Cops arrest protesters at Columbia university for days-long 'solidarity with ... trends now By Rachel Bowman For Dailymail.Com Published: 20:07 BST, 18 April 2024 | Updated: 20:09 BST, 18 April 2024 Viewcomments Pro-Palestine protesters at Columbia University have been arrested as police raided their 'Gaza solidarity camp.' The school's president, Minouche Shafik, sent a letter to the community stating she authorized the arrested, reported WABC. 'I regret that all of these attempts to resolve the situation were rejected by the students involved. As a result, NYPD officers are now on campus and the process of clearing the encampment is underway,' Shafik said. Video shows police raiding an encampment protesters set up on campus in 'solidarity in Gaza' hours before Shafik was scheduled to testify before the House Education and Workforce Committee about rampant anti-Semitism remarks on campus. Inspired by the occupation of the university's Hamilton Hall in 1968 against the Vietnam War, students gathered at what they called the 'Gaza Solidarity Encampment' to demand the school administration to divest from companies affiliated with Israel Around 60 tents dotted the campus's south lawn, featuring two large signs declaring 'liberated zone' and 'Gaza solidarity encampment.' Read more: Share or comment on this article: Cops arrest protesters at Columbia university for days-long 'solidarity with Gaza' camp All rights reserved for this news site (dailymail) and under his responsibility