Anti-Israel protesters chain themselves to Columbia University gate

Two dozen protesters block a gate into Columbia University to protest against the detention of two non-citizen anti-Israel protest leaders by the federal government.

Some of the demonstrators attached to the gate with bicycle locks wrapped around their waists. The protest is on the sidewalk, on public property, but causes security to close the entrance.

The protesters clap and sing, “I ain’t gonna study war no more.”

Many of the protesters wear keffiyehs and face masks. Some wear attire identifying them as Jewish such as watermelon-patterned yarmulkes and shirts from the anti-Zionist Jewish Voice for Peace.

A protest leader says the group is there “to make it clear that we can see what is going on and are not ignoring it. Columbia wants us to ignore the way they’re supporting Israel.”