Another win for AIM: Columbia suspends two students involved in disruption

February 25, 2025

By Accuracy In Media

Two Columbia University students who were involved in the disruption of a History of Modern Israel class have been expelled, according to a report from the Columbia Spectator.

The expulsion was first shared in a post on X from Columbia University Apartheid Divest, the coalition of student organizations that has repeatedly participated and condoned antisemitic activity, as Accuracy in Media has reported.

This includes the disruption, in which antisemitic literature was thrown at students:

Columbia University has begun the spring semester, and the pro-Hamas, anti-Israel protesters have returned. Dozens of protesters have gathered around the university’s gates, and a group of fully masked students disrupted a History of Modern Israel class.

Protesters published flyers reading “Burn Zionism to the ground” and threw them at students during that class, which is taught by an Israeli professor.

Accuracy in Media returned to campus following the disruption to demand accountability. Shortly after, Columbia suspended one student involved in the incident and said it would expedite its investigation.

While a representative for Barnard President Laura Rosenbury told the Spectator that the college is not allowed to “comment on the academic and disciplinary records of students.”

“That said, as a matter of principle and policy, Barnard will always take decisive action to protect our community as a place where learning thrives, individuals feel safe, and higher education is celebrated,” Rosenbury wrote. “This means upholding the highest standards and acting when those standards are threatened.”

Barnard suspended “at least 55 students” for their participation in the Gaza Solidarity Encampment, but “Barnard offered an ‘Alternative Resolution’ process which lifted the suspensions in exchange for waiving rights to participate in the conduct process,” according to the Spectator. The university threatened expulsion but did not report on whether any students were suspended.

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