A group of anti-Israel students at Columbia University On Saturday he criticized the decision of the Trump Administration to terminate $ 400 million in federal aid to the university for the alleged failure of addressing anti -Semitism on the campus during demonstrations held after October 7, Hamas of 2023, attack against Israel.
The student group, the divestment of Columbia University, responded on Saturday night on social media for the first time since the announcement of the administration’s decision, which the group fell as a « transparent fear tactic. »
« The Trump Administration’s announcement that plans to cancel $ 400 million in federal aid and contracts in Columbia is a transparent fear tactic, » the group wrote in an Instagram slide presentation. « The decision has nothing to do with the loads made of anti -Semitism they use as a fine cover to reduce funding. »
« The federal government again attempts to extend the Palestinian genocide and ethnic cleansing in Gaza and the West Bank, redirecting the indignation of the U.S. role in the genocide to the decolonial student protesters, which marks the post -emerging base, » the post continued.
Columbia ready to work with Trump to strengthen the disciplinary process that was « on paper only »
Student protesters are leaving around their camp on the Columbia University campus, on Monday, April 29, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah)
The group said the last two months of a « piracy work » by the president Donald Trump And its senior counselor Elon Musk for « destroying public institutions » has made it clear that government billionaires are systematically dismantling all institutions that do not enrich them privately. «
The Interim President of the University, Katrina Armstrong, responded to Trump’s financing cuts on Friday, saying that the university takes the « very seriously » cuts and is ready to work with the federal government on its « legitimate concerns ».
« When I accepted the role of temporary president in August 2024, I knew Columbia needed a reestablishment of the previous year and the chaos of camps and protests on our campus, » Armstrong wrote. « The university also needed to recognize and repair the damage to our Jewish students, goals, besieged and facts to feel insecure or unwanted on our campus last spring. »
Columbia University, where students have created what is known as Gaza Solidarity Camp, is shown in New York on April 24, 2024. (Getty’s pictures)
It Student protesters Asked his post on Instagram, « President Armstrong to whom does he serve? »
The group said that the university has spent the last 17 months « exciting Zionists and fascists », which said that it includes the consent of trimming diversity, equity and inclusion programs, increasing surveillance and even the expulsion of pro-palestine students, « brutally detaining » protesters ‘in the whim of the rich WhatsApp’ ‘chats’ and Fireworks of Pro-Palestinian workers.
Student protesters said that the university also rejected its calls to the transfer of Israel.
Pro-Palestinian students are shown on the Columbia University campus in New York City on Thursday, April 18, 2024. (Peter Gerber for Fox News Digital)
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« Columbia University has been lean backward to satiate the Zionist death machine, brutalizing its own students, granting old soldiers IOF (Israel that occupies strength) thousands of dollars after storming protesters, reviewing and shutting down the Harlem community, was it worth it? » The group wrote in the subtitle of Instagram publication.
« The institution will never keep us safe, » he continued. « These cuts will not hurt Armstrong’s pockets, but our marginalized communities will face the impacts of their impacts. It is up to us to keep us safe. »
The publication of social networks had several slides, including one that said that « the Zionists would never love you » and another who called for « organized resistance to obvious injustice ».
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