Hundreds call for intifada, hail Houthis at Columbia University anti-Israel protest

Pro-Palestinian students rally at Columbia University in New York on January 19, 2024. (Screen capture/YouTube)
Pro-Palestinian students rally at Columbia University in New York on January 19, 2024. (Screen capture/YouTube)

Hundreds of students are rallying throughout Columbia University’s campus in New York.

The protest is reportedly organized by Students for Justice in Palestine, which is supposed to have been suspended from campus for the rest of the academic year.

Students are heard calling for an “intifada,” referring to deadly Palestinian uprisings that included participants carrying out suicide attacks that killed scores of Israelis.

Another chant repeated is, “Yemen, Yemen make us proud, turn another ship around” — a message in support of the Iran-backed Houthi rebels, which the US deems to be a terror organization.

Protesters are also chanting, “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free,” which critics say is a call for the removal of the state of Israel.

A sticker photographed on a university trashcan features an antisemitic message: “Zionist donors and trustees, hands off our universities.”

Another clip shows students shouting, “NYPD, KKK, IDF, they’re all the same,” at police officers securing the demonstration.

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