“Liberated Zone” on Columbia University Lawn set up by Pro-palestine Protesters demanding Liberation for Gaza and Palestine

April 17 2024 MANHATTAN, New York – “Liberated Zone” on Columbia University Lawn set up by Pro-palestine Protesters demanding Liberation for Gaza and Palestine.

Starting from 3am, hundreds of Columbia University students in New York City demonstrated a sit-in and transformed the main lawn into a “Gaza Solidarity Encampment” on the campus grounds.

According to some attendees of the protest, Columbia University admin has mobilized NYPD against students & barricaded entrances while university issued orders of dispersal.

Students have reportedly been threatened with suspension after being warned by Columbia’s Public Safety officers to leave the grounds.

Today a high-profile hearing is held at Columbia University, Rep. Virginia Foxx accused Columbia’s leaders of “gross negligence” that she says endangered Jewish students.