Protesters nationwide are demanding that schools cut financial ties to Israel and divest from companies they say are enabling the conflict.
Students and vowed to keep their demonstrations going despite ongoing clashes with law enforcement called to remove protesters.
Early Saturday, police began . The school said the demonstration, which began two days ago, had become « infiltrated by professional organizers » with no affiliation to the school.
The school said in a statement that antisemitic slurs, including « Kill the Jews, » were used.
« We cannot tolerate this kind of hate on our campus, » said the statement, which was posted on the social media platform X.
As the death toll mounts in the war in Gaza, protesters nationwide are demanding that schools cut financial ties to Israel and divest from companies they say are enabling the conflict.
Meanwhile, some Jewish students say the protests have veered into antisemitism and made them afraid to set foot on campus.
Students representing the Columbia University encampment, which inspired the wave of protests across the country, said Friday that they reached an impasse with administrators and intend to continue their protest.
The university’s senate passed a resolution Friday that created a task force to examine the administration’s leadership, which last week called in police in an attempt to clear the protest, resulting in scuffles and more than 100 arrests.
