300+ Arrested in Police Raids on Columbia & CCNY to Clear Gaza Encampments

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300+ Arrested in Police Raids on Columbia & CCNY to Clear Gaza Encampments
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“There is a large anti-Zionist Jewish voice on campus, and it’s also important to recognize the difference between anti-Zionism and antisemitism.”

These are my NY Jews, out there doing the right thing! I really hope they get sealed records.

They're just looking for justice, and maybe a little nosh.

We also speak with two Columbia University students who witnessed the police crackdown. “*When the police arrived, they were extremely efficient in removing all eyewitnesses, including legal observers,” *says journalism student Gillian Goodman, who has been covering the protests for weeks and who says she and others slept on campus in order to be able to continue coverage and avoid being locked out.

Amazing how the cops always do that

You can protest against a regime that killed a couple thousand people

but you can't protest against a regime that kills tens of thousands of people