An anti-Israel encampment was established at Fordham University in New York City on Wednesday, hours after ones at other colleges were raided.
An anti-Israel encampment was established at Fordham University in New York City on Wednesday, hours after similar ones at other universities were raided.
Tents were seen set up inside a building on the university’s campus as part of a “Gaza solidarity encampment.”
Officers from the New York Police Department (NYPD), dressed in riot gear, began a raid on anti-Israel encampments at Columbia University and the City University of New York (CUNY) late Tuesday evening.
The raids came after anti-Israel protesters at Columbia University had seized control of Hamilton Hall in the early hours of Tuesday morning and smashed the glass doors of the building, carried barriers inside, and hung pro-Palestinian banners from the windows.
BREAKING: Fordham University students launch a Gaza solidarity encampment, just hours after encampments were swept at CCNY and Columbia. pic.twitter.com/bweGVOEref
Sophie Hurwitz (@sophiehurwitz) May 1, 2024
Video footage posted to X showed protesters gathered outside of Fordham University at the Lincoln Center campus in support of the encampment set up inside.
The crowd could be heard chanting, “Disclose.
