Professors Slam Columbia's Response to Chemical Skunk Attack on Students at Pro-Palestine Protest
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Published 2024-01-25
Students at Columbia University in New York held an "emergency protest" Wednesday over the school's response to an attack on members of Columbia University Apartheid Divest at a rally on campus last Friday. Police in New York are investigating the attack on pro-Palestinian students, who say they were sprayed with a foul-smelling chemical. Eight students were reportedly hospitalized, complaining of burning eyes, headaches, nausea and other symptoms. Organizers allege the attack was carried out by two students who are former members of the Israeli military, using a chemical weapon known as "skunk" that the Israeli military and security forces regularly deploy against Palestinians. The university responded to the attack by first scolding the organizers for holding an "unsanctioned" rally, then later said it had banned the suspects from campus while police investigate.
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All Comments (21)
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If the offenders were foreign military personnel then wouldn’t that be a terrorist act against Americans?
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They would claim it was a terrorist attack if a Muslim did the exact same thing.
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I’ve never seen such censorship. It’s disgusting.
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Not the first time Israelis have used chemical weapons, unfortunately.
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Criminal assault.
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Imagine if a pro Palestinian would do such a thing against the pro Israel crowd? It will be all over the news right ?
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To spray any person with such horrible stuff is just inhumane. It is inexcusable and unacceptable in a decent world.
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Who wants to bet these guys still won’t be labeled as terrorists…..?! They will be an “isolated event from innocent people…” tsk tsk
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It is disgusting that the Israeli IDF is carrying out chemical attack operations in the mainland USA. Thank you for your coverage.
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This is unacceptable!
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"From 2008 until 6 October 2023, 1,434 Palestinian children were reportedly killed, with an additional 32,175 sustaining injuries, primarily at the hands of Israeli occupation forces. Of these, 1,025 children were killed in Gaza alone, since the unlawful blockade began in 2007." - UN Human Rights, ‘Unchilded’ from birth: UN expert calls for decisive protection of Palestinian children under Israeli rule, 24 October 2023
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Anybody who fought with the I.D.F. in The Strip, should be charged for their involvement in war crimes and geno ---- .
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So you can spray other students with a chemical weapon as long as you don't say "From the River to the Sea". Got it!
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Curious what Congresswoman Elise Stefanik has to say when actual terrorism is being carried out on college campuses ?
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How in the hell do "civilians" get access to biohazardous weapns and use it literaly under the nose of law enforecement?
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Thanks Amy , for continuing to bring awareness to all these issues the mainstream media refuses to cover .
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So we let concentration camp guards just attend school here?
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When a country invents such a horrendous thing tells you a lot about the viciousness of this occupation
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I wonder if charges will actually be laid out, or if their IDF status will deny it in bias for them.
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Outrageous, they need to go to prison.
