# 2024-01-19 Emergency Protest: Hands off Yemen And Gaza

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# Metadata

* **When:** 2024-01-19
* **Where:** Columbia University
* **Who:** 
* **Organizations:** [SWC](/doc/ff3eaaf5-29a0-4ec9-9f55-9918469677d4), [ColumbiaSJP](/doc/06d8a361-98cc-4e0a-b9c1-0ed2f7fe4324), [CUAD](/doc/98286234-14cd-4ca1-823e-e709f2f7f040) 
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# Description


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**Additional evidence:** [folder](https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1yzpDhGtcBsPh2ZnM986WLVy8x5GQ3FWp?usp=drive_link)

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A rally organized by Columbia University Apartheid Divest (CUAD) group on behalf of the suspended Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) and Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) groups openly supported the Houthi Rebels, a formally declared terrorist organization. Genocidal slogans such as “From the river to the sea Palestine will be free” (widely recognized as a call of ethnic cleansing of Jews from the land of Israel and is formally banned in Germany} and “Globalize the Intifada!” (inciting violence against Jews around the world, including right here in the US), were frequently changed making all Jewish students unsafe.

It is clear that the Columbia administration is unable--and by some reports unwilling--to prevent banned groups from holding threatening demonstrations on campus.

Specifically,

* Post by sjp.columbia, swscolumbia, and cuapartheiddivest ([__proof__](https://drive.google.com/file/d/13vSMK_kwXbwCt4aIct18ScncCd6dm7tR/view?usp=drive_link)) announcing a protest titled” Hands off Yemen and Gaza”. Screenshots taken Tuesday 1/16/2024 \~11:30pm (see [__folder__](https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/10t_lZRZWTlooKKryXzkuP2HbJewjN0qG?usp=drive_link) with screenshots).
* Unapproved protest by an officially suspended organization.
* Demonstrators chant “Yemen, Yemen makes us proud turn another ship around” in support of the Houthis–a designated terror organization (see [__video__](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1612LWjU3j81ycfIGIAgLDm_2U5dLpwL0/view?usp=drive_link)).
* Intifada related chants that are understood to be incitement for the genocide of Jews ([__video__](https://drive.google.com/file/d/166UvLzx9R4Bi3M17gU_bZN6h3qyL0wkR/view?usp=drive_link)). Chants of “Long live Intifada!”, “Intifada revolution” ([__video__](https://drive.google.com/file/d/15HusfneH7jDSrpNu25UdCxfl3iVFk9XX/view?usp=drive_link)), “Globalize the Intifada” ([__video__](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1509jAfVLhYVqkeYPOSUVaGnt_rGHaeNG/view?usp=drive_link)), etc. Marching around campus yelling “Intifada” ([__video__](https://drive.google.com/file/d/167KSRCY1jOhDWOrxm3HHNDe81tWJ9V88/view?usp=drive_link)). Even chants of “Intifada revolution” during the singing of Hatikvah ([__video__](https://drive.google.com/file/d/15QT-88eACXF6OZN2tRfQSkjMI2noFMW1/view?usp=drive_link)).
* “If we don’t get no justice, they don’t get no peace” ([__video__](https://drive.google.com/file/d/167KSRCY1jOhDWOrxm3HHNDe81tWJ9V88/view?usp=drive_link) at time \~30 seconds)
* “Resistance is justified when people are occupied” ([__video__](https://drive.google.com/file/d/167KSRCY1jOhDWOrxm3HHNDe81tWJ9V88/view?usp=drive_link) at time 1:16)


* [__Video__](https://drive.google.com/file/d/14eZofx_qQYPsk9GAg7zdpnBCRPRElcaM/view?usp=drive_link): Chants “From the River to the Sea” (times: 0:27, 1:22) and signs “Intifada” and “Victory to the Intifada” (time: 1:58). More changes of “From the river to the sea” ([__video__](https://drive.google.com/file/d/14fNq6EXT0LjTQQQLo6TnrI1YiqVGYBft/view?usp=drive_link))
* [__Video__](https://drive.google.com/file/d/15bDHkPlH2cLtBATdJZIA7sooV2xJXNuG/view?usp=drive_link): Students chanting in Arabic, *"min el maya lel-maya Falastine Arabiye"* - which is roughly translated to *"From the water to the water, Palestine is Arab"*
* Students kicking down barricades put around Alma Mater ([__video__](https://drive.google.com/file/d/165uVPAZKIzdNUT2IJZ-C56CKSLlQ775z/view?usp=drive_link)).

## **Media**

* [__Hundreds call for intifada, hail Houthis at Columbia University anti-Israel protest__](https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/hundreds-call-for-intifada-hail-houthis-at-columbia-university-anti-israel-protest/), The Times of Israel, January 19, 2024.
* [__Pro-Palestinian student groups hold ‘divestment now’ rally on Low Steps, call for tuition strike__](https://www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2024/01/19/pro-palestinian-student-groups-hold-divestment-now-rally-on-low-steps-call-for-tuition-strike/) by Daksha Pillai, Shea Vance, Joseph Zuloaga, Columbia Spectator, January 19, 2024
* [__Faculty and Staff for Justice in Palestine calls attention to violence in Gaza, academic freedom concerns__](https://www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2024/01/19/faculty-and-staff-for-justice-in-palestine-calls-attention-to-violence-in-gaza-academic-freedom-concerns/) by Maya Stahl, Columbia Spectator, January 19, 2024
* One of the anti-Israel students was identified as Mohsen Mahdawi, co-president of Columbia's Palestinian Students Union who was [__interviewed__](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grj328-hlhA) on “60 Minutes”.
* [__Students at Columbia University Chant for 'Intifada'__](https://freebeacon.com/campus/students-at-columbia-university-chant-for-intifada/) by Alana Goodman, The Washington Free Beacon, January 25, 2024
* [__VIDEO: Pro-Palestine Students Face Alleged Chemical Attack At Columbia University__](https://youtu.be/s2vNJOQfDmI?feature=shared) by Al Jazeera, April 12, 2024

## **Social Media**

* A [__video__](https://drive.google.com/file/d/12aw1w1ZsFIDioHELx85Z1PsDZY9NSnlK/view?usp=drive_link) posted by sjp.columbia on [__Instagram__](https://www.instagram.com/p/C2S3AgVuKXI/).
* Another [__video__](https://drive.google.com/file/d/12t_uNj7rJHmjc4zXBs91GUzPoJR9ek7k/view?usp=drive_link) posted by sjp.columbia on [__Instagram__](https://www.instagram.com/reel/C2ikG_QOyHl/?igsh=MWs2Zjl0Y2hqMnByaw==). 
* Multiple [__videos__](https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/10xCJKDUODWMi9ei0kqhcUGwfWt4h1AC3?usp=drive_link) posted by cuapartheiddivest and bcabolitioncollective on [__Instagram__](https://www.instagram.com/p/C2SwLzDuUC-/).
* A [__video__](https://drive.google.com/file/d/12daIu6qJNsC7msQ3_QJYXgPbez64h8H_/view?usp=drive_link) posted by israelwarroom and combatantisemitism on [__Instagram__](https://www.instagram.com/reel/C2S64euPVFD/).
* Shai Davidi’s [__tweet__](https://x.com/ShaiDavidai/status/1748449953309929758) regarding the event.
* Gil Zussman’s [__tweet__](https://x.com/gil_zussman/status/1748420595388223719) regarding the event.

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