A small group of protesters gathered inside Barnard College’s campus in Manhattan to show support for two students reportedly expelled for disrupting an Israeli history class. The demonstration, organized by student activists and Barnard officials, saw nearly 100 students from Barnard and Columbia University staging a sit-in at Barnard’s Milbank Hall.
The protesters, many wearing keffiyehs, a symbol of Palestinian identity, chanted and clapped while sitting in a hallway. The demonstration escalated when Barnard security staff clashed with the protesters, resulting in a Barnard employee being physically assaulted and sent to the hospital.
