Pro-Palestine protesters burn diplomas and clash with police at Columbia graduation

Anti-Israel Grads at Columbia Set Fire to Diplomas Outside Commencement, Two Arrested

"demanding freedom for Palestine and protesting the detainment of student activist Mahmoud Khalil"

Pro-Palestinian protesters hold rally outside campus during Commencement

Dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters gathered outside the 116th Street and Broadway gates during Columbia’s central Commencement ceremony on Wednesday morning. At the rally, several Barnard and Columbia alumni ripped and set fire to their diplomas.

Columbia Alumni Burn Diplomas to Protest Campus Repression Against Pro-Palestinian Students

Here in New York, alumni from Columbia and Barnard ripped up and burned their diplomas outside their alma mater Wednesday to protest the repression of free speech and persecution of pro-Palestinian student protesters on campus. This is Jeanie Dubnau, a Barnard graduate from the class of 1960. Jeanie Dubnau: “My parents came here to escape the fascism in Nazi Germany. And now I’m finding that we are facing fascism here in the United States, and C…

Chris Selley: No municipal bylaw will calm the anti-Israel rabble

The nastiest protesters are willing to be arrested. Why would they fear a ticket?

Students Are Protesting For Palestine — And Being Punished — At Graduations

Meanwhile, Columbia students burned their diplomas and booed their current acting president over Mahmoud Khalil's absence.

Pro-Palestine rally planned at Idaho Capitol following morning demonstration

Boise to Palestine is having a pro-Palestine rally at the Idaho State Capitol steps at 4 p.m. Friday following a morning demonstration.