Columbia Daily Spectator | ‘United for Israel March’ draws hundreds, multiple incidents of harassment reported @ColumbiaSpecVideo | Uploaded April 2024 | Updated October 2024, 9 hours ago.
Multiple instances of harassment were reported at a “United for Israel March,” which drew hundreds of protesters on Thursday and was organized in part by the nonprofit StandWithUs and right-wing media figures, including Christian musician Sean Feucht, conservative radio host Eric Metaxas, and pastor Russell B. Johnson. The rally was promoted as a “unity march of Christians and Jews,” according to a Columbia Jewish Alumni Association post on X.
Thirty minutes before the protest began, Chief Operating Officer Cas Holloway wrote in an email to the student body warning of “potentially significant” protest activity outside the gates and suggesting that students “please avoid the area this evening if that is possible for you to do.”
During the demonstration, Spectator captured on video numerous incidents of harassment and inflammatory language primarily targeting individuals inside Columbia’s gates and counterprotesters outside, who held banners reading “NY Jews for the Fall of Zionism,” “NYC to Palestine for Liberation,” and other messages.
Read more here: columbiaspectator.com/news/2024/04/26/united-for-israel-march-draws-hundreds-multiple-incidents-of-harassment-reported
Article by Sarah Huddleston, Claire Cleary, and Amira McKee
Video by Wyatt King
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Multiple instances of harassment were reported at a “United for Israel March,” which drew hundreds of protesters on Thursday and was organized in part by the nonprofit StandWithUs and right-wing media figures, including Christian musician Sean Feucht, conservative radio host Eric Metaxas, and pastor Russell B. Johnson. The rally was promoted as a “unity march of Christians and Jews,” according to a Columbia Jewish Alumni Association post on X.
Thirty minutes before the protest began, Chief Operating Officer Cas Holloway wrote in an email to the student body warning of “potentially significant” protest activity outside the gates and suggesting that students “please avoid the area this evening if that is possible for you to do.”
During the demonstration, Spectator captured on video numerous incidents of harassment and inflammatory language primarily targeting individuals inside Columbia’s gates and counterprotesters outside, who held banners reading “NY Jews for the Fall of Zionism,” “NYC to Palestine for Liberation,” and other messages.
Read more here: columbiaspectator.com/news/2024/04/26/united-for-israel-march-draws-hundreds-multiple-incidents-of-harassment-reported
Article by Sarah Huddleston, Claire Cleary, and Amira McKee
Video by Wyatt King
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The Columbia Spectator, founded in 1877, delivers news and information daily to thousands of readers around Columbia, Morningside Heights, and West Harlem. We are the second-oldest college daily paper in the country and have been financially independent from the University since 1962. The newspaper is published five days a week during the academic year and our blog network, Spectrum, offers updates on news, arts, commentary, and photos from around campus and New York City.
The organization is run by undergraduates from Barnard, Columbia College, General Studies, and SEAS, with a staff totaling over 300 students. Spectator has opportunities for a wide range of interests, including reporting, writing, editing, photography, design, multimedia, and finance.
Along with the daily paper and blog, Spectator Publishing Company Inc. includes The Eye, a weekly magazine; and the business division, which manages Spectator's financial standing.
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