Dozens arrested in pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University

New York police arrested dozens of people after the Columbia University president asked the police to break up an encampment set up by pro-Palestinian protesters. NBC News' Antonia Hylton reports.

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[Sprinklebesties]

Imagine if this was going on in IRAN . MSM would be in full gleeing support 24/7 live

[bellaangel]

The Middle East drama is getting old. I’m tired of hearing this crap smeared into American streets. They are guests in America and should keep their foreign drama private.

[NoDoubt]

You say anything against them, it automatically equates to antisemitism. The bar is set so low...never seen it like this being applied to other groups.

[mikebeckett]

Being anti Israel DOES NOT mean pro Hamas!

This has NOTHING to do with Jewishness
This has EVERYTHING to do with the US government sending aid to the occupation force actively committing genocide!

[bakerhitch]

Perhaps an unpopular opinion, but I think even if the U.S. severed diplomatic ties in Israel today the war in Gaza would still go on.

[F]

Are Columbia University students unemployed?

[elizandropedraza]

Palestinians and we Palestine 🇵🇸🍉 Supporters don't need no cops around us to feel safe and to protect peacefully in America 💪. Unlike scared Israel people and their supporters when they are in the streets 🤷. Have anybody noticed that about them 🤔 that they are just bold when the police are there and they are protecting them.🙎

[warrenpaine]

"To learn who rules over you simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize."

[BashoStrikes]

Fourth graders diagnosed as college students - great.

[LewisJohnsonIII]

Everyone stepping on flags has proven to be a very positive impact on their community. Just look at the nations they came from.

[sallycha]

There are still 120 people in Hamas captivity, including innocent babies. We all know who started all this.

[tbolton]

All I can say is, its going to be a hot cruel summer! Bucker-up Dorothy. ☀️

[justforgetaboutit]

Antisemitism 😆 antisemitism means nothing anymore especially when it means you can’t criticize a small state committing a genocide

[noded]

Just because you go to college does not mean you are smart!

[crlake]

Yet Israel is a saint, no matter what?

[erinlevere]

And don’t try cheapen it and deflect by calling it antisemitism

[Bob-bbur]

No company should hire anyone from the school.

[JoshuaHendrickson-rptn]

They whould protest for anything cause they don't have jobs most Arab kids there dad pays for everything

[tonyclifton]

AMP board member Saleh Sarsour,   was imprisoned for eight months in Israel for using his Milwaukee furniture store to transfer money to Adel Awadallah, the leader of Hamas’s “military wing.” The AMP is one of the main benefactors of the Students for Justice in Palestine organization which organize pro-palestine protest on dozens of American college campuses.

[Islesman]

I am smarter than you. I took out loans that compound interest so high that I end up owing more than what I originally took out even when paying on time! I want someone else to pay for it!