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Fast Forward Inspired by Columbia example, pro-Palestinian encampments spring up at colleges nationwide
Pro-Palestinian activists are cheering the encampments, while Jewish campus groups are calling for action to stop them
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News With trust ‘broken,’ Columbia descends into chaos and protests spread
After the school arrested dozens of protesters last week, tent encampments are growing across the country and school officials are scrambling to respond
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Opinion Edward Said tried to erase Jews. So do the pro-Palestinian Columbia protesters citing his legacy
I studied at Columbia with Said. His anti-colonial philosophy depended in part on pretending Palestinians were the real Jews
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Fast Forward Major Jewish funder steps back as Columbia University rocked by anti-Israel protests
There were also calls for the resignation of Columbia's president, Nemat Shafik.
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Opinion Not just Columbia: The center of campus resistance is in Israel
Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, a Palestinian-Israeli professor at Hebrew University, is on her way to becoming the face of university protesters worldwide
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Fast Forward Columbia U. makes classes remote after weekend of anti-Israel protests intimidate and threaten Jewish students
Hillel at Columbia and Barnard College had called on the university to ‘act immediately in restoring calm to campus’
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Fast Forward Rep. Ilhan Omar ‘enormously proud’ of daughter suspended from Barnard for anti-Israel activity
The NYPD arrested more than 100 pro-Palestinian protesters at Columbia University on Thursday after its president called their encampment a violation of university policies
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Fast Forward ‘I’m ready to leave this campus’: Jewish students at Columbia feel discomfort and isolation following Thursday’s unrest
In the months since Oct. 7, Columbia has at times felt like a battleground as pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian students
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