Columbia anti-Israel protesters post ‘anonymous’ video of activists blocking campus sewage lines

Anti-Israel protesters at Columbia University in New York City post a video of activists vandalizing the campus by spraying red paint on a building and blocking campus sewage lines.

Columbia University Apartheid Divest, a coalition of student groups led by the campus branches of Students for Justice in Palestine and Jewish Voice for Peace, posts the video showing a vandal dousing Columbia’s Kravis Hall with red paint.

The video also shows what appears to be a row of blocked toilets. Text accompanying the post says the bathroom is at Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs.

“We attacked two targets at Columbia University,” the post says.

“We cemented the sewage lines of the entire building, forcing them to shut down business-as-usual,” it says.

The post calls the video an “anonymous submission.” Columbia University Apartheid Divest shared the video on Telegram and Instagram. Within two minutes of the student group sharing the post on Telegram, Unity of Fields, an anti-Israel group that backs vandalism of Israel-affiliated institutions, posted the same video.

Anonymous submission from Columbia:

"Im so scared. Please come." One year ago today, these were Hind's last words as she called for an ambulance, while Israeli forces unleashed 355 bullets murdering her as she hid in a car. One year ago, the world failed Hind. But today and… pic.twitter.com/sMen5k0u6C

— Unity of Fields (@unityoffields) January 30, 2025

The Columbia protesters said earlier today they were holding a “vigil for Hind Rajab,” a Palestinian girl killed during the war in Gaza. Graffiti posted in the video says “Hind called we must answer.”

The protesters forcibly occupied Columbia’s Hamilton Hall last year, and after the takeover, christened the building “Hind’s Hall.”

Earlier today, Jewish students at Columbia held a rally in support of the Bibas family, Israelis held hostage in Gaza.