Pro-Palestinian protesters at Columbia University have occupied a building on campus in an escalation of their months-long demonstration against Israel’s war in Gaza. The takeover of Hamilton Hall – named after one of America’s founding fathers, Alexander Hamilton – followed the failure of talks with university authorities aimed at winning the protesters’ agreement to dismantle an encampment of about 120 tents. The protesters’ move came after they had defied a 2pm Monday deadline to abandon the camp or face suspension. The university promptly began suspending participating students. What were the students demanding? Nothing less than Columbia’s divestment from companies they...
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