesters included Hamas propaganda and pamphlets with incendiary messages, prompting criticism from Jewish students and organizations.
  • The Trump administration is reviewing Columbia University’s federal funding, citing failures to protect Jewish students and enforce policies against illegal protests.
  • Barnard and Columbia administrations condemned the disruptions, while NYPD managed external protests and issued orders for students to vacate the library, which were ignored.