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Antisemitic riot at Columbia reaches boiling point as agitators take over academic building, barricade doors

Antisemitic riot at Columbia reaches boiling point as agitators take over academic building, barricade doors  Fox News

‘FoxNews@Night’panelistsDr.SheilaNazarianandShaharAzanidiscussanti-Israelprotestsoncollegecampusesnationwide. HoursafterColumbiaUniversitybegansuspendingstudentswhodidnotabandontheiranti-Israelencampmentintheheartofcampus,theagitatorsdialeduptheirdemonstrationbytakingoveranacademicbuilding. EarlyTuesdaymorning,hundredsofanti-IsraelprotestersatColumbia’sManhattancampustookoverHamiltonHall,anacademicbuildingusedbythedeanandothersenioroffices.Theunrulygroupgainedaccessshortlybefore1a.m.andthenbegan“movingmetalgatestobarricadethedoors,blockingentranceswithwoodentablesandchairs,andzip-tyingdoorsshut,”accordingtothestudentnewspaperColumbiaSpectator. OtherfootageshowedtheagitatorsinNewYorksmashingwindows,unfurlingaPalestinianflagoverawindowandchanting:“Fromtherivertothesea,Palestinewillbefree”and“Palestinewillliveforever.”Outside