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Columbia suspends more than 65 students for anti-Israel library takeover

The Times of Israel reports: “Columbia University in New York City has suspended more than 65 students for their role in an anti-Israel protest at a campus library earlier this week, a Columbia official said on Friday.

The suspended students are on interim suspension pending further investigation.

The official said 33 individuals, including some from affiliated institutions, have been barred from Columbia’s campus. Protesters from the Columbia affiliate Barnard College often collaborate with Columbia activists.

Some alumni have also been barred from the campus.

The protesters invaded the university’s Butler Library on Wednesday, disrupting studies immediately before final exams for the spring semester. Columbia called in police to clear the demonstrators from the building, resulting in 80 arrests…”

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