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Bernd Debusmann Jr Not all students are taking part in the demonstrations.
Reporting from New York One of those is Columbia freshman Jacob. He saw the group from afar on Tuesday, and says since the police were called, "everything has blown up".
"That was pouring gasoline on the fire," he says of the decision to call in law enforcement.
Many of the protesters have rejected accusations of antisemitism, contending that opposition to the Israeli government’s handling of the war in Gaza does not mean they are targeting Jews. "I wish our administration had maybe worked with them a little more to hear their demands," he adds.
There is a difference between anti-Zionism and antisemitism, they argue. Zionism refers to the movement to create a Jewish state in the Middle East, roughly corresponding to the historical land of Israel. Jacob says he has Jewish friends who feel uncomfortable on campus and he empathises with them.
Many of the demo organisers and some college authorities have acknowledged incidents of antisemitism at the rallies, but have blamed them on outside agitators, unaffiliated with the campus.
New York student Caroline Daisy added: "This is not an antisemitic movement but outside protesters are a different story sometimes."
Columbia Students for Justice in Palestine said they "firmly reject any form of hate or bigotry" and criticised "inflammatory individuals who do not represent us".
Soph Askanase, a 21-year-old student at Columbia's sister college Barnard, said "being uncomfortable is different than being unsafe".
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