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May 8, 2025

At Least 79 Gaza Protesters Arrested After Occupying Columbia University Library
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Here in New York, police arrested at least 79 protesters at Columbia
University Wednesday after they occupied the campus's main library to
demand their school divest from Israel. The Columbia Palestine
Solidarity Coalition says multiple students were hospitalized by public
safety officers. At least one protester was carried away on a stretcher.
Columbia's acting President Claire Shipman said in a statement,
"Columbia strongly condemns violence on our campus, antisemitism and all
forms of hate and discrimination, some of which we witnessed today."


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