Amid escalating pro-Palestinian demonstrations at and in front of Columbia University in New York City, a rabbi has warned his Jewish students of violence and urged them to stay home.
“It pains me to tell you that I strongly recommend that you return home as soon as possible and remain there until the situation on campus and the surrounding area has improved dramatically.” There were violent anti-Semitic statements during the demonstration on Sunday evening, as numerous videos on platform X (formerly Twitter) show.
In one of them you can hear participants shouting: “We say justice, you say how? Burn Tel Aviv to the ground” (German: “We say justice, you say how? Burn Tel Aviv to the ground”). In another recording, the Jewish students are asked to return to Poland. From the rabbi’s perspective, the events made it clear that neither the university nor the police could guarantee the safety of Jewish students.
Daughter of Democratic lawmaker arrested
Police had already cleared a pro-Palestinian tent camp on campus on Thursday and arrested about 100 participants. Despite repeated requests, they refused to disband the camp. Those arrested reportedly included the daughter of prominent Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar.
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