Despite ‘Ban,’ Anti-Israel Groups at Columbia Are Mounting Disruptive Protests, as University Fails To Crack Down

‘They know that they can get away with essentially anything at this point,’ one Columbia student says of the protesters.

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Columbia University students at a rally on October 12, 2023 at New York City. Spencer Platt/Getty Images

Columbia University is failing to crack down on unauthorized pro-Palestinian and pro-Hamas student protests that are disrupting  its campus despite the university having suspended the chapters of two anti-Israel groups behind these protests, Students for Justice in Palestine and Jewish Voice for Peace, and barred them from holding on-campus activities.

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