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Demonstrators supporting Palestine at Columbia University took over a building on the New York City campus on Tuesday, prompting officials to restrict access for students living there and essential employees.
The occupiers of Hamilton Hall unfurled banners from a window bearing the word "Intifada," which means uprising in Arabic, as reported by CNN, citing a video. In an early morning notice, the school announced immediate restrictions to access the Morningside campus, allowing entry only to students residing in campus residential buildings and essential employees.
The university stated, "This access restriction will remain in place until circumstances allow otherwise. The safety of every single member of this community is paramount. We thank you for your patience, cooperation, and understanding."
The suspension of pro-Palestinian student activists began on Monday, following their refusal to dismantle a protest camp on the New York City campus after the Ivy League school declared a stalemate in talks seeking to end the demonstration.
University President Nemat Minouche Shafik stated in a release that despite days of negotiations between student organizers and academic leaders, demonstrators had not agreed to remove the dozens of tents set up to express opposition to Israel's actions in Gaza. This crackdown at Columbia occurred amid a wave of Gaza-related protests on university campuses across the U.S., including at the University of Texas at Austin, where police arrested dozens of students at a pro-Palestinian rally, using pepper spray.