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An insurrection astatine Columbia University, wherever a monolithic mob collapsed into an world building, continued early Tuesday greeting pinch nan group rebranding nan building and threatening further action.
Protests astatine nan assemblage took a awesome escalation aft midnight erstwhile anti-Israel activists astatine Columbia's Manhattan field dialed up their objection by taking complete nan iconic Hamilton Hall, an world building utilized by nan dean.
The unruly group gained entree soon earlier 1 a.m., and began "moving metallic gates to barricade nan doors, blocking entrances pinch woody tables and chairs, and zip-tying doors shut," according to nan student newspaper Columbia Spectator.
The group past placed a banner complete nan installation renaming it "Hind’s Hall," apparently aft Hind Rajab, a 6-year-old who died during Israel’s warfare pinch Hamas successful Gaza, per a connection apparently from nan group that was posted connected X.
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The Columbia University students collapsed into nan installation and renamed it aft 6-year-old Palestinian woman Hind Rajab, who was killed successful Gaza successful January. (Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images)
In nan statement, nan group confirmed they "reclaimed Hind’s Hall… successful honor of Hind Rajab," who nan group described arsenic a "Gazan martyr." Hamilton Hall was named aft famed Founding Father Alexander Hamilton.
Other buildings connected nan field are likewise named aft humanities figures who contributed to America’s founding.
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"This escalation represents nan adjacent procreation of nan 1968, 1985, and 1992 student movements which Columbia erstwhile repressed yet celebrates today," nan group, Columbia University Apartheid Divest, wrote successful nan post.
Members of an anti-Israel mob collapsed into Hamilton Hall early Tuesday morning. (Alex Kent/Getty Images)
The agitators are speaking critically of Israel and Jewish people, and are expressing their support for Hamas and Palestinians successful Gaza. (Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images)
"Resistance is justified successful nan activity for liberation," it continued. "Liberators acting successful solidarity pinch Palestine proceed to clasp themselves to a higher modular than Columbia."
It added: "Columbia has forced protesters to escalate by contributing to a genocide while refusing to travel baseline standards of behaviour that make speech possible."
Columbia University President Minouche Shafik called rule enforcement to expanse nan "Gaza Solidarity Encampment" aft grounded attempts to discuss pinch nan agitators. (Alex Kent/Getty Images)
Students blocked nan entranceway of iconic Hamilton Hall building arsenic they chant pro-Palestine slogans astatine Columbia University. (Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Columbia University has ruled retired immoderate divestment and has vowed to clasp those who are protesting accountable.
Footage of nan insurrection showed nan protesters successful New York smashing windows, unfurling a Palestinian emblem complete a model and chanting: "From nan stream to nan sea, Palestine will beryllium free" and "Palestine will unrecorded forever."
A group of Columbia University students formed a quality nexus extracurricular nan iconic Hamilton Hall building amid continued unrest connected nan campus. (Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Students astatine Columbia University took complete Hamilton Hall, an world utilized by nan dean, and rebranded it "Hind's Hall." (Alex Kent)
Outside of Hamilton Hall, nan anti-Israel rebels shape a quality barricade by linking their arms and vowing to stay until nan assemblage meets their 3 demands.
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On Monday, erstwhile President Trump weighed successful astir nan anti-Israel demonstrations that proceed to roil U.S. assemblage and assemblage campuses.
"Stop nan protests now!!!" he said successful an all-caps post.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
