Today is the first day of classes at Columbia and the pro-Hamas protests and violence have already started. Masked protesters with Palestinian keffiyehs and flags are marching breaking through barriers, and fighting with the NYPD. Fox is reporting with video, but I don't know how long this report will be accessible. The NY Post is also covering the events. No doubt there will be similar problems at other universities.
In the Fox video, you can see many Orthodox-looking Jews marching in solidarity. These are members of the Neturei Karta, a radical sect, largely based in New York, that opposes the State of Israel and works with the very people trying to destroy the Jewish state. I have encountered them several times in California (at UC Irvine), and they are a bunch of despicable misfits.
This is an excellent opportunity for Columbia and the city of New York to demonstrate a zero-tolerance policy. Any student who is arrested should be prosecuted and expelled. Arrests in themselves are meaningless unless followed up by actual prosecution. If Columbia and the city do not seize this opportunity, the campus will be ruled by the terror-supporting mobs and Jews will not be safe on campus.
Now is the time to act.
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