I'm here today joining my colleagues in calling on President Shafik to resign if she can not immediately bring order to this chaos,
They were pushing and shoving me… They threw rocks at my face. At that moment, my life was totally threatened. And there was no safety authority on campus,
We encourage all supporters of the university to do the same and call for the resignation of President [Minouche] Shafik,
The university should also provide a thorough review of all school funding and investigate the outside forces influencing students and agitators to participate in these disruptive and violent incidents that target and intimidate Jewish students on campus,
I had the honor of seeing the Columbia University anti-war encampment firsthand,
It's not that the Jews are fearful so much as they are being threatened. All of them,
Initially, it seemed like they were going to be on top of these protesters to get them so it wouldn't be as disruptive as it is now. And they did set up a antisemitism committee, a task force. But it seems that whatever policies they had, if they were implemented, they weren't implemented well or any punishments,
The Jewish students, they just want to go to school. They want to finish their schooling. They want to have a college experience,
We are making important progress with representatives of the student encampment on the West lawn. Student protesters have committed to dismantling and removing a significant number of tents. In light of this constructive dialog, the university will continue conversations for the next 48 hours."
They have restricted the campus to only ID holders, which meant that he would have to budget another 40 minutes just to get into campus to go to class. So those things are irritating,
Fortunately, I live very close to campus, but you worry,
I very much hope these discussions are successful,
We refuse to concede to cowardly threats and blatant intimidation by university administration. We will continue to peacefully protest.”
Columbia's vicious crackdown on student protests calling for Palestinian freedom amid an ongoing genocide should alarm us all,
A growing number of students have chanted in support of terrorists, chased down Jewish students, mocked and reviled them, shouted racial epithets, screamed at those students bearing the Star of David,
You must immediately mobilize the National Guard and any other authorities necessary to ensure the safety of Jewish American students and citizens,
Let me be clear: that is untrue and an unsubstantiated claim.
Our goal is to restore order and if we can get there through dialogue, we will,
I also want to be clear that we will not tolerate intimidating, harassing, or discriminatory behavior,
The serious safety concerns, disruption to campus life, and tense and hostile environment on campus.” ... It is essential,