‘An Extraordinary Measure’: Barnard Expels Two Students Who Disrupted Columbia Class on Israeli History: Report

Eyes are now turning to the school’s affiliate, Columbia University, which has been criticized for failing to discipline unruly anti-Israel student activists.

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Barnard College, part of the Columbia University campus at Morningside Heights. ajay_suresh via Wikimedia Commons CC2.0

Barnard College, in its strongest response yet to anti-Israel campus protests, has expelled two undergraduate students who interrupted a “History of Modern Israel” class and handed out menacing pro-terror fliers last month, a source with knowledge on the matter told Jewish Insider

The move is likely to place further pressure on Barnard’s affiliate, Columbia University, to strengthen its approach to disciplining participants in unruly anti-Israel protests which have roiled the school since the onset of the Israel-Hamas war in October 2023. 

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