Columbia president says university 'will not divest from Israel'

Columbia President Minouche Shafik said the university 'will not divest from Israel' in a statement made Monday morning. FOX 5 NY's Michelle Ross has the latest.

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[VDGD]

kinda sus for a university to be “invested” in any foreign country tbh

[nosuchthing]

Columbia must have a lot of dodgy investments ...

[NewFrontier.]

You don't let a student advisory board tell you what you can and can't invest in.

[spiritualpath]

time to culture cancel ivy league schools anti ge no ci dal ma ni acs is not anti semitism

[GoatedAtNFS]

the whole IVY league is full of weirdos who think they’re thoughts are above all

[Kevin-ocjb]

Took too long. There's zero point in negotiating. These people have no leverage.

[kimjames]

Whom is running these college's? We must stop all funding, ASAP.

[sibhuskyguy]

i love how the one girl cries islamaphobia.... meanwhile their supporters are there "protesting" and outright threatening other people who don't align with their views....

[lk]

Uh oh, now the campers are going to stay even longer and stamp their feet.😂😂😂

[DanHolmes-ob]

Only university president that I've ever seen that wears those gag Groucho glasses everyday with a straight face.

[nosuchthing]

This is like an apartment complex that takes your rent and invests it in creating vampires. And when people find outz they wonder: why vampires??

[Blackronin]

The kid they interviewed first has something going on w/ his eyes? Pollen, weed, pink eye, scratched cornea.

[nteractve]

Perhaps the protestors should go to a different school. By-bye.

[glenndi]

And if they don’t agree, they can drop out of the university and go home where they belong with mom and dad.

[PuddlesMagoo]

Good. Enough with "Palestine"

[vernonbowling]

Imagine free loaders trying to tell others how to invest their money 🤔

[tarkus]

"Whoa now, we got alotta Israel money here, and we want more, plus tax dollars, please."

[markdepriest]

Students are now eligible for a "Safe From Islamic Jihad" card that doesnt expire for one year or a hijaked airliner whichever comes first. Protesting for a strip of land where its inhabitants prays daily for your destruction is rather strange.

[timc]

It's none of the darling dandelions business where the institution invests. Stop allowing the inmates to operate the assylum!

[carletta]

So the professors are the instigators and should be sued!!