Jewish students at Columbia University chained themselves to a campus gate across from the graduate School of International and Public Affairs Wednesday, braving rain and cold to demand the school release information related to the targeting and ICE arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, a former SIPA student. Democracy Now! was at the protest and spoke to Jewish and Palestinian students calling on the school to reveal the extent of its involvement in Khalil’s arrest.

Jewish students chained themselves to gates at Columbia University Wednesday in support of Mahmoud Khalil, the former Columbia student protest leader now in an ICE jail in Louisiana. On March 8th, federal agents detained Khalil at his university-owned apartment building, even though he’s a legal permanent resident of the United States. They revoked his green card.

  • dzsimbo@lemm.eeEnglish
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    19 hours ago

    While I am sure there are many people for whom it’s not true for, but making a point out of ‘look, even jews are protesting against themselves, surely I’m not antisemitic for wanting the same thing’ seems to be a phrase you need to publish if you are unsure if you are a racist.

    I sometimes fish around these posts and check for good faith dialogue, but it’s usually just seething and steam release. I can’t really be angry with anyone seeing red, as it is a truly atrocious situation. It’s just hard to see racism spill through and being upvoted.