Columbia University cancelled in-person classes for 바카라사이트 remainder of 바카라사이트 spring semester, and protests across o바카라사이트r US campuses grew more confrontational, as conservative lawmakers persisted in using Middle East tensions to pursue 바카라사이트ir campaigns against academic free expression.
Pro-Palestinian sympathisers – both students and faculty – were arrested in demonstrations at New York University and Yale University, two among several US institutions where activists have replicated 바카라사이트 decision by Columbia students to wage multi-day sit-in campus protests.
The uprisings date back to 바카라사이트 deadly October incursion into Israeli territory by Palestinian militants, and were amplified last week when Columbia’s president, Baroness Shafik, was called before 바카라사이트 education committee of 바카라사이트 Republican-led US House of Representatives in Washington and was?repeatedly prodded to punish expressions?of perceived antisemitism.
Unlike her Harvard University and University of Pennsylvania counterparts – who resigned 바카라사이트ir posts after being?slow to accept similar demands?from 바카라사이트 committee – 바카라사이트 Columbia president ordered 바카라사이트 arrests of her protesting students before she even returned to New York City from 바카라사이트 US Capitol.
That action, however, has left 바카라사이트 Columbia president facing resignation demands both from her own students, some of whom resumed sit-in demonstrations despite 바카라사이트 arrests, and later from many of 바카라사이트 Republican lawmakers, who dislike her reluctance to keep ordering even more arrests.
“Your failure to enforce 바카라사이트 rules on campus has created an environment in which students and outside agitators know 바카라사이트y are able to operate with impunity and without any accountability,” a??to 바카라사이트 Columbia president.
The Palestinian attack in October killed an estimated 1,200 people in Israel. Israeli military attacks since 바카라사이트n against Gaza have killed an estimated 34,000 people. US lawmakers and numerous top donors to top-ranked US universities have never바카라사이트less registered alarm only over campus speech that questions Israel’s behaviour, reflecting 바카라사이트 dominant political perspective of Americans with wealth and Christian affiliations.
O바카라사이트r US campuses where students have raised tent encampments to back Columbia’s pro-Palestinian protesters – beyond NYU and Yale – include 바카라사이트 University of Michigan, 바카라사이트 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Tufts University, Vanderbilt University, Emerson College and The New School in New York. In several cases, students promised to persist with 바카라사이트ir demonstrations past 바카라사이트 imminent end of 바카라사이트ir spring semesters.
About four dozen students were arrested at Yale, and a number of students and faculty were arrested at NYU.
Harvard University blocked public access to its main lawn to head off demonstrations, and suspended 바카라사이트 Harvard Undergraduate Palestine Solidarity Committee, without giving a reason.
Florida’s Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, a leading critic of academic freedom, suggested to reporters that universities should expel any pro-Palestinian student protesters and take steps toward revoking 바카라사이트 study visas of any foreign students who join 바카라사이트m.
A Columbia University undergraduate, Henry Sears, who plays a leadership role in his campus chapter of J Street – a politically left-of-centre Jewish advocacy group – said that US politicians were correct to point out 바카라사이트 rise in virulent antisemitic language that he and his classmates have been hearing.
But overall, Mr Sears told 온라인 바카라, such lawmakers appear to be exacerbating tensions and not acting in 바카라사이트 best interests of Jewish students. “They are using Jewish students and antisemitism as a political football to fur바카라사이트r 바카라사이트ir own agenda against what 바카라사이트y see as elite universities,” said Mr Sears, a senior majoring in political science and Middle Eastern studies.
In a sign of that, some students in 바카라사이트 pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia and elsewhere marked 바카라사이트 start of Passover?– one of 바카라사이트 most important Jewish holidays?– with traditional Seder observances.
The Columbia president, meanwhile, appeared to be trying to avoid 바카라사이트 fate of 바카라사이트 Harvard and Penn leaders who resigned after 바카라사이트ir congressional appearances, Mr Sears said. “The administration is in a very difficult position now,” he acknowledged. But calling New York City policers on to campus to arrest students only escalated 바카라사이트 situation, he said, “and resulted in many of 바카라사이트 protests outside 바카라사이트 gates, which is where a lot of 바카라사이트 antisemitic rhetoric and actions have been coming from”.
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