Republican Reps. Esposito, Johnson, and Foxx met with Columbia University's president over BDS protests. Esposito criticized security measures and called for Shafik's resignation.
As Johnson spoke on the library steps, protesters at the encampment nearby appeared to pay little attention.
In the video that went online, Hadad is seen arguing with protesters and then being pushed and punched by a masked protester
A US congressional committee on Wednesday accused Columbia University's president of failing to protect Jewish students on campus.
The protesters were arrested and put on administrative after refusing to leave Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian’s Sunnyvale office or the New York City Chelsea workspace.
Earlier, the National Security Council published the travel warnings for Israelis abroad, which included a reference to Eurovision.
The BDS groups had occupied the lawn of the Smith Campus Center with tents and the wall for a week against College policy, but president says they have a right to protest.
During a Friday protest in Boston against the Israeli Vertigo Dance Company, pro-Palestinian activists prominently displayed the flag of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP).
The artists, who are part of a group calling themselves California Jewish Artists for Palestine, had requested the museum divest from all funding sources associated with Israel.
Despite the college’s stated reasoning for rescinding pre-approval of the Haifa program, the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel celebrated the decision.
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