Anti-Israel encampments fail to materialize at Columbia and CCNY
Planned anti-Israel protests at Columbia and City College of New York were blocked by warnings and police actions. At CCNY, activists were evacuated and pepper-sprayed after clashing with officers.
By FUNDING American universities, small sates, the Qataris are spreading an antisemitic and antidemocratic ideology, which amounts to a strategic threat to democratic societies. Here, a demonstrator holds a placard as students from Columbia University protest earlier this month.(photo credit: BRENDAN MCDERMID/REUTERS)ByMICHAEL STARRUpdated: