Columbia University making ‘important progress’ in talks with anti-Israel students, extends deadline to clear out encampment

Students move a tent inside Columbia University on April 24, 2024 in New York City. (Jeenah Moon/Getty Images/AFP)
Students move a tent inside Columbia University on April 24, 2024 in New York City. (Jeenah Moon/Getty Images/AFP)

Columbia University says it is making “important progress” with pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel student protesters who set up a tent encampment, and that it is extending a deadline to clear out the encampment, yet standoffs remain tense on the Ivy League campus in upper Manhattan.

Student protesters “have committed to dismantling and removing a significant number of tents,” the university says in a statement.

The Columbia Spectator reports that university leadership will hold a dialogue with student representatives in the coming 48 hours.

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