Columbia University: A Hundred Years of Betrayal  

Students chanted in support of “10,000 October 7ths.” They marched with inverted red triangles, a Hamas symbol marking targets for elimination. They chanted “Death to the Zionist State” and “Globalize the Intifada.” A student leader recorded himself declaring that Zionists don’t deserve to live. His coalition issued a formal statement: “Violence is the only path forward.”

They doxxed Jewish students and circulated the lists. Protesters set up encampments and blocked access to campus for anyone they identified as a Zionist. They occupied buildings. They poured red paint on the Alma Mater statue. They flushed an Israeli flag down a toilet and posted it on TikTok. They held events called “Resistance 101,” during which speakers explained why October 7 was justified. An introductory astronomy class began with a lecture on the genocide in Gaza. An Arabic class taught students the sentence: “The Zionist lobby is the most supportive of Joe Biden.” A professor pointed at an Israeli student in front of the entire class and said she should be considered a murderer.