# 2024-01-24 Emergency Protest: No Safety Without Divestment ![](https://outline-production-attachments.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com/uploads/575efb0c-1e30-45db-b105-3e18ce1e46d2/c6e19051-5fbb-4e04-813f-666a2f35be88/Protest-Flyer.jpeg?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Credential=AKIA4EOUDTOVUICLPZ4P%2F20261029%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20261029T173000Z&X-Amz-Expires=86400&X-Amz-Signature=aefac33e97602397dc48220f7c1c368ab01058ebd48dd76a3ccdd82dbb9433d6&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&x-amz-checksum-mode=ENABLED&x-id=GetObject "right-50 =415x745") # Metadata * **When:** 2024-01-24 * **Where:** Columbia University * **Who:** * **Organizations:** * **Tags:** # Description :::info **Additional evidence:** [folder](https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1yzaDHgbZ7HPhP38vR1F3bpAK22UKGxsb?usp=drive_link) ::: * Protest flier ([__screenshot__](https://drive.google.com/file/d/13sz4Kzd_SMjQVWuKgMnzHM8AG6mrZEBc/view?usp=drive_link)) * Instagram [__posts__](https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-vlBuvAqxySRRzhPbmDjTu3XF3V8j6g1?usp=drive_link) announcing the protest. * The gates were closed for this protest ([__email__](https://drive.google.com/file/d/11w9OcOaP9dmMi4IuxhVVtlyxC2An8zlZ/view?usp=drive_link))  * Chants: * “Viva viva Intifada” ([__video__](https://drive.google.com/file/d/18itSpIkgTB1xuO0qtNc516xUUM5aWibQ/view?usp=drive_link), 0:48 seconds) * “Intifada Intifada. Long live the intifada” (1:00) * “Intifada Intifada. Globalize the intifada” (1:15) * “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” (1:19) * “There is only one solution-intifada revolution” (1:38) * In Arabic, “from the water to the water, Palestine will be Arab” (3:42) * “\*IOF off campus now” ([__video__](https://drive.google.com/file/d/18gC-HzbJXp46FNH4ciAPAnJ4g79raOHQ/view?usp=drive_link), 1:20) * “Intifada intifada. Globalize the intifada” (2:10) * “Say it loud, say it clear–we don’t want no \*IOF here” ([__video__](https://drive.google.com/file/d/17o25PJoUQOD-3Hcpq0zOJIRlr2oqMTp3/view?usp=drive_link), 0:20) * “\*IOF off campus now” (0:45; 1:45) * “From NY to Gaza, Globalize the Intifada” (1:10) * “Intifada intifada. Long live the intifada” (1:24) * “\*IOF you can’t hide, we charge you with genocide” and “Say it loud, say it clear. We don’t want no \*IOF here” ([__video__](https://drive.google.com/file/d/18rKiRirLdI0vKtqBexrdqGH8MXlbWO6V/view?usp=drive_link)) * “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” – not the orange armbands ([__video__](https://drive.google.com/file/d/19FQxClZS8he9S4szcwqYlRdxoA-re2ZQ/view?usp=drive_link)) * Posters: * “IOF and NYPD off campus now” ([__picture__](https://drive.google.com/file/d/12I2YEu_EWBm3bcpYmmSk-8gOnMmnx-kq/view?usp=drive_link)) * Public health student from Columbia spoke and said that she was part of the team that put together the CUAD proposal. She said that the alleged skunk spray attack was a result of the University “Failing to delegitimize zionist groups.” She continued to say that the University “will take a check over the safety of their own students” ([__video__](https://drive.google.com/file/d/14P7jKF5K6VekpoSpiAq8fnkvdFWBTdXc/view?usp=drive_link)). * One speaker asks everyone to record his speech and share it with the world. He introduces himself as Mohsen Mahdawi. He says “There is nothing more honorable than dying for a noble cause, for humanity, and for justice (\~3:15) ([__video__](https://drive.google.com/file/d/14Lb8A7ik4W9HnwiHIeQ2DxeckNzoSEPL/view?usp=drive_link)) “If we don’t die on our own, than someone has to eradicate us” (6:09) He mentions that “leaders in our movement” are being targeted: Maaryan from SJP, Layla, and 3 other leaders including myself. (6:35) * Protesters marched around campus banging on drums, yelling, and chanting ([__video__](https://drive.google.com/file/d/18wScVRPyKLow6A28VaAVkDANVekgH1O2/view?usp=drive_link)). * “We want Justice, you say how. \*IOF off campus now” ([__video__](https://drive.google.com/file/d/18jinAuJx0KtyceDS29Qq8k9vPiXPALpI/view?usp=drive_link)) * “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” ([__video__](https://drive.google.com/file/d/18zCp4VtlRqFi0DDUyIBroku4_7x8CYlF/view?usp=drive_link), [__video__](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1942ssqHmj8jZcdT6qfe3mfI3Vk4oOZs4/view?usp=drive_link)) * In Arabic, “From the water to the water, Palestine will be Arab ([__video__](https://drive.google.com/file/d/19US184ZW3CCDH3DmBNPL-SmvNzZDms9F/view?usp=drive_link)) * “Intifada intifada. Long live the intifada” ([__video__](https://drive.google.com/file/d/19ZriE2OBgpSZI4INF4KGUKtk3sNJtZ1e/view?usp=drive_link)) * “There is only one solution, intifada revolution ([__video__](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1942ssqHmj8jZcdT6qfe3mfI3Vk4oOZs4/view?usp=drive_link); 0:50).  \* IOF refers to the IDF, or as they call them “the occupation forces”  ## **Media** * [__Students walk out in ‘emergency protest’ following alleged chemical spray at Friday demonstration__](https://www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2024/01/24/students-walk-out-in-emergency-protest-following-alleged-chemical-spray-at-friday-demonstration/) by Sarah Huddleston, Chris Mendell, Shea Vance, Columbia Spectator, January 24, 2024. * [__Unauthorized Pro-Hamas Protest Erupts At Columbia University__](https://www.dailywire.com/news/unauthorized-pro-hamas-protest-erupts-at-columbia-university) by Virginia Kruta, Daily Wire, January 24, 2024 ## **Social Media** * Shai Davidai’s [__tweet__](https://x.com/shaidavidai/status/1750264495107080570?s=46) # Footer *Please see the* [*Footer*](/doc/footer-gtEqmMBRHz) *page for important reference information regarding usage rights, inquiries, and other matters.* --- **Documents** - [DOCUMENTING JEW HATRED ON CAMPUS (DJHC)](https://documentingjewhatredoncampus.getoutline.com/s/93b310d5-95f0-449a-8b9c-8856879b06e8/doc/documenting-jew-hatred-on-campus-djhc-WUPKm3CSLY) - [GENERAL REFERENCE INFORMATION](https://documentingjewhatredoncampus.getoutline.com/s/93b310d5-95f0-449a-8b9c-8856879b06e8/doc/general-reference-information-7DxXSS7JcC) - [COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY ARCHIVE](https://documentingjewhatredoncampus.getoutline.com/s/93b310d5-95f0-449a-8b9c-8856879b06e8/doc/columbia-university-archive-epk0gmmFWv)