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Columbia suspends more than 65 students for library protest
Luke Tress is The Times of Israel's New York correspondent.
Pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel protesters are escorted out of Columbia University's Butler Library after being arrested for occupying the library space on May 7, 2025, in New York City.(Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP)
Columbia University in New York has suspended more than 65 students for their role in an anti-Israel protest at a campus library on Wednesday, a Columbia official says.
The students are on interim suspension pending further investigation.
The official says 33 individuals, including some from affiliated institutions, have been barred from Columbia’s campus.
Protesters from the Columbia affiliate Barnard College often collaborate with Columbia activists.
Some alumni have also been barred from the campus.
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