Pro-Israel and Pro-Palestinian Students at Columbia Hold Side-by-Side Protests - The New York Times

During tense but somber vigils on the university library steps, students and their supporters expressed outrage and sorrow. By Anvee Bhutani and Sharla Steinman Columbia University has been a focal point of anger and tensions over the Hamas-led attack on Israel on Oct. 7 last year and the war in Gaza that has followed. On Monday, the anniversary of the attack, it took on that role once again, as students and faculty held rallies, class walkouts and vigils to mourn the lives lost in both Israel and Gaza. Outside the university gates, about 100 members of the Jewish community gathered holding Israeli flags and posters showing the faces of people kidnapped by Hamas. Inside, on the steps of Low Library, at the center of campus, pro-Israel students made speeches about people who died at the Nova Music Festival last year. Near them on the same steps, students who had walked out of class in support of Palestinians chanted, “Free, free Palestine,” and held flags and posters that read “Free Gaz

During tense but somber vigils on the university library steps, students and their supporters expressed outrage and sorrow. By Anvee Bhutani and Sharla Steinman Columbia University has been a focal point of anger and tensions over the Hamas-led attack on Israel on Oct. 7 last year and the war in Gaza that has followed. On Monday, the anniversary of the attack, it took on that role once again, as students and faculty held rallies, class walkouts and vigils to mourn the lives lost in both Israel and Gaza. Outside the university gates, about 100 members of the Jewish community gathered holding Is