"This crackdown was the most violence inflicted on our student body in decades. I implore you, as our Jewish Voice for Peace chapter does, to consider whether arresting Jewish students keeps us and Columbia safe," he said. Smears from the press and pro-Israel influencers, who have levied charges of antisemitism and violence against Jewish students, are a dangerous distraction from real threats to our safety. The real danger started when the Columbia administration invited police onto campus. Also, third-party organizations dox undergraduates while some politicians compare student organizers to neo-Nazis. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's administration even called for a National Guard deployment at the university rallies. "I am wary of a hysterical campus discourse – gleefully amplified by many of the same charlatans who have turned “DEI” into a slur – that draws attention away from the ongoing slaughter in the Gaza Strip and settler violence in the occupied West Bank. We should be focusing on the material reality of war: the munitions our government is sending to Israel, which kill Palestinians by the thousands, and the Americans participating in the violence," Ben-Menachem appealed. "Forget the fringe folks and outside agitators: the CUAD organizers behind the campus protests have rightfully insisted on divestment as their most important demand of the Columbia administration, and on sustained attention to the situation in Palestine." (Related: NYC Mayor Eric Adams wrongly accuses Columbia University “visitor” of being an “outside agitator” during Gaza solidarity protest.)Giving us 15 minutes to pack up and leave from our housing is seriously twisted. I am not surprised at all — I am glad administration is finally showing their face to the general student body, because student organizers have known from the start how evil these administrators are. pic.twitter.com/gnFxSMWZYA
— maryam مريم??? (@bluepashminas) April 19, 2024
On Saturday, students dressed in caps and gowns quietly marched toward the back of the Greater Richmond Convention Center, prompting some people in the crowd to erupt in cheers. The Commonwealth Times, the university's student newspaper, said in a post on X that the walkout was "in protest of Gov. Glenn Youngkin appearing as the keynote speaker." Other footage posted on X showed a group of people, including some graduates, outside the convention center chanting and holding signs, including one that read, "No graduation as usual." Attendees who left the convention center after the ceremony began would not be allowed to re-enter, the school said. Head over to Resist.news for more updates on the ongoing pro-Palestinian protests across the United States and even overseas.REPORTING LIVE: Graduating students are flooding into the Greater Richmnd Convention Center, where they will undergo the spring 2024 commencement ceremony.
Students are expected to walk out of the ceremony in protest of Gov. Glenn Youngkin appearing as the keynote speaker. pic.twitter.com/5BitLOwyh9 — The Commonwealth Times (@theCT) May 11, 2024
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