Columbia University’s first response to the American police attack against students
| The administration of Columbia University has stated that we regret that the protesters decided to escalate the situation with their actions. |
report Mehr News Agency quoted from Al Jazeera, after the attack of American security forces and special police forces on Columbia University, the management of this university justified the police attacks by publishing a statement.
In this connection, the administration of Columbia University has announced that we regret that the protesters decided to escalate the situation with their actions.
Columbia University claimed in its statement: “After the occupation and vandalism of the protesters in Hamilton Hall, we had no choice but to take action against them, because people not affiliated with our university; They led a group of protesters to attack and occupy Hamilton Hall
Columbia officials have also admitted that we asked the NYPD to intervene and had no choice.
A few hours ago, the security measures around Columbia University, located in the state of New York, USA, were intensified, and news sources confirmed the presence and heavy deployment of the police in the vicinity of Columbia University. .
Hundreds of members of the New York Police Strategic Response Team also moved to the vicinity of Columbia University and the administration of Columbia University asked students to stay in safe places for their safety. take.
At the same time, the New York Times reported that the number of protesters outside the entrance to Columbia University had steadily increased over the past hour, and that police had closed the entrances to City College University. No one allowed to enter.
The American Association of University Professors also announced in a statement that Columbia University officials are responsible for the police intervention.
At the same time, CNN has reported that the New York police have started raiding the Columbia University campus.
Reuters has also reported that the New York police entered the campus of Columbia University amid demonstrations by Palestinian supporters.
The New York Times reported that student protesters on Columbia University’s campus put their hands together in resistance as police approached them.
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New York police are said to have evacuated demonstrators and reporters from the vicinity of Hamilton Hall, which was previously occupied by protesters, and entered this hall.
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At the same time, CNN reported that New York City police have the situation under control at Columbia University and have arrested a number of protesters.
The situation at Columbia University is still reported to be tense with police raids, and the exact number of arrests has not yet been announced.
The rise of universities across America in support of the Palestinian resistance and opposition to the Zionist regime’s campaign to attack Rafah has caused this question to be raised once again in scientific circles and the media. Why is it that the young generation, or to be more precise, “Generation Z”, unlike their fathers, supports Palestine and does not have any sympathy for the occupiers of Al-Quds? Individuals or institutions close to the Israeli lobbies or in line with the White House’s policies are trying to consider these student-street gatherings to be the result of the deception and deviation of the new generation and demand that the security forces deal with the supporters of the resistance.
Today, one of the most important manifestations of the solidarity of the new generation of Americans with the Palestinian people is the series of demonstrations and student strikes in the heart of the United States. The students of Columbia, Brown, Emerson, Harvard, George Washington, New York, Florida, Emory, Ohio, Rice, Massachusetts, Mishgaian, Yale, Texas, etc., together with the rest of the American society, call for an end to the genocide in Gaza and for the Zionist regime to refrain from military operations in Gaza. They are Rafah. Among the people participating in these gatherings, in addition to Muslims, Arab-Americans, blacks; The young and white generation of America can also be seen who, unlike their fathers, follow the truth without mediation and are against apartheid in occupied Palestine.
