The daughter of Rep. Ilhan Omar confirmed Thursday that she was among several students suspended from Columbia University for participating in pro-Palestinian protests.
The daughter of Rep.
The Apartheid Divest coalition, according to its website, is demanding the university "divest its stocks, funds, and endowment from companies that profit from the State of Israel's violations of international law and Palestinian human rights through its ongoing system of settler colonialism, military occupation, and apartheid.
The demonstrations at Columbia also included pro-Israel supporters, who waved Israeli flags and held signs reading, "#End Jew Hatred." At least five people were arrested Wednesday night at the college for disorderly conduct, according to the NYPD.
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