About 30 students in former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s lecture at Columbia University reportedly walked out of the auditorium Wednesday to take part in a larger protest accusing the university of being complicit in an effort to shame them for calling out the Israeli government’s actions in its war against the Hamas militant group.
The lecture, which had an audience of 300 students, was focused on women’s involvement in peace processes and was co-hosted by Clinton and Keren Yarhi-Milo, the dean of the university’s School of International and Public Affairs, .
During the lecture, the 30 students packed up their belongings and exited the room, heading to the common area of the International Affairs School, where they joined a larger, silent protest.
Students, , took issue with a display of their photographs and names on a mobile truck near campus last week, which featured a note reading: “Columbia’s Leading Anti-Semites.” They said the pictures were taken from an internal, private student portal. The students targeted were members of groups that had signed a statement condemning Israel over the ongoing conflict.
This is the kind of sinister propaganda re Israeli policy that has been spread far and wide for decades. It's the worst in the US, imo.
The lecture, which had an audience of 300 students, was focused on women’s involvement in peace processes and was co-hosted by Clinton and Keren Yarhi-Milo, the dean of the university’s School of International and Public Affairs, .
During the lecture, the 30 students packed up their belongings and exited the room, heading to the common area of the International Affairs School, where they joined a larger, silent protest.
Students, , took issue with a display of their photographs and names on a mobile truck near campus last week, which featured a note reading: “Columbia’s Leading Anti-Semites.” They said the pictures were taken from an internal, private student portal. The students targeted were members of groups that had signed a statement condemning Israel over the ongoing conflict.
This is the kind of sinister propaganda re Israeli policy that has been spread far and wide for decades. It's the worst in the US, imo.
