Columbia students rebuild anti-Israel solidarity camp less than 24 hours after mass arrests
NY Post
Student protesters at Columbia University reassembled their anti-Israel tent encampment on a central campus lawn early Friday — less than 24 hours after the NYPD arrested more than 100 people at the original installation.
Dozens of students sat with blankets and Palestinian flags on the lawn opposite the one where hundreds of others camped out for nearly 48 hours until yesterday’s faceoff, video from the independent reporter Spyder Monkey showed.
The site of the original protest was littered with construction materials, the footage indicated.
It was not immediately clear if the materials had been placed on the grass purposefully to discourage students from re-erecting tents there.
The group appeared on the second lawn sometime in the early hours, and was already dozens strong by sunrise, additional footage from independent journalist Olga Fe showed.
A small sign that read “Join Us” in purple lettering was placed next to a large sign that declared the area a “Gaza Solidarity encampment.”
