Hundreds of Columbia University students protesting Israel over the war in Gaza remain in a tent encampment on the university campus in Manhattan July 22, 2024. The students occupied a portion of the campus last week amid protests over the war in Gaza. © Seth Harrison/The Journal News / USA TODAY NETWORK
(New York, NY) — It looks like Columbia University will cave today to demands made by the White House, in a bid to keep 400 million dollars in federal funds from being taken away for good. The Trump administration told the Ivy League school they were holding on to the taxpayer dollars, over the university’s failure to protect Jewish students on campus during anti-Israel protests last year.
The “New York Post” is reporting that Columbia will tell the White House today that they have agreed to 9 White House demands, that include a huge crackdown on pro-Palestinian protests on campus, punishment for some of the students involved in demonstrations last year, and the school will institute an immediate face mask ban.
Jewish alumni of the university has been pressuring Columbia to do a better job of protecting all students on campus from a small minority causing chaos with pop up protests.
