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Police and activists clash on Atlanta campus amid Gaza protests - BBC News Police and activists clash on Atlanta campus amid Gaza protests - BBC News
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Sarah Smith A New York Police Department chief has hit back at Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez after the Democratic congresswoman criticised Columbia University for calling in police to clear protesters from its campus.
North America editor at Columbia University In a post on X, Ocasio-Cortez, the representative for New York's 14th congressional district, described Columbia's decision as "horrific", adding that the units called in "have some of the most violent reputations on the force".
I’ve heard nothing at Columbia University that could be described as antisemitic. Responding on X, NYPD chief of patrol John Snell said the left-wing lawmaker's post was "Truly amazing!"
But speaking to Jewish students on campus, they say they have heard different chants and slogans over the last six months - before the TV cameras arrived - including calls for a global intifada, which they interpret to mean Israelis and Jews should be killed. He added: "The only incidents that day on campus were the student's hateful anti-Semitic speech and vile language towards our cops."
One Jewish student, who didn’t want to be named, had tears in her eyes as she told me she now feels deeply unwelcome on campus.
The fact that an unauthorised protest is being allowed to continue makes her feel that the university authorities are on the side of the pro-Palestinian demonstrators and therefore not on the side of Jews.
One wall in the middle of campus has been covered with photographs of Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza, and a sign saying: “Bring them home NOW!"
The Jewish students say that’s one thing they have never heard the protesters demand.
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