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Tensions escalated at Columbia University in New York between demonstrators supporting the Palestinian cause and the university administration, and students refused to vacate the tents where they were protesting except by force, despite an ultimatum threatening their expulsion if they did not disperse.
Columbia University in New York is considered the starting point that sparked the pro-Palestinian demonstrations before they spread widely to universities in the United States.
In a statement, Columbia University President Minouche Shafik urged the student demonstrators to evacuate their tents after negotiations between the protesters and the university administration failed.
In a document distributed to the demonstrators entitled “Notice to the Camp,” the university requested that they evacuate the place, otherwise “you will be dismissed pending an investigation,” according to the text.
The students pledged to defend their tents set up in the main park of the university’s campus in New York, despite the college’s threat to expel them.
Source: Agence France-Presse
2024-04-30 20:11:40