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and protests erupted in more than 40 the famous Hamilton Hall, which was
other universities. Shafik’s effect was occupied in 1968 protests as well. In
now taking over the US universities. response, Shafik suspended more
Shafik, trying to evade being criticized students and requested NYPD
for tolerating antisemitism, was now intervention for the second time on the
being criticized for cracking down on 30th of April, leading to the arrest of an
campus freedom of speech and being too additional 108 individuals and clearing
rough by advocates of freedom of the protests. However, Shafik did not
speech. Bassam Khawaja, a lecturer at emerge as victorious. She was criticized
Tit
Columbia law school, said he wasle
even more for either acting too late or
<shocked and appalled that the president acting too rough.
went immediately to the New York On the other hand, though the protests
police department.= <It didn’t seem like at Columbia did not achieve their goals
any kind of measures were taken to de- in Columbia itself, they managed to
escalate,= Khawaja said. Journalism trigger a national movement in the US.
professor Helen Benedict, who was on Brown University has reached a deal
campus when the NYPD began arresting with protests that had students
students, said in an interview that voluntarily dismantle encampment in
sending <riot police with guns= on to exchange for a commitment from the
campus was an <overreaction=. university to reconsider its ties with
And failing to control the situation and Israel. And thanks to these protests,
silence protesters, Shafik was criticized Richmond was the second city in the US
for failing to control the situation. House to withdraw its investment from Israel.
Speaker Mike Johnson has called for the Thanks to these protests, thanks to these
resignation of Shafik for being a <very students, and also thanks to Shafik’s
weak, inept leader= who <cannot even effect, America might be changing.
guarantee the safety of Jewish <They will reshape ideologies, parties,
students.=Columbia donor and alumnus and foreign policy of the US because
Robert Kraft, founder of Columbia's they are not just about Palestine, they are
Foundation to Combat Antisemitism, about principles,= says a professor at
suspended donations to the university, as FEPS who studied and taught at the US.
did billionaire Len Blavat Nik, due to
beliefs that Columbia was insufficiently
preventing campus antisemitism.
Shafik, now fearing more escalation,
tried a different approach. Negotiants
with protests’ leaders took place for 1
week, but no deal was reached.
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Following the announcement of
negotiations’ failure students occupied
