National Students for Justice in Palestine and American Muslims for Palestine are currently getting sued by nine American and Israeli survivors and victims of the Oct. 7 Massacre.
The report claimed that student governments and universities were leaving SJP unchecked, allowing the group to pose a "threat to the safety and well-being of Jewish and pro-Israel individuals."
“It is time that Hamas and all of its agents, like AMP and NSJP, be held responsible for their horrific actions,” the victims said in a joint statement on Wednesday.“
SJP decries attempt to have their encampment disbanded.
A lawsuit by Palestine Legal demands Columbia reverse students' suspensions, drop charges against them, expunge their records, and offer to pay for their psychotherapy.
Meanwhile, the University of Southern California announced Thursday that it was canceling its graduation ceremony altogether, shortly after it barred its valedictorian from speaking.
The new encampments join campus occupations at Yale University, MIT, Tufts University, The New School, the University of Michigan, and others.
A US congressional committee on Wednesday accused Columbia University's president of failing to protect Jewish students on campus.
The European Union of Jewish Students said that its delegation had been publicly humiliated, despite its recent efforts to promote dialogue and counter polarization.
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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