NYPD makes arrests after pro-Palestinian student protest against ‘Zionist occupation’ descends into violence

Published February 28, 2025 2:39pm ET



The New York City Police Department arrested several anti-Zionist activists who were engaged in raucous demonstrations outside Barnard College this week.

The protests broke out on Wednesday and Thursday outside Barnard College, which is affiliated with Columbia University. They came in reaction to the expulsion of two students who interrupted an Israeli studies class in January and distributed flyers containing what the university called “violent imagery.”

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