Columbia University students file lawsuit against organizers, supporters of anti-Israel campus encampments
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Five Columbia University students and graduates are seeking damages against those they say organized and backed anti-Israel encampments on campus.
A protester holds a sign during a march on Columbia University campus in support of a protest encampment supporting Palestinians, despite a 2 pm deadline issued by university officials to disband or face suspension, during the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in New York City, U.S., April 29, 2024. (REUTERS/David Dee Delgado) Students march on Columbia University campus in support of a protest encampment supporting Palestinians, despite a 2 pm deadline issued by university officials to disband or face suspension, during the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in New York City, U.S., April 29, 2024. (REUTERS/David Dee Delgado) A student waves a flag during a march on Columbia University campus in support of a protest encampment supporting Palestinians, despite a 2pm deadline issued by university officials to disband or face suspension, during the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in New York City, U.S., April 29, 2024. (REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs) A Columbia student looks at damage to windows of a door at Hamilton Hall at Columbia University on April 30, 2024 in New York City. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images) Demonstrators from the pro-Palestine encampment on Columbia's Campus show a banner as they barricade themselves inside Hamilton Hall, an academic building which has been occupied in past student movements, and name it after a Palestinian child allegedly killed by the Israeli military on Tuesday, April 30, 2024 in New York City. (Alex Kent/Getty Images) People sit by a banner at a protest encampment in support of Palestinians, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, April 29, 2024. (REUTERS/Chris Helgren) Kendall Tietz is a writer with Fox News Digital.
The student plaintiffs remained anonymous for fear of retaliation given certain "hateful rhetoric," disregard for the law and ties to terrorist organizations among defendants, according to the complaint. The suit, filed on July 26, was formally received Monday in New York County.
Campus protesters screamed chants such as "Death to Israel," "Death to America," "Death to Jews," "Hamas we love you. We support your rockets too!," "Is‐ra‐el go to Hell," and "The 7th of October is going to be every day for you,'" the lawsuit states. Two Jewish Columbia students were reportedly called "Nazi B----es" and Jewish students were punched, shoved, spat at and physically blocked from moving freely throughout campus by participants in the encampment, the suit claims.
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