This September, when former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (76) was appointed as a professor at the School of International and Public Policy (SIPA) at Columbia University in New York and stood on the podium for the first time, the students cheered her enthusiastically. The US media even reported that it “looked like a Taylor Swift concert hall.” However, less than two months later, on the 1st (local time), dozens of students left the classroom during his class.
On this day, the New York Times (NYT) reported that, as the identity of students who recently condemned Israel’s air raid on the Gaza Strip in Palestine continued to be revealed as a witch hunt, some students staged a protest boycotting former Secretary Clinton’s lecture to urge the school to take countermeasures. .
With more than half of the class time remaining that day, about 30 of the 300 students who were listening to the lecture gathered their bags, got up from their seats, and left the classroom. As planned, they continued their protest in the lobby of the graduate school building along with other students who were already there.
The start of this protest was a truck with a large screen that appeared near the Columbia University campus last week. On this screen, a photo of students who had previously signed a statement condemning Israel appeared along with the phrase ‘Columbia University’s major anti-Semite.’ The problem was that photos registered on a private online platform used only by SIPA students were also included.
The students demanded that the school “immediately provide legal support to students who have been harmed (by the disclosure of their personal information) and make efforts to protect student safety and personal information.” The lecture on this day is being co-led by former Secretary Clinton and SIPA Dean Keren Jarhi Milo. However, after finishing class, former Secretary Clinton and Dean Milo left the building through another door, avoiding the lobby.
SIPA announced on the 31st of last month, “We are greatly shocked that students and faculty have been subjected to identity theft, and we clearly criticize this,” and “We have formed a task force (TF) for student safety.”
Previously, a new truck appeared in front of Harvard University last month. American society is suffering, with the creation of a website called ‘Anti-IsraelEmployee.com’, which discloses the personal information of employees of large corporations around the world who have declared their support for Palestine.
Source: Donga
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