{"id":60351,"date":"2024-04-20T14:24:14","date_gmt":"2024-04-20T12:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/cairo\/en\/?p=60351"},"modified":"2024-04-20T14:25:15","modified_gmt":"2024-04-20T12:25:15","slug":"minouche-shafik-arrests-her-students-causing-a-ripple-of-protests-across-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/cairo\/en\/latest\/minouche-shafik-arrests-her-students-causing-a-ripple-of-protests-across-new-york\/","title":{"rendered":"Minouche Shafik Arrests Her Students; Causing A Ripple of Protests Across New York"},"content":{"rendered":"

Minouche Shafik Called The Police on Her Students; Causing A Ripple of Protests Across New York<\/h2>\n

Appointed as Columbia University’s first Egyptian President, Minouche Nemat Shafik’s troubling protest dismantling policies are threatening her position at the university, and in the United States.<\/p>\n

Three days ago, Columbia’s students carried out a Gaza solidarity encampment at the university’s “Freedom of Speech” zone.<\/p>\n

The students have remained steadfast since Wednesday morning, opposing the military invasion and attacks on Gaza, and demanding the university divest from the companies that profit from the Israeli occupation.<\/p>\n

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Upset by the protest and scared of being labeled as an antisemite, Minouche emailed the New York Police Department (NYPD) on her students.<\/p>\n

The police arrested more than 100 demonstrators for trespassing on their own university’s campus, including the\u00a0daughter of a prominent Minnesota congresswoman.<\/p>\n

Additionally, multiple students have reported being suspended and evicted including U.S. Democratic representative Ilhan Omar’s daughter.<\/p>\n

These arrests, evictions, and suspensions have caused a ripple of protests across New York; where students from Harvard, Yale, and UNS are demonstrating in demand of protection of “Students against Genocide and Apartheid.”<\/p>\n

\"Columbia<\/p>\n

Minouche’s aggressive dismantling policy came after she was grilled during her congressional trial on Wednesday, where she testified on the case of “Antisemitism on Campus”<\/p>\n

Wednesday\u2019s hearing came after months of rising tensions between pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian demonstrators on the Columbia campus, amid disputes over what constitutes antisemitism and controversy.<\/p>\n

When asked if chants like <\/span>\u201cFrom The\u00a0River To The Sea\u201d are antisemitic<\/span>\u00a0she replied <\/span>\u201cI hear them as such. Some people don\u2019t.\u201d
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To which a congress member followed up: “Why is it so tough?\u201d she replied, “Because it\u2019s a difficult issue<\/span> because some hear it as antisemitic, others do not.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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