Not to be out-protested by the Yalies, the Columbia contingent of anti-Israel protesters have returned to the campus in force.  Tents are back up, with protester vowing to stay "forever", which is a very long time and highly unlikely. However, according to the article, rumour is the university will tolerate their presence for a week.

This likely because it is Finals Week, and the NYPD dropping in with Tear Gas to disperse the protesters would disrupt the all important test taking.  Once finals are over, many students will leave anyhow, so I suspect they are just waiting to see how many hang out going into the summer session.

One thing I find annoying is that being anti-Israeli is equated with being anti-semitic, though they are not one in the same.  Antisemitism is a hatred of Jewish people and the religion, anti-Israel is a hatred of the Zionist political state.  There are plenty of Jews who can't stand the Israeli goobermint.  Those Jews do tend to stay quiet though, because they get called out as being traitors by those in favor of the Israel goobermint policy of getting ridof the Palestinians by any means necessary.

Still waiting for the Harvard preppies to drop in the competition for most radical Ivy League student body, so far the Cambridge crowd has been pretty quiet.  Also so far nothing from 2nd tier schools like Duke or 3rd tier like Notre Dame to check in, as well as the state schools and CUNY, the City University of NY, which I would think was pretty full of lower class aspirants to become part of the great capitalist game.

It's a good start to what promises to be an entertaining summer of collapse newz.  :o

https://nypost.com/2024/04/21/us-news/new-anti-israel-tent-city-takes-over-columbia-university-we-are-here-forever/

New anti-Israel tent city takes over Columbia University lawn days after NYPD raid as activists vow to stay 'forever'

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