Draft:2024 Columbia Gaza Solidarity Encampment


The Gaza Solidarity Encampment is an occupation of the campus of Columbia University by pro-Palestinian students meant to protest the university's investment policies.[1] The protesters demand that the university divest from companies that they are allege are complicit in apartheid and the genocide of Palestinians.[2]

History edit

At around four in the morning on April 17th 2024, protesters set up tents on a lawn located on the east of the quadrangle of Columbia University's Morningside Campus.[1]

References edit

  1. ^ a b Stahl, Maya. "Hundreds of protesters occupy South Lawn, call for divestment from Israel during Shafik testimony". Columbia Daily Spectator. Retrieved 2024-04-18.
  2. ^ Otterman, Sharon (April 17, 2024). "In Congress, Columbia's Leaders Try to Please. At Home, They Face Anger". The New York Times.