Gaza

Stepping back from the politics

We can understand the Arab-Israeli conflict better by looking at its human side.

By Danielle Reich | Apr 10 08:52 pm ET

A beginner's guide to Israel Apartheid Week

Based on the realities of the situation, it is clear that the apartheid label cannot be justified by the conditions faced by Arab citizens of Israel.

By Jon Hollander | Mar 7 07:25 pm ET

Event addresses divestment controversy with visiting student

Columbia students listened intently as Jess Chilton McConnell, a junior from the University of Edinburgh, described her and her classmates’ six-day occupation of their school to call for its divestment from companies supporting the occupation of Gaza and limiting academic freedom for Palestinian students.

By Madina Toure | Apr 29 12:47 am ET

Faculty push for Bollinger to support academic freedom Palestinian

About 50 faculty members shuffled into 428 Pupin Thursday for a meeting open exclusively to faculty in the Arts and Sciences to probe Columbia’s role in the debate on academic freedom in Palestine, and to do what academics do best: talk about talking.

By Scott Levi | Apr 23 09:52 pm ET

Galloway on Gaza

George Galloway, a member of the British Parliament, spoke out against Israeli action in the Gaza Strip.

By Linda Carrion | Mar 23 07:15 pm ET

VIDEO: Week in Review: March 6, 2009

By Simone Foxman and Nilkanth Patel | Mar 6 12:14 am ET

Pro-Gaza Groups Protest on Low, Present Demands to Administration

As the sound of the group’s megaphone reverberated across Low Plaza Thursday afternoon, the Columbia Palestine Forum presented its demands to the administration.
But many of the protesters doubted their actions would have an immediate effect on University policy, acknowledging the long road ahead.

By Danny Ash | Mar 5 09:13 pm ET

Panelists Push Divestment, Support Gaza

A “teach-in” organized by the Columbia Palestine Forum Wednesday night drew a crowd of supporters, dissenters, and interested students and faculty that filled the Hamilton classroom and spilled into the hall.

By Elizabeth Scott | Mar 4 10:35 pm ET

Israel, Gaza Student Groups Clash on Issues of Divestment, Apartheid

On Monday, one group of students demanded that the University divest from companies that profit directly from the Gaza conflict. On Tuesday, another group did just the opposite, calling divestment a way to deliberately single out the state of Israel.

By Kim Kirschenbaum | Mar 4 02:03 am ET

VIDEO: Week In Review: February 21, 2009

By Simone Foxman and Nilkanth Patel | Mar 6 12:15 am ET

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