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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:17,917 --> 00:00:19,786 - Why do you think these encampments 2 00:00:19,786 --> 00:00:21,988 cause such an intense response 3 00:00:21,988 --> 00:00:24,057 from some of the most powerful people in the world? 4 00:00:25,091 --> 00:00:26,793 [stringed music] ♪♪ 5 00:00:27,360 --> 00:00:29,462 [crowd jeering] 6 00:00:42,609 --> 00:00:44,110 - Thank you all for being here today. 7 00:00:44,110 --> 00:00:46,846 We have several members of Congress here. 8 00:00:47,414 --> 00:00:48,581 Throughout history, 9 00:00:48,882 --> 00:00:50,483 Columbia students have contributed 10 00:00:50,483 --> 00:00:53,787 to the great storybook of America's life and thought. 11 00:00:54,220 --> 00:00:55,789 The cherished traditions of this university 12 00:00:55,789 --> 00:00:57,424 are being overtaken right now 13 00:00:57,424 --> 00:00:59,959 by radical and extreme ideology. 14 00:00:59,993 --> 00:01:02,295 Anti-Israel encampments are popping up 15 00:01:02,295 --> 00:01:04,798 at universities all across this country. 16 00:01:05,432 --> 00:01:07,367 [jeering continues] 17 00:01:08,902 --> 00:01:11,404 - We're here to discuss the Little Gazas 18 00:01:11,404 --> 00:01:14,507 that have risen up on campuses across America. 19 00:01:14,507 --> 00:01:17,243 These Little Gazas are disgusting cesspools 20 00:01:17,243 --> 00:01:19,045 of antisemitic hate, 21 00:01:19,045 --> 00:01:22,382 full of pro-Hamas sympathizers, fanatics, and freaks. 22 00:01:26,486 --> 00:01:28,621 - There was a very concerted effort 23 00:01:28,621 --> 00:01:30,590 on behalf of members of the media 24 00:01:30,590 --> 00:01:34,828 to portray things a certain way and refuse to discuss Gaza. 25 00:01:35,462 --> 00:01:37,030 - They see something on TikTok 26 00:01:37,030 --> 00:01:39,933 and they're like, "Israel bad and Hamas good." 27 00:01:40,333 --> 00:01:43,203 - Can you believe they are chanting about the infantada 28 00:01:43,203 --> 00:01:44,204 in New York City? 29 00:01:44,204 --> 00:01:45,805 - I really believe they are brainwashed. 30 00:01:45,805 --> 00:01:48,141 - I mean, this is literally like a demonstration in Tehran. 31 00:01:48,408 --> 00:01:49,542 - This is terrorism. 32 00:01:49,542 --> 00:01:52,245 The war on terror has gotten to U.S. campuses. 33 00:01:52,846 --> 00:01:54,881 [stringed music] ♪♪ 34 00:02:00,420 --> 00:02:03,223 - The universities are materially invested 35 00:02:03,223 --> 00:02:05,458 in the genocide in Gaza. 36 00:02:06,326 --> 00:02:08,261 Through their connections to companies 37 00:02:08,261 --> 00:02:09,496 that manufacture the weapons 38 00:02:09,496 --> 00:02:12,165 or that operate illegally throughout Occupied Palestine. 39 00:02:13,466 --> 00:02:17,637 We don't want our money to go towards Palestinian death. 40 00:02:22,175 --> 00:02:24,577 [stringed music] ♪♪ 41 00:02:36,055 --> 00:02:37,957 [traffic sounds] 42 00:02:55,675 --> 00:02:57,410 There weren't a lot of human rights programs 43 00:02:57,410 --> 00:02:58,845 in the United States. 44 00:02:59,078 --> 00:03:00,680 Columbia University had the best. 45 00:03:00,680 --> 00:03:01,848 It had a good name. 46 00:03:01,848 --> 00:03:04,717 And not only that, it was a home to a lot of scholarship 47 00:03:04,717 --> 00:03:07,820 that I looked up to that I thought I would benefit from. 48 00:03:08,888 --> 00:03:10,723 I started at Columbia University 49 00:03:10,723 --> 00:03:13,426 and almost immediately afterwards, 50 00:03:13,426 --> 00:03:14,627 October 7 happened. 51 00:03:14,627 --> 00:03:16,496 Then I didn't really have time to think about 52 00:03:16,496 --> 00:03:19,299 how I would be involved in the Palestinian movement. 53 00:03:19,599 --> 00:03:21,034 I just had to be involved. 54 00:03:21,034 --> 00:03:23,836 The other option was to be paralyzed and depressed. 55 00:03:27,173 --> 00:03:29,275 [distant siren wailing] 56 00:03:34,280 --> 00:03:35,548 - Before October 7th, 57 00:03:35,548 --> 00:03:37,417 the university was cracking down 58 00:03:37,417 --> 00:03:39,152 on Palestinian activism on campus. 59 00:03:39,152 --> 00:03:40,987 They pushed a certain narrative, 60 00:03:40,987 --> 00:03:42,989 a narrative that's supporting Israel, 61 00:03:42,989 --> 00:03:45,325 that's vilifying the Palestinians. 62 00:03:45,325 --> 00:03:48,094 And October 7th just gave them more opportunity 63 00:03:48,094 --> 00:03:49,829 to crack down more and more on us. 64 00:03:59,405 --> 00:04:01,574 [stun dents chanting] 65 00:04:03,009 --> 00:04:04,577 - "Students for Justice in Palestine" 66 00:04:04,577 --> 00:04:06,846 and "Jewish Voice for Peace", which are the main 67 00:04:06,846 --> 00:04:09,282 forces organizing amongst undergraduates 68 00:04:09,282 --> 00:04:12,085 for justice in Palestine ended up being banned 69 00:04:12,085 --> 00:04:14,487 because of the university saying 70 00:04:14,487 --> 00:04:17,490 that they had violated certain campus policies 71 00:04:17,490 --> 00:04:19,158 around demonstration. 72 00:04:19,192 --> 00:04:21,628 - I am a Jewish student here to say, 73 00:04:21,628 --> 00:04:24,330 when Columbia speaks of Jewish safety, 74 00:04:24,330 --> 00:04:28,001 it seems that they only mean to protect Jewish students 75 00:04:28,001 --> 00:04:32,138 who support Israel or are silent in their dissent. 76 00:04:32,372 --> 00:04:33,906 [crowd cheering] 77 00:04:34,207 --> 00:04:38,277 In this suspension, Columbia has made it very clear that 78 00:04:38,277 --> 00:04:42,248 they don't care about their students nor their speech. 79 00:04:42,348 --> 00:04:45,418 The only thing they care about protecting right now 80 00:04:45,418 --> 00:04:47,053 is their pocketbook. 81 00:04:47,420 --> 00:04:49,088 [crowd cheering] 82 00:04:55,795 --> 00:04:58,831 - The endowment of Columbia is roughly $14 billion. 83 00:04:59,098 --> 00:05:01,000 Columbia has an investment company 84 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:03,169 which manages where those investments go. 85 00:05:03,703 --> 00:05:07,674 Around 90 percent, if not more, are indirect investments. 86 00:05:07,674 --> 00:05:09,108 So they're stocks 87 00:05:09,108 --> 00:05:11,577 or they're held in companies like BlackRock. 88 00:05:11,577 --> 00:05:14,414 And students have no access to what those are 89 00:05:14,414 --> 00:05:16,983 or are denied access based on their viewpoint, 90 00:05:16,983 --> 00:05:19,485 even though the university says that that isn't the case. 91 00:05:21,721 --> 00:05:23,623 We do know that Columbia University 92 00:05:23,623 --> 00:05:25,825 has investments in like, General Electric, 93 00:05:25,825 --> 00:05:29,762 has ties to Lockheed Martin and other companies that 94 00:05:29,762 --> 00:05:33,332 either produce weapons or produce information technology 95 00:05:33,332 --> 00:05:34,867 for the occupation army. 96 00:05:37,804 --> 00:05:40,306 The priority demand was divestment. 97 00:05:40,306 --> 00:05:42,842 Underneath divestment was the boycott demand 98 00:05:42,842 --> 00:05:44,410 and disclosure. 99 00:05:45,945 --> 00:05:47,680 Divestment is not difficult. 100 00:05:48,114 --> 00:05:50,383 The university has divested from private prisons. 101 00:05:50,383 --> 00:05:53,419 The university also divested from Russia 102 00:05:53,419 --> 00:05:55,922 following the invasion of Ukraine. 103 00:05:57,657 --> 00:05:58,925 But of course, nobody paid attention 104 00:05:58,925 --> 00:06:00,093 because it's exactly in line 105 00:06:00,093 --> 00:06:02,128 with U.S. geopolitical interests. 106 00:06:04,197 --> 00:06:05,298 - The bigger the endowment, 107 00:06:05,298 --> 00:06:07,967 the more you are beholden to your donors. 108 00:06:08,835 --> 00:06:12,905 To break with Israel would make a lot of these donors very mad. 109 00:06:24,817 --> 00:06:27,086 - The board of trustees make the important decisions 110 00:06:27,086 --> 00:06:29,555 about the direction of the university. 111 00:06:29,889 --> 00:06:32,425 They get the final say on whether a divestment happens. 112 00:06:38,498 --> 00:06:40,967 People on the board of trustees are people like Jeh Johnson 113 00:06:40,967 --> 00:06:43,336 who is simultaneously on the board of trustees 114 00:06:43,336 --> 00:06:44,837 of Lockheed Martin. 115 00:06:45,071 --> 00:06:46,405 If you're on the board of trustees of 116 00:06:46,405 --> 00:06:48,474 a weapons manufacturer, 117 00:06:48,474 --> 00:06:51,277 then you care that that weapons manufacturer makes profit. 118 00:06:51,277 --> 00:06:54,213 You care that there is war enough, death enough, 119 00:06:54,213 --> 00:06:57,283 killing enough that you can use your weapons. 120 00:07:00,820 --> 00:07:03,489 The genocide didn't start on October 7th. 121 00:07:03,489 --> 00:07:06,159 Neither did the pro-Palestine movement generally on campus. 122 00:07:06,159 --> 00:07:08,194 Students had already pushed like divestment referendums 123 00:07:08,194 --> 00:07:09,629 in previous years. 124 00:07:09,629 --> 00:07:11,531 We had voted on divestment referendums 125 00:07:11,531 --> 00:07:13,666 at various colleges within Columbia. 126 00:07:13,666 --> 00:07:15,368 All of them passed. 127 00:07:16,169 --> 00:07:18,037 [students cheering] 128 00:07:22,208 --> 00:07:25,411 - Immediately, the president sent out an email saying 129 00:07:25,411 --> 00:07:26,679 we don't have actual general 130 00:07:26,679 --> 00:07:30,116 consensus amongst the student body or amongst our community 131 00:07:30,116 --> 00:07:34,053 in which they include in the community the Columbia alumni. 132 00:07:34,654 --> 00:07:37,123 Free, free Palestine! 133 00:07:37,123 --> 00:07:39,025 - Free, free Palestine! 134 00:07:39,492 --> 00:07:41,828 - Free, free, free Palestine! 135 00:07:41,828 --> 00:07:43,996 - Free, free, free Palestine! 136 00:07:43,996 --> 00:07:46,165 - What do we want? - Justice! 137 00:07:46,465 --> 00:07:47,834 - When do we want it? - Now! 138 00:07:47,834 --> 00:07:50,670 - We had done everything we could think of. 139 00:07:50,670 --> 00:07:53,639 We did peaceful protest that was ignored. 140 00:07:53,639 --> 00:07:55,474 We did strategic interruptions. 141 00:07:55,474 --> 00:07:57,510 That was ignored and punished. 142 00:07:57,777 --> 00:08:00,947 Students had written up this whole divestment proposal 143 00:08:00,947 --> 00:08:04,217 saying that it is not only possible but would be easy. 144 00:08:04,217 --> 00:08:05,985 And that was just dismissed out of hand. 145 00:08:06,652 --> 00:08:08,654 - They changed all the protest rules. 146 00:08:09,121 --> 00:08:11,490 They wouldn't approve any of our events. 147 00:08:12,325 --> 00:08:13,993 They would just criminalize anyone 148 00:08:13,993 --> 00:08:15,661 who would participate in a protest. 149 00:08:16,829 --> 00:08:17,997 - If they were just going to ignore us 150 00:08:17,997 --> 00:08:19,599 then we had to do something that couldn't possibly 151 00:08:19,599 --> 00:08:21,500 be ignored by the administration. 152 00:08:31,010 --> 00:08:32,845 [pensive music] ♪♪ 153 00:08:45,925 --> 00:08:47,493 The first hours in the encampment 154 00:08:47,493 --> 00:08:48,995 were just so peaceful. 155 00:08:48,995 --> 00:08:50,696 It was almost anticlimactic. 156 00:08:52,465 --> 00:08:54,634 It felt like they were just completely taken by surprise. 157 00:09:01,340 --> 00:09:03,209 - That day, April 17, 158 00:09:03,209 --> 00:09:05,344 was Columbia's president Minouche Shafik 159 00:09:05,344 --> 00:09:07,446 her congressional hearing on antisemitism. 160 00:09:08,214 --> 00:09:10,650 It was also less than a month away from graduation. 161 00:09:11,550 --> 00:09:13,252 So there were a lot of pressure points 162 00:09:13,252 --> 00:09:14,820 that the students had considered. 163 00:09:15,721 --> 00:09:18,457 - It really felt like a win insofar as it had sort of 164 00:09:18,457 --> 00:09:20,660 interrupted the normal functionings of the university. 165 00:09:20,660 --> 00:09:22,762 And they were on their back foot 166 00:09:22,762 --> 00:09:25,998 in terms of what they could do to stop us. 167 00:09:28,868 --> 00:09:30,002 - What is this saying? 168 00:09:30,002 --> 00:09:30,970 - You can read it. 169 00:09:31,203 --> 00:09:32,338 Here you go. 170 00:09:32,338 --> 00:09:34,006 - I thought you might provide some more information 171 00:09:34,006 --> 00:09:35,675 since you're walking up to the encampment. 172 00:09:35,675 --> 00:09:37,343 - Oh! - The information is all here. 173 00:09:37,343 --> 00:09:39,578 And this is exactly what was said to you earlier. 174 00:09:39,845 --> 00:09:43,015 - So could you perhaps explain why 175 00:09:43,015 --> 00:09:44,817 we're being subject to interim suspension 176 00:09:44,817 --> 00:09:46,319 for a violation of demonstration policy 177 00:09:46,319 --> 00:09:50,222 for which the stated punishment is a written warning? 178 00:09:50,456 --> 00:09:52,158 - So everything is stated in the letter for you. 179 00:09:52,158 --> 00:09:53,459 So I'm going to encourage you to read it. 180 00:09:53,459 --> 00:09:57,029 - You actually don't cite any of the rules by how they appear. 181 00:09:57,029 --> 00:09:59,932 - I'm just going to encourage you to read the letters, okay? 182 00:09:59,932 --> 00:10:01,734 - So then who do we speak with 183 00:10:01,734 --> 00:10:03,502 to get the answers to these questions? 184 00:10:03,502 --> 00:10:05,538 - So earlier I was here and I encouraged you all 185 00:10:05,538 --> 00:10:06,872 to come talk with me at any time. 186 00:10:06,872 --> 00:10:08,174 So I'm happy to have that conversation now. 187 00:10:08,174 --> 00:10:10,076 - Well you are here with us, why don't we have a conversation 188 00:10:10,076 --> 00:10:12,511 We can have a conversation to the side if you'd like to. 189 00:10:12,511 --> 00:10:13,512 Excuse me, I'm eating a mint. 190 00:10:13,512 --> 00:10:15,614 - Why do you need to hide it from the students 191 00:10:15,614 --> 00:10:17,049 that you're threatening with suspension? 192 00:10:17,817 --> 00:10:18,918 - This is not a threat. 193 00:10:19,251 --> 00:10:21,821 We're giving you a letter that's providing some information. 194 00:10:25,291 --> 00:10:27,159 - Grant, what does that say? 195 00:10:28,661 --> 00:10:29,695 - So basically... 196 00:10:29,695 --> 00:10:31,197 Here... you want to... 197 00:10:32,465 --> 00:10:34,533 Basically it's telling us to disperse. 198 00:10:34,533 --> 00:10:37,470 That we have an unauthorized encampment 199 00:10:37,470 --> 00:10:39,171 and disruption on Columbia's campus. 200 00:10:39,171 --> 00:10:41,374 So basically they're telling everybody that there's 201 00:10:41,374 --> 00:10:43,743 going to be an interim measure of suspending us. 202 00:10:43,743 --> 00:10:46,912 Now, they're accusing us of violating a policy 203 00:10:46,912 --> 00:10:50,082 for which the punishment is a written warning 204 00:10:50,082 --> 00:10:51,217 on your first offense. 205 00:10:51,217 --> 00:10:53,419 - All we are doing here is practicing our 206 00:10:53,419 --> 00:10:55,988 First Amendment right in what the university 207 00:10:55,988 --> 00:10:58,391 has designated "The protest zone" on campus. 208 00:10:58,491 --> 00:11:01,961 So the idea that any of us could be interim suspended, 209 00:11:01,961 --> 00:11:04,163 which requires a danger to the community, 210 00:11:04,163 --> 00:11:05,364 specifically in the code of conduct, 211 00:11:05,364 --> 00:11:08,467 a physical danger to the community, is absurd. 212 00:11:24,083 --> 00:11:25,818 [students jeering] 213 00:11:25,217 --> 00:11:26,419 People are singing songs and grieving and protesting 214 00:11:26,419 --> 00:11:26,485 because it's our loved ones in Palestine that are dying. 215 00:11:28,754 --> 00:11:30,623 - Rape is not resistance. 216 00:11:31,157 --> 00:11:32,825 Rape is not resistance. 217 00:11:32,825 --> 00:11:34,693 - Shame! 218 00:11:34,693 --> 00:11:36,695 - Rape is not resistance. 219 00:11:36,695 --> 00:11:38,664 - Free, free, free Palestine. 220 00:11:38,664 --> 00:11:41,233 - Free, free, free Palestine. 221 00:11:41,233 --> 00:11:43,402 - Rape is not resistance. 222 00:11:43,402 --> 00:11:45,704 - Free, free, free Palestine. 223 00:11:45,704 --> 00:11:47,373 - Rape is not resistance. 224 00:11:48,407 --> 00:11:49,542 - We're here for the Gazans, 225 00:11:49,542 --> 00:11:53,712 the Palestinians who are dying right now as we speak. 226 00:11:53,712 --> 00:11:55,247 Because Gaza is burning. 227 00:11:55,247 --> 00:11:57,550 And we hold the privilege in our hands. 228 00:11:57,550 --> 00:11:59,485 So don't forget it for a second. 229 00:11:59,485 --> 00:12:01,087 And don't let any of those people, 230 00:12:01,087 --> 00:12:02,988 don't let any of these administrators 231 00:12:02,988 --> 00:12:04,423 tell you otherwise. 232 00:12:04,423 --> 00:12:07,526 Don't let public safety or NYPD fear monger you 233 00:12:07,526 --> 00:12:09,495 or intimidate you or silence you. 234 00:12:09,495 --> 00:12:11,497 We will not be silenced! 235 00:12:25,411 --> 00:12:30,049 - Israel has destroyed every single university in Gaza. 236 00:12:31,650 --> 00:12:32,918 [explosion] 237 00:12:35,554 --> 00:12:36,889 [soldier yelling] 238 00:12:37,323 --> 00:12:39,091 [Israeli Soldier] People, get down. 239 00:12:39,158 --> 00:12:40,526 [soldier yelling] 240 00:12:47,433 --> 00:12:50,069 [Israeli Soldier] Happy Hanukkah to the State of Israel. 241 00:12:51,837 --> 00:12:53,472 [explosion] 242 00:13:01,347 --> 00:13:03,115 [distant explosions] 243 00:13:10,489 --> 00:13:12,791 - The most important weapon for any nation is its conscious, 244 00:13:12,791 --> 00:13:13,826 educated youth 245 00:13:14,160 --> 00:13:16,328 that will eventually build it. 246 00:13:16,662 --> 00:13:20,266 Israel targets schools and universities, 247 00:13:20,833 --> 00:13:24,336 cultural centers and institutions, 248 00:13:24,336 --> 00:13:26,372 theaters, and libraries. 249 00:13:26,839 --> 00:13:31,544 Because any nation's most important weapon is education. 250 00:13:34,346 --> 00:13:36,615 What Israel did to us since the 7th of October? 251 00:13:37,383 --> 00:13:38,784 Israel destroyed us. 252 00:13:40,486 --> 00:13:41,720 There is nothing left in Gaza. 253 00:13:48,661 --> 00:13:50,429 - The international court of justice 254 00:13:50,429 --> 00:13:53,165 accepted South Africa's claims 255 00:13:53,165 --> 00:13:55,334 that this was plausibly a genocide 256 00:13:55,334 --> 00:13:58,571 and ordered Israel to stop all genocidal acts. 257 00:13:58,571 --> 00:14:00,239 An order that it has destroyed. 258 00:14:00,406 --> 00:14:03,943 - No armed attack on a state territory, 259 00:14:04,376 --> 00:14:05,844 no matter how serious. 260 00:14:06,345 --> 00:14:08,847 Even an attack involving atrocity crimes 261 00:14:09,381 --> 00:14:13,953 can provide any justification for breaches to the Convention. 262 00:14:14,787 --> 00:14:18,891 Israel's response to the 7th of October 2023 attack 263 00:14:18,891 --> 00:14:20,459 has crossed this line. 264 00:14:21,327 --> 00:14:23,329 I think there are people in Israel 265 00:14:23,329 --> 00:14:25,664 for whom genocide is a plan. 266 00:14:25,831 --> 00:14:28,534 They think that if they inflict enough suffering 267 00:14:28,534 --> 00:14:31,136 on Palestinians in Gaza, enough death, 268 00:14:31,136 --> 00:14:34,340 that the Palestinians will leave and depart, 269 00:14:34,340 --> 00:14:37,276 and the land will be finally clear of them, 270 00:14:37,276 --> 00:14:39,178 and Israel can take it over. 271 00:14:40,512 --> 00:14:43,515 - We came here with one clear purpose. 272 00:14:43,515 --> 00:14:48,053 The purpose is to settle the entire Gaza Strip. 273 00:14:48,053 --> 00:14:49,822 - They don't care about their homes, 274 00:14:49,822 --> 00:14:52,091 They don't care about their deaths, 275 00:14:52,091 --> 00:14:54,593 they don't care about anything but the land. 276 00:14:54,593 --> 00:14:56,095 - I don't have mercy on these Gazans. 277 00:14:56,095 --> 00:14:58,163 I don't think that there is anyone in the state of Israel, 278 00:14:58,163 --> 00:14:59,164 in greater Israel, 279 00:14:59,164 --> 00:15:00,899 that should have mercy on these Gazans. 280 00:15:00,899 --> 00:15:03,002 not on the elderly, not on the young, 281 00:15:03,002 --> 00:15:04,670 and not on the children. 282 00:15:04,670 --> 00:15:06,739 - Gaza, Gaza, Gaza is a cemetery! 283 00:15:07,506 --> 00:15:09,174 There’s no school in Gaza, 284 00:15:09,174 --> 00:15:12,244 because there are no children left in Gaza! 285 00:15:22,454 --> 00:15:26,325 - Israel has traumatized us, forever. 286 00:15:40,739 --> 00:15:44,510 - If you can enter the camp, please join us. 287 00:15:46,512 --> 00:15:48,714 We need you to pull out your phone 288 00:15:49,114 --> 00:15:52,151 - We need you to pull out your phone. 289 00:15:52,151 --> 00:15:55,554 - And call every motherfucker on this campus. 290 00:15:55,554 --> 00:15:59,058 - And call every motherfucker on this campus! 291 00:16:05,931 --> 00:16:07,866 The NYPD... 292 00:16:07,866 --> 00:16:11,470 - Is right at the gates, - Is right at the gates, 293 00:16:11,470 --> 00:16:14,506 - in riot gear, - in riot gear, 294 00:16:14,506 --> 00:16:17,109 - trying to sweep the encampment. 295 00:16:17,109 --> 00:16:19,845 - Trying to sweep the encampment. 296 00:16:26,652 --> 00:16:30,789 - The entire encampment - The entire encampment 297 00:16:31,490 --> 00:16:35,494 - voted unanimously - voted unanimously 298 00:16:35,761 --> 00:16:39,798 - that we will not leave. - that we will not leave. 299 00:16:39,798 --> 00:16:43,168 - until we win - until we win 300 00:16:43,402 --> 00:16:47,172 - all of our demands. - all of our demands. 301 00:16:47,473 --> 00:16:49,375 [crowd cheering] 302 00:16:49,675 --> 00:16:51,377 - They want to wear us out. 303 00:16:51,377 --> 00:16:53,412 They want to depend on us going home. 304 00:16:53,412 --> 00:16:55,080 They want to depend on us giving up. 305 00:16:55,080 --> 00:16:57,015 But that will not happen! 306 00:16:57,349 --> 00:16:58,617 [crowd cheering] 307 00:16:58,917 --> 00:17:01,954 The only weapon they have is fear 308 00:17:01,954 --> 00:17:04,990 and when we call their motherfucking bluff, 309 00:17:04,990 --> 00:17:07,192 they have nothing! 310 00:17:07,493 --> 00:17:09,328 [crowd cheering] 311 00:17:11,163 --> 00:17:12,798 Hope is a discipline! 312 00:17:13,198 --> 00:17:16,201 Hope is our most powerful weapon. 313 00:17:16,502 --> 00:17:19,171 With Palestine in our hearts 314 00:17:19,171 --> 00:17:22,007 there is nothing that can stop us! 315 00:17:22,007 --> 00:17:23,275 For Gaza! 316 00:17:23,275 --> 00:17:24,343 For Palestine! 317 00:17:24,343 --> 00:17:25,544 With love! 318 00:17:25,878 --> 00:17:27,713 [crowd cheering] 319 00:17:38,724 --> 00:17:43,429 - This once prestigious university's reputation 320 00:17:43,429 --> 00:17:45,364 is just going down the toilet 321 00:17:45,631 --> 00:17:47,533 because of all of the... 322 00:17:47,800 --> 00:17:50,569 antisemitism that's flourishing on campus. 323 00:17:50,869 --> 00:17:52,571 - I think one of the excellent recommendations 324 00:17:52,571 --> 00:17:54,640 of our antisemitism task force 325 00:17:54,640 --> 00:17:56,909 is that they have said that... 326 00:17:57,676 --> 00:17:59,278 if you are going to chant, 327 00:17:59,278 --> 00:18:01,213 it should only be in a certain place, 328 00:18:01,213 --> 00:18:03,015 so people who don't want to hear it 329 00:18:03,015 --> 00:18:04,750 are protected from having to hear it. 330 00:18:05,217 --> 00:18:07,486 - When mobs or people are shouting, 331 00:18:07,486 --> 00:18:10,789 "From the river to the sea, Palestine must be free" 332 00:18:10,789 --> 00:18:13,192 or "Long live the Infintada [Intifada]", 333 00:18:13,192 --> 00:18:15,828 are those antisemitic statements? 334 00:18:15,828 --> 00:18:18,864 Yes or no? It's not how you feel, it's... 335 00:18:19,264 --> 00:18:21,567 - I hear them as such, some people don't. 336 00:18:21,900 --> 00:18:23,802 - We have sent a clear message... - So is that yes? 337 00:18:23,802 --> 00:18:24,903 So is that yes? 338 00:18:24,903 --> 00:18:28,006 That is antisemitic behavior, and you should be... 339 00:18:28,006 --> 00:18:30,576 There should be some consequences to 340 00:18:30,576 --> 00:18:32,411 that antisemitic behavior. 341 00:18:32,411 --> 00:18:34,046 We're in agreement, yes? 342 00:18:35,380 --> 00:18:36,448 - Yes. - Thank you. 343 00:18:36,448 --> 00:18:37,749 I yield my time. 344 00:18:38,417 --> 00:18:41,987 - We are prepared to bring you back 345 00:18:41,987 --> 00:18:46,325 if we don't see more tangible progress. 346 00:18:46,992 --> 00:18:48,994 [pensive music] ♪♪ 347 00:18:49,628 --> 00:18:51,196 [crowd jeering] 348 00:18:57,402 --> 00:19:02,808 - Disclose, divest, we will not stop we will not rest! 349 00:19:02,808 --> 00:19:05,611 Disclose, divest, we will not stop-- 350 00:19:05,611 --> 00:19:08,714 The people united will never be defeated! 351 00:19:08,847 --> 00:19:12,551 The people united will never be defeated! 352 00:19:14,953 --> 00:19:16,388 - Step outside. 353 00:19:17,823 --> 00:19:19,258 - Shame on you! 354 00:19:19,258 --> 00:19:20,692 Shame! 355 00:19:20,692 --> 00:19:22,628 Shame on you! 356 00:19:23,629 --> 00:19:25,464 [tense music] ♪♪ 357 00:19:32,004 --> 00:19:33,739 - Let them go. Let them go. 358 00:19:34,039 --> 00:19:35,207 Let them go. 359 00:19:39,912 --> 00:19:42,714 - Peter! Stay strong! Love you, Peter! 360 00:19:42,948 --> 00:19:45,551 Isabelle! Love you! 361 00:19:48,287 --> 00:19:50,789 - There was a lot of confusion in the moment. 362 00:19:50,956 --> 00:19:53,025 I didn't really know what to do 363 00:19:53,025 --> 00:19:55,460 except make sure that we had evidence. 364 00:19:56,461 --> 00:19:58,463 [crowd chanting] 365 00:20:01,033 --> 00:20:03,168 - Mic check. - Mic check. 366 00:20:03,402 --> 00:20:05,837 - They just arrested our first group. 367 00:20:06,071 --> 00:20:08,507 - They just arrested our first group. 368 00:20:08,507 --> 00:20:12,244 - We have countless people prepared to take their place 369 00:20:12,244 --> 00:20:13,879 in the encampment. 370 00:20:14,012 --> 00:20:16,715 - We have countless people prepared to take their place... 371 00:20:16,715 --> 00:20:18,650 - Taking the other lawn! 372 00:20:18,650 --> 00:20:20,452 Move! - Let's go. 373 00:20:20,452 --> 00:20:21,787 - Move! 374 00:20:22,621 --> 00:20:23,822 Let's go! 375 00:20:23,822 --> 00:20:25,891 Disclose, divest! 376 00:20:25,891 --> 00:20:28,427 We will not rest! We will not stop! 377 00:20:28,427 --> 00:20:29,995 Disclose, divest! 378 00:20:29,995 --> 00:20:32,297 - We will not stop. We will not rest. 379 00:20:32,297 --> 00:20:34,166 Disclose, divest! 380 00:20:36,635 --> 00:20:38,503 - Disclose, divest! 381 00:20:41,139 --> 00:20:42,407 Move! 382 00:20:42,841 --> 00:20:44,276 Move! 383 00:20:45,077 --> 00:20:46,278 Move! 384 00:20:49,548 --> 00:20:51,483 - We will not stop! We will not rest! 385 00:20:51,483 --> 00:20:53,085 Disclose, divest! 386 00:20:55,721 --> 00:20:57,289 Disclose, divest! 387 00:20:57,289 --> 00:20:59,558 We will not stop! We will not rest! 388 00:20:59,558 --> 00:21:01,193 Disclose, divest! 389 00:21:01,193 --> 00:21:03,161 We will not stop! We will not rest! 390 00:21:03,161 --> 00:21:04,830 Disclose, divest! 391 00:21:04,830 --> 00:21:07,099 We will not stop! We will not rest! 392 00:21:12,671 --> 00:21:14,339 Free, free Palestine! 393 00:21:16,341 --> 00:21:18,343 Free, free Palestine! 394 00:21:36,662 --> 00:21:39,264 - All of our main organizers had been arrested 395 00:21:39,264 --> 00:21:41,733 and there really wasn't enough people to fill in the space. 396 00:21:43,535 --> 00:21:45,504 - When the second encampment did begin, 397 00:21:45,504 --> 00:21:48,473 it began with community members who we didn't know 398 00:21:48,473 --> 00:21:50,275 and they didn't really know us very well. 399 00:21:55,614 --> 00:21:58,650 The presence of the community was really what allowed 400 00:21:58,650 --> 00:22:01,253 for the longevity of the encampment. 401 00:22:03,789 --> 00:22:08,460 - Divestment right now! - Divestment right now! 402 00:22:08,460 --> 00:22:10,796 - We want justice, you say how! 403 00:22:10,862 --> 00:22:13,331 - We want justice, you say how! 404 00:22:13,665 --> 00:22:16,234 - Disclose, divest! 405 00:22:16,234 --> 00:22:18,637 We will not stop! We will not rest! 406 00:22:18,637 --> 00:22:20,505 Disclose, divest! 407 00:22:20,872 --> 00:22:23,709 We will not stop! We will not rest! 408 00:22:23,709 --> 00:22:25,444 Disclose, divest! 409 00:22:25,744 --> 00:22:28,113 We will not stop! We will not rest! 410 00:22:28,113 --> 00:22:30,348 Disclose, divest! 411 00:22:30,749 --> 00:22:33,085 - I found myself in Palestine for some time 412 00:22:33,085 --> 00:22:35,821 and that led to, I think, my further politicization. 413 00:22:37,389 --> 00:22:40,025 I was all throughout the West Bank, 414 00:22:40,025 --> 00:22:42,427 so I was actually based in Al-Khalil, Hebron, 415 00:22:42,427 --> 00:22:45,630 but I had the opportunity to travel throughout Jerusalem, 416 00:22:45,630 --> 00:22:47,699 Jenin, Nablus. 417 00:22:48,633 --> 00:22:50,001 The thing that hurt me most 418 00:22:50,001 --> 00:22:52,504 was how constrained life is under occupation. 419 00:22:53,705 --> 00:22:55,207 The conditions of life 420 00:22:55,207 --> 00:22:58,677 create just perpetual squashing of people. 421 00:23:03,615 --> 00:23:07,219 I had friends who were born and raised in parts of Hebron 422 00:23:07,219 --> 00:23:09,087 that are currently occupied by settlers 423 00:23:09,087 --> 00:23:12,424 who have witnessed their closest family members being murdered. 424 00:23:13,125 --> 00:23:14,292 - [Israeli soldier] Who? Who? 425 00:23:14,793 --> 00:23:17,529 [Israeli soldier] Don't talk to me! 426 00:23:17,529 --> 00:23:18,764 [Israeli soldier] Move! Move! 427 00:23:19,097 --> 00:23:21,366 [Israeli soldier] Stop! Stop! I'll fuck you up! 428 00:23:22,968 --> 00:23:25,003 - Whose parents fear for them 429 00:23:25,003 --> 00:23:28,206 knowing that they're in vicinity to settlers. 430 00:23:30,942 --> 00:23:33,612 Who haven't been able to visit Jerusalem. 431 00:23:33,879 --> 00:23:35,714 Who haven't been able to see Al-Aqsa, 432 00:23:35,714 --> 00:23:38,416 which is so, so important to Palestinian people, 433 00:23:38,416 --> 00:23:40,752 despite the fact that tourists like myself 434 00:23:40,752 --> 00:23:42,754 can visit whenever we wish. 435 00:23:43,955 --> 00:23:46,491 I left with a lot of messages from friends 436 00:23:46,491 --> 00:23:50,428 that I had made in Palestine who asked to not be forgotten. 437 00:24:05,076 --> 00:24:08,446 - [Palestinian] Aren't you ashamed you criminals? 438 00:24:08,947 --> 00:24:10,115 Criminal soldiers. 439 00:24:11,983 --> 00:24:13,318 Aren't you ashamed? 440 00:24:16,054 --> 00:24:17,656 - [Israeli soldier] Get inside please, sweetie. 441 00:24:17,656 --> 00:24:18,824 Great, thanks. 442 00:24:19,491 --> 00:24:22,027 - [Palestinian] Aren't you ashamed? Aren't you ashamed? 443 00:24:31,136 --> 00:24:33,538 - We have tried to come to a middle ground 444 00:24:33,538 --> 00:24:35,473 with the administration 445 00:24:35,473 --> 00:24:38,243 to protect the safety of the students, 446 00:24:38,243 --> 00:24:42,447 to prevent the NYPD from coming onto campus, 447 00:24:42,447 --> 00:24:44,816 yet the university refused to do that. 448 00:24:49,955 --> 00:24:51,756 [distant cheering] 449 00:24:52,891 --> 00:24:54,326 - We were in One Police Plaza, 450 00:24:54,326 --> 00:24:56,027 which is where they put all the people arrested 451 00:24:56,027 --> 00:24:57,863 for protest violations. 452 00:24:58,697 --> 00:25:00,365 [crowd cheering] 453 00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:04,402 There was all these reporters swarming around. 454 00:25:04,402 --> 00:25:06,471 We were like, wow, well hey, we did the thing, 455 00:25:06,471 --> 00:25:08,073 we got a great image. 456 00:25:08,073 --> 00:25:09,941 This was a really powerful protest. 457 00:25:09,941 --> 00:25:13,578 And I remember my arresting officer came out, 458 00:25:13,578 --> 00:25:15,580 he was like, you know, "Free my man, free my man." 459 00:25:15,580 --> 00:25:17,382 It's like, you're a police officer, you can't say 460 00:25:17,382 --> 00:25:19,551 "Free my man" if you're the person who arrested me. 461 00:25:19,551 --> 00:25:22,254 But he's like, "Hey, you did a good thing, young man, 462 00:25:22,254 --> 00:25:23,421 like, you're famous now." 463 00:25:23,421 --> 00:25:25,223 I had no idea what this guy was talking about. 464 00:25:25,223 --> 00:25:26,758 I was like, was this big news? 465 00:25:26,758 --> 00:25:28,593 Did something big happen? 466 00:25:28,593 --> 00:25:31,596 - Pro-Palestinian protests are spreading at college campuses 467 00:25:31,596 --> 00:25:33,865 in the United States and around the globe. 468 00:25:34,199 --> 00:25:36,735 - I was seeing all these other encampments 469 00:25:36,735 --> 00:25:39,337 just popping off around the country. 470 00:25:40,071 --> 00:25:43,675 I felt tremendously proud, but also quite anxious 471 00:25:43,675 --> 00:25:46,077 that we had been given this very historical task 472 00:25:46,077 --> 00:25:49,014 to try to advance the struggle in some small way, 473 00:25:49,014 --> 00:25:50,548 but significant way. 474 00:25:52,284 --> 00:25:54,052 When we were all in jail, 475 00:25:54,052 --> 00:25:57,789 I don't think any of us really could have imagined the scope. 476 00:25:58,924 --> 00:25:59,991 - People really wanted to know, like, 477 00:25:59,991 --> 00:26:01,293 how they could get things up and running, 478 00:26:01,293 --> 00:26:03,094 and how they could start an encampment. 479 00:26:03,495 --> 00:26:06,431 - It resonated a lot with the students 480 00:26:06,431 --> 00:26:08,633 because I think it gave them 481 00:26:08,633 --> 00:26:11,836 a really concrete and direct way to place pressure 482 00:26:11,836 --> 00:26:14,406 in order to advance the Palestinian struggle. 483 00:26:15,373 --> 00:26:17,275 The student movement really breathed life back 484 00:26:17,275 --> 00:26:19,577 into the larger movement for Palestine. 485 00:26:19,878 --> 00:26:23,348 - The student intifada continues! 486 00:26:23,348 --> 00:26:24,983 We are undeterred! 487 00:26:24,983 --> 00:26:27,953 We do everything we do for Palestine 488 00:26:27,953 --> 00:26:29,788 with Gaza at the heart! 489 00:26:30,121 --> 00:26:31,489 [crowd cheering] 490 00:26:31,756 --> 00:26:35,260 - After six months of mass protests and organizing, 491 00:26:35,260 --> 00:26:36,995 it was this encampment at Columbia 492 00:26:36,995 --> 00:26:38,663 that changed the whole terrain. 493 00:26:38,663 --> 00:26:41,132 I think that is for several reasons. 494 00:26:41,132 --> 00:26:43,168 The media loves talking about campuses. 495 00:26:43,168 --> 00:26:46,471 How could students at an Ivy League college 496 00:26:46,471 --> 00:26:48,139 be arrested on their own campus? 497 00:26:48,139 --> 00:26:51,910 On the other side, their parents work in CNN or work at Fox News 498 00:26:51,910 --> 00:26:54,079 or work at the U .N. or the State Department. 499 00:26:54,579 --> 00:26:56,047 This is the future generation, 500 00:26:56,047 --> 00:26:58,216 and the future generation is risking 501 00:26:58,216 --> 00:27:01,886 arrest, suspension, expulsion for Palestine. 502 00:27:02,387 --> 00:27:05,123 They were terrified about what these encampments 503 00:27:05,123 --> 00:27:07,525 represented for the future of this country. 504 00:27:07,525 --> 00:27:11,363 - This is virtue signaling for white, woke kids 505 00:27:11,363 --> 00:27:13,631 that have no idea what they're talking about. 506 00:27:13,631 --> 00:27:16,634 - Young people are being influenced by those who 507 00:27:16,634 --> 00:27:19,371 are professional at radicalizing our children. 508 00:27:19,371 --> 00:27:22,207 - People that are aggressive, that are spewing hate. 509 00:27:22,207 --> 00:27:25,377 - It is raw hatred towards Jews. 510 00:27:25,710 --> 00:27:28,680 - Antisemitic mobs have taken over leading universities. 511 00:27:28,880 --> 00:27:30,415 This is reminiscent of what happened in 512 00:27:30,415 --> 00:27:32,484 German universities in the 1930's. 513 00:27:32,484 --> 00:27:34,486 - We are not an authoritarian nation 514 00:27:34,486 --> 00:27:36,588 where we silence people or squash dissent 515 00:27:36,721 --> 00:27:38,556 but order must prevail. 516 00:27:38,556 --> 00:27:41,092 - Those individuals need to be deported immediately. 517 00:27:41,092 --> 00:27:43,161 - There is an appropriate time for the National Guard. 518 00:27:43,161 --> 00:27:45,797 - This may be Bidden's Vietnam. 519 00:27:45,797 --> 00:27:47,665 - But the sad part about it is, 520 00:27:47,665 --> 00:27:51,503 if the numbers are changing, they're having an impact. 521 00:28:02,847 --> 00:28:05,583 - Bravery is very contagious. 522 00:28:06,584 --> 00:28:08,420 We kind of watched Columbia in awe. 523 00:28:08,486 --> 00:28:10,221 And we knew we were next. 524 00:28:11,256 --> 00:28:13,491 [students chanting] 525 00:28:17,462 --> 00:28:19,664 - No one expected it to be as big as it was. 526 00:28:20,031 --> 00:28:21,599 And it got big fast. 527 00:28:23,902 --> 00:28:26,838 The sheer joy of community that I felt. 528 00:28:27,172 --> 00:28:30,608 For the first time since October 7th, I felt so happy. 529 00:28:32,010 --> 00:28:34,245 Knowing that Columbia is in an encampment, 530 00:28:34,245 --> 00:28:36,081 and Georgia State is in an encampment, 531 00:28:36,081 --> 00:28:37,682 and San Diego State is an encampment. 532 00:28:37,682 --> 00:28:40,652 And feeling that every university came together 533 00:28:40,652 --> 00:28:42,420 to say this is wrong, 534 00:28:42,420 --> 00:28:44,155 and we're going to sit here until it's fixed. 535 00:28:48,793 --> 00:28:51,029 I remember feeling very happy to see that... 536 00:28:51,029 --> 00:28:54,966 a lot of the students were not Palestinian. 537 00:28:54,966 --> 00:28:56,234 And it was very inspiring. 538 00:28:56,234 --> 00:28:58,803 It kind of gave me the kick that I needed to keep going. 539 00:28:58,970 --> 00:29:01,473 To see how many people in there were saying, 540 00:29:01,473 --> 00:29:04,075 "I just learned about this, I'm sorry, but I'm here." 541 00:29:04,075 --> 00:29:05,076 There is hope. 542 00:29:11,516 --> 00:29:13,751 [crowd chanting] 543 00:29:16,754 --> 00:29:21,326 - We got Yale holding it down right now, on live! 544 00:29:21,759 --> 00:29:23,128 Make some noise! 545 00:29:23,495 --> 00:29:24,963 [crowd cheering] 546 00:29:26,197 --> 00:29:28,433 And as they continue their encampment, 547 00:29:28,433 --> 00:29:30,201 we will continue as well. 548 00:29:30,201 --> 00:29:31,536 So be loud! 549 00:29:31,536 --> 00:29:33,538 - All can be louder, let's go! 550 00:29:33,872 --> 00:29:35,573 - Disclose, divest! 551 00:29:35,840 --> 00:29:38,243 We will not stop! We will not rest! 552 00:29:38,243 --> 00:29:40,512 Disclose, divest! 553 00:29:40,512 --> 00:29:42,914 We will not stop! We will not rest! 554 00:29:42,914 --> 00:29:45,049 Disclose, divest! 555 00:29:45,049 --> 00:29:47,051 We will not stop! We will not rest... 556 00:29:48,086 --> 00:29:49,954 [drumming] 557 00:29:56,995 --> 00:29:57,695 - I don't-- 558 00:29:57,695 --> 00:29:58,663 How are you saying something, 559 00:29:58,663 --> 00:30:00,365 and then you do something different? 560 00:30:01,633 --> 00:30:02,901 There you go. 561 00:30:02,901 --> 00:30:04,135 - Yeah that’s what I just did. - No that’s not what you did. 562 00:30:04,135 --> 00:30:06,070 - Oh, ok stop, I did it too fast. 563 00:30:09,407 --> 00:30:11,509 [singing] 564 00:30:49,614 --> 00:30:51,015 - There was a proposal made 565 00:30:51,015 --> 00:30:54,619 that the negotiation be shared at assembly every day. 566 00:30:54,619 --> 00:30:56,588 Raise your hand if you are in favor of that. 567 00:30:58,289 --> 00:31:00,124 Beautiful, so we will be doing that going forward. 568 00:31:00,124 --> 00:31:01,025 Thank you. 569 00:31:02,961 --> 00:31:03,995 - Sueda and I, 570 00:31:03,995 --> 00:31:08,199 every day we spend hours with the administration 571 00:31:08,199 --> 00:31:10,335 negotiating on your behalf. 572 00:31:10,335 --> 00:31:11,869 To get our demands. 573 00:31:12,003 --> 00:31:13,905 [crowd cheering] 574 00:31:15,840 --> 00:31:19,244 I was approached the night of the encampment 575 00:31:19,244 --> 00:31:22,013 that I would be the person communicating 576 00:31:22,013 --> 00:31:24,215 with the administration. 577 00:31:25,083 --> 00:31:28,219 The organizers trusted me, given my background, 578 00:31:28,219 --> 00:31:30,622 in terms of like working in diplomacy, 579 00:31:30,622 --> 00:31:33,157 either at the British Embassy or here at the UN. 580 00:31:33,992 --> 00:31:36,261 We discussed who's best to support me 581 00:31:36,261 --> 00:31:39,497 and we felt that Sueda is the perfect person. 582 00:31:39,497 --> 00:31:43,701 - The university wanted to shut down the encampment 583 00:31:43,701 --> 00:31:45,303 in any way that it could. 584 00:31:45,803 --> 00:31:47,005 When it first started they were like, 585 00:31:47,005 --> 00:31:48,473 let's not let them bring in water. 586 00:31:48,473 --> 00:31:50,008 Let's shut down all of the gates. 587 00:31:50,008 --> 00:31:51,409 Let's not let them bring in tents. 588 00:31:51,409 --> 00:31:53,077 Let's not let them bring in blankets. 589 00:31:53,077 --> 00:31:54,779 Because it was cold, it was freezing. 590 00:31:55,780 --> 00:31:58,616 - They underestimated the will of the students. 591 00:31:59,417 --> 00:32:02,220 They literally like feel that these are just kids. 592 00:32:03,121 --> 00:32:05,423 Through my conversation I just felt how much 593 00:32:05,423 --> 00:32:08,426 the university is detached from reality. 594 00:32:08,826 --> 00:32:10,295 What university in the world 595 00:32:10,295 --> 00:32:12,196 want to invest in weapon manufacturers? 596 00:32:12,196 --> 00:32:14,966 Why would you do that? You're concerned with education. 597 00:32:15,400 --> 00:32:18,236 Like we're literally giving you back the university 598 00:32:18,236 --> 00:32:20,672 to be a moral university. 599 00:32:21,572 --> 00:32:24,375 Every time in the negotiations when we told them that, 600 00:32:24,575 --> 00:32:25,877 they would say like, 601 00:32:25,877 --> 00:32:28,279 "Oh, you're overestimating your power or your influence." 602 00:32:28,279 --> 00:32:30,181 But then after the fourth day... 603 00:32:30,281 --> 00:32:31,916 they were just like so silent. 604 00:32:31,916 --> 00:32:34,552 Because clearly it's a global movement. 605 00:32:34,752 --> 00:32:37,422 I remember like telling him like at this point 606 00:32:37,422 --> 00:32:40,491 there are 60 universities setting up encampments 607 00:32:40,491 --> 00:32:41,959 across the United States. 608 00:32:41,959 --> 00:32:44,295 They're just like waiting to hear 609 00:32:44,295 --> 00:32:46,297 what would happen at Columbia. 610 00:32:48,866 --> 00:32:50,835 They were like, this is our deal. 611 00:32:50,835 --> 00:32:52,236 You have until 12 a.m. 612 00:32:52,236 --> 00:32:54,339 If you don't take the deal, the National Guard 613 00:32:54,339 --> 00:32:56,140 or the police would come in. 614 00:32:57,208 --> 00:32:59,010 We left the negotiations. 615 00:33:00,378 --> 00:33:02,714 We were like just managing what we want to do. 616 00:33:04,282 --> 00:33:07,051 I verified with a couple of congress people 617 00:33:07,051 --> 00:33:08,953 and they said it's an empty threat. 618 00:33:08,953 --> 00:33:10,054 We called the governor. 619 00:33:10,054 --> 00:33:12,223 The governor said there's no intention 620 00:33:12,223 --> 00:33:14,492 of sending any National Guard. 621 00:33:14,759 --> 00:33:16,127 We called their bluff. 622 00:33:17,261 --> 00:33:19,030 - Not at any moment 623 00:33:19,030 --> 00:33:21,532 we are trusting the administration 624 00:33:21,532 --> 00:33:24,969 even when they are conceding to our demands. 625 00:33:25,403 --> 00:33:27,305 [crowd cheering] 626 00:33:29,474 --> 00:33:31,743 [students chanting] 627 00:33:35,580 --> 00:33:37,915 - Get in the pen or you're gonna get arrested. 628 00:33:38,282 --> 00:33:40,385 You're blocking the... 629 00:33:41,552 --> 00:33:43,287 - NYPD, we know you! 630 00:33:43,488 --> 00:33:45,423 - NYPD, we know you! 631 00:33:45,423 --> 00:33:47,525 - You're Israeli-trained, too! 632 00:33:47,525 --> 00:33:49,627 - You're Israeli-trained, too! - Let's keep it up! 633 00:33:49,627 --> 00:33:51,162 They can't stop us! 634 00:33:51,162 --> 00:33:53,197 We're here for the students! Let's go! 635 00:33:54,532 --> 00:33:56,801 - In the first few days of the Columbia encampment, 636 00:33:56,801 --> 00:33:58,202 I think I was outside there 637 00:33:58,202 --> 00:34:00,238 maybe 20 out of 24 hours a day, 638 00:34:00,238 --> 00:34:02,707 keeping up the chanting, keeping up the energy, 639 00:34:02,707 --> 00:34:05,777 so that the students would always feel our presence 640 00:34:05,777 --> 00:34:07,512 and always feel strengthened by it. 641 00:34:09,247 --> 00:34:10,848 What happens on the campuses? 642 00:34:11,182 --> 00:34:12,884 - What happens on the campuses? 643 00:34:12,884 --> 00:34:15,119 - Is visible to the entire world! 644 00:34:15,119 --> 00:34:17,155 - Is visible to the entire world! 645 00:34:17,155 --> 00:34:18,756 - So let's raise our voices! 646 00:34:18,756 --> 00:34:19,991 - So let's raise our voices! 647 00:34:20,291 --> 00:34:21,692 - Keep our spirits high! 648 00:34:21,692 --> 00:34:23,127 - Keep our spirits high! 649 00:34:23,127 --> 00:34:25,163 - And chant for a free Palestine! 650 00:34:25,163 --> 00:34:27,632 - And chant for a free Palestine! 651 00:34:28,366 --> 00:34:30,334 [chanting continues] 652 00:34:33,805 --> 00:34:37,041 - So thank you all for being here with us! 653 00:34:37,508 --> 00:34:39,377 Standing strong with us! 654 00:34:39,377 --> 00:34:40,878 Chanting with us! 655 00:34:40,878 --> 00:34:42,780 Demanding divestment with us! 656 00:34:42,780 --> 00:34:44,949 Demanding amnesty with us! 657 00:34:44,949 --> 00:34:47,885 Demanding freedom for Palestine with us! 658 00:34:50,721 --> 00:34:52,990 - There were all-day, all-night rallies 659 00:34:52,990 --> 00:34:54,592 outside the gates of Columbia 660 00:34:54,592 --> 00:34:57,028 making sure the encampments exist for longer, 661 00:34:57,028 --> 00:34:59,530 that they could reach more of their political demands, 662 00:34:59,697 --> 00:35:01,666 and it helped get food into the encampment, 663 00:35:01,666 --> 00:35:03,634 it helped get supplies into the encampment, 664 00:35:03,634 --> 00:35:07,371 but most importantly, it amplified what was happening. 665 00:35:07,738 --> 00:35:10,141 In many ways also sent a message to the students. 666 00:35:10,141 --> 00:35:12,710 You're not alone, the movement is not going to abandon you. 667 00:35:12,710 --> 00:35:15,012 - Shut it down! Shut it down! 668 00:35:15,112 --> 00:35:18,049 Shut it down! Shut it down! 669 00:35:18,182 --> 00:35:20,651 Shut it down! Shut it down! 670 00:35:20,952 --> 00:35:23,721 Shut it down! Shut it down! 671 00:35:29,260 --> 00:35:30,528 - When the first arrests were made, 672 00:35:30,528 --> 00:35:32,763 me and my friends came to the second encampment 673 00:35:32,763 --> 00:35:33,831 that was set up, 674 00:35:33,831 --> 00:35:35,366 after running a picket around 675 00:35:35,366 --> 00:35:37,068 the students who started to first collect 676 00:35:37,068 --> 00:35:38,903 and when it was time to go to sleep that night, 677 00:35:38,903 --> 00:35:41,372 I found myself feeling so anxious 678 00:35:41,372 --> 00:35:42,406 and unable to rest, 679 00:35:42,406 --> 00:35:44,575 knowing that there was work to be done, I guess, 680 00:35:44,575 --> 00:35:46,844 and so I came to the supply tarp 681 00:35:46,844 --> 00:35:48,846 and have basically been working there ever since. 682 00:35:49,614 --> 00:35:51,282 Alumni have donated so much. 683 00:35:51,282 --> 00:35:53,251 Restaurants in the area have donated so much, 684 00:35:53,251 --> 00:35:55,152 to the point where we have an abundance of food and 685 00:35:55,152 --> 00:35:57,588 supplies that we are redirecting to organizations in Harlem 686 00:35:57,588 --> 00:35:59,757 and also other encampments in New York. 687 00:36:07,431 --> 00:36:09,834 [woman singing] 688 00:36:34,025 --> 00:36:36,193 Roti roll, these ones are chicken makhani. 689 00:36:36,193 --> 00:36:37,528 Do you eat chicken? 690 00:36:37,528 --> 00:36:38,863 - I do, maybe I'll come back. 691 00:36:38,863 --> 00:36:39,964 - Yeah, come back. 692 00:36:45,002 --> 00:36:47,238 ♪♪ 693 00:36:53,544 --> 00:36:54,779 - Mic check! 694 00:36:54,779 --> 00:36:55,713 - Mic check! 695 00:36:55,713 --> 00:36:58,182 - If everyone could please gather around 696 00:36:58,182 --> 00:37:01,652 for today's updates coming out of Gaza. 697 00:37:02,053 --> 00:37:05,623 The civil defense announces that the number of recovered bodies 698 00:37:05,623 --> 00:37:08,426 at Nasser Hospital as mass graves as a result 699 00:37:08,426 --> 00:37:11,162 of the barbaric Zionist siege on the hospital 700 00:37:11,162 --> 00:37:14,165 and indiscriminate killing of men and women and children 701 00:37:14,165 --> 00:37:18,069 has risen to 342 martyrs just today. 702 00:37:18,169 --> 00:37:20,738 A community member here who's already lost tens 703 00:37:20,738 --> 00:37:23,407 of family members in Gaza 704 00:37:23,407 --> 00:37:26,911 lost another one last night to the most recent air strike. 705 00:37:27,411 --> 00:37:29,614 So I just want to remind everyone 706 00:37:29,614 --> 00:37:31,182 that what's happening in Gaza 707 00:37:31,182 --> 00:37:33,618 is not far removed from us whatsoever. 708 00:37:35,252 --> 00:37:37,722 - I was born and raised in... 709 00:37:37,722 --> 00:37:41,759 a Palestinian refugee camp in southern Damascus in Syria. 710 00:37:46,597 --> 00:37:50,401 My family's history in Palestine actually goes back to... 711 00:37:51,035 --> 00:37:54,672 as long as my grandparent could trace it. 712 00:37:57,541 --> 00:38:01,212 They lived in a very small village right next to Tiberias. 713 00:38:03,414 --> 00:38:05,349 Mostly they were farmers. 714 00:38:06,617 --> 00:38:07,785 My grandmother, 715 00:38:07,785 --> 00:38:10,154 she used to tell us that she had Jewish neighbors. 716 00:38:11,055 --> 00:38:14,592 They would share a piece of land where they would farm it. 717 00:38:15,793 --> 00:38:18,963 Tiberias was one of the first cities 718 00:38:18,963 --> 00:38:23,567 that the Zionists targeted in 1948 with ethnic cleansing. 719 00:38:33,878 --> 00:38:35,780 In April 1948, 720 00:38:35,780 --> 00:38:37,348 a month before the Nakba, 721 00:38:37,348 --> 00:38:41,385 the Zionist militias, they burned one of their villages. 722 00:38:44,088 --> 00:38:45,723 When they heard the news about it, 723 00:38:45,723 --> 00:38:48,259 they had to leave immediately. 724 00:38:48,526 --> 00:38:50,528 Some of the men went to fight. 725 00:38:51,262 --> 00:38:54,031 Big families, they had to go to Syria. 726 00:38:55,866 --> 00:38:59,136 My grandmother, she was pregnant at that time. 727 00:39:00,571 --> 00:39:02,373 She had to walk 40 miles. 728 00:39:03,874 --> 00:39:05,776 She gave birth on the way. 729 00:39:10,214 --> 00:39:12,450 When they arrived in the refugee camp, 730 00:39:12,450 --> 00:39:14,652 they thought it's just a matter of days 731 00:39:14,652 --> 00:39:16,153 until they would go back. 732 00:39:16,420 --> 00:39:18,255 They did not want to be killed 733 00:39:18,456 --> 00:39:20,591 because they heard about the horror stories 734 00:39:20,591 --> 00:39:21,992 across Tiberias. 735 00:39:24,462 --> 00:39:26,464 My dad was born in a tent. 736 00:39:26,797 --> 00:39:30,901 His family lived in that tent until like mid-70s 737 00:39:30,901 --> 00:39:34,638 when they upgraded to small structures. 738 00:39:36,006 --> 00:39:37,174 In the 90s, 739 00:39:37,174 --> 00:39:40,244 they finally kind of like had concrete buildings. 740 00:39:41,712 --> 00:39:44,415 To us, it was always a temporary home 741 00:39:44,415 --> 00:39:46,250 until we go back to Palestine. 742 00:39:47,084 --> 00:39:49,553 That's why very few families 743 00:39:49,553 --> 00:39:51,956 actually invested in their houses. 744 00:39:52,223 --> 00:39:54,458 Not necessarily because they don't have the means, 745 00:39:54,458 --> 00:39:56,827 but because investing more in these houses 746 00:39:56,827 --> 00:39:59,697 means that they may forget Palestine. 747 00:40:01,165 --> 00:40:04,001 My parents, they've never been to Palestine. 748 00:40:04,001 --> 00:40:05,002 They live in Germany. 749 00:40:05,002 --> 00:40:06,670 They are trying to learn the language 750 00:40:06,670 --> 00:40:10,407 just to get the citizenship so they can go visit Palestine. 751 00:40:10,407 --> 00:40:12,343 And it's kind of like heartbreaking 752 00:40:12,343 --> 00:40:13,944 because like my dad, you know, 753 00:40:13,944 --> 00:40:16,413 barely can read Arabic to study German. 754 00:40:34,431 --> 00:40:37,334 - The Zionists were coming to the encampment and saying, 755 00:40:37,468 --> 00:40:39,303 I'm going to come in and rape the women in there. 756 00:40:39,303 --> 00:40:40,571 I'm going to rape you. 757 00:40:42,206 --> 00:40:43,541 - I hope they rape you. 758 00:40:43,808 --> 00:40:45,209 - I hope they rape you. 759 00:40:47,378 --> 00:40:49,046 [crowd chanting] 760 00:40:51,248 --> 00:40:52,383 - They would come, 761 00:40:52,383 --> 00:40:54,585 and they would scream, like, you're all terrorists. 762 00:40:55,085 --> 00:40:56,821 They would throw things into the encampment. 763 00:40:58,222 --> 00:40:59,490 - I know. I know. 764 00:40:59,824 --> 00:41:01,425 You're fucking baby killers. 765 00:41:01,425 --> 00:41:03,160 - Do some shit! What's up! What's up! 766 00:41:03,160 --> 00:41:05,162 Bitch-ass motherfucker! 767 00:41:08,833 --> 00:41:10,301 - I'm a reporter. - Have you been to Gaza? 768 00:41:10,301 --> 00:41:11,836 - Do you speak Arabic? - Have you been to Gaza? 769 00:41:11,836 --> 00:41:12,903 - Send him there. 770 00:41:12,903 --> 00:41:14,004 - What language do you speak? 771 00:41:14,004 --> 00:41:15,573 Where are you from? Where's your ancestors from? 772 00:41:15,840 --> 00:41:17,541 - I'm a reporter. - Why are you even here? 773 00:41:17,875 --> 00:41:19,009 You're just another dummy, right? 774 00:41:19,009 --> 00:41:20,377 Another stupid guy. 775 00:41:21,412 --> 00:41:24,048 - And nothing, not a peep from our administration 776 00:41:24,048 --> 00:41:25,983 about our safety and our protection. 777 00:41:25,983 --> 00:41:26,917 - Get out of here. 778 00:41:27,251 --> 00:41:28,986 - Get out of here. - This is a terrorist. 779 00:41:29,320 --> 00:41:30,588 This is a terrorist. 780 00:41:30,888 --> 00:41:31,889 Fuck you. 781 00:41:32,122 --> 00:41:33,791 - The Zionists came with weapons. 782 00:41:34,091 --> 00:41:37,528 And that's when it became extremely scary. 783 00:41:37,528 --> 00:41:39,964 - Anger flared at the line of barricades 784 00:41:39,964 --> 00:41:42,099 that has been set up at the pro-Palestinian 785 00:41:42,099 --> 00:41:43,667 encampment on the campus. 786 00:41:45,002 --> 00:41:46,837 [men yelling] 787 00:41:50,040 --> 00:41:51,408 - Fuck you, old lady! 788 00:41:51,408 --> 00:41:52,576 Fuck you! 789 00:41:53,043 --> 00:41:54,745 - Fuck you old lady! - He’s got no chance! 790 00:41:57,615 --> 00:42:01,151 - Our dean watched as the Zionists came 791 00:42:01,151 --> 00:42:05,256 and beat up students from the balcony of Royce Hall. 792 00:42:05,990 --> 00:42:08,125 I had that same feeling I had 793 00:42:08,125 --> 00:42:11,028 when I was kicked off the bus in Palestine. 794 00:42:11,028 --> 00:42:12,830 No one is coming to save you. 795 00:42:12,830 --> 00:42:14,465 Not even the people who took an oath 796 00:42:14,465 --> 00:42:16,233 that they were going to come and save you. 797 00:42:16,734 --> 00:42:18,469 Free Palestine. 798 00:42:21,238 --> 00:42:22,306 - Watch out! Watch out! 799 00:42:22,473 --> 00:42:23,674 [explosion] 800 00:42:24,008 --> 00:42:25,843 [crowd screaming] 801 00:42:32,116 --> 00:42:35,452 - What gives you insight into what the universities were doing 802 00:42:35,452 --> 00:42:39,123 during these protests and specifically with Columbia? 803 00:42:39,623 --> 00:42:42,092 - Well, I worked in the top office there 804 00:42:42,092 --> 00:42:45,129 representing the communications from one of their schools. 805 00:42:45,129 --> 00:42:48,365 I was in this role when October 7th happened. 806 00:42:49,133 --> 00:42:50,701 In the early months of the crisis, 807 00:42:50,701 --> 00:42:54,705 I drafted communications that attempted to contextualize 808 00:42:54,705 --> 00:42:57,574 the Israeli-Palestine situation. 809 00:42:57,841 --> 00:42:59,877 I obviously wanted to acknowledge the tragedy 810 00:42:59,877 --> 00:43:02,179 of any Israelis who lost their lives on October 7th. 811 00:43:02,179 --> 00:43:04,548 But I also wanted to bring in the fact that 812 00:43:04,548 --> 00:43:06,750 a number of Palestinians had been killed 813 00:43:06,750 --> 00:43:07,985 at the hand of Israel 814 00:43:07,985 --> 00:43:10,154 in the months leading up to October 7th. 815 00:43:11,288 --> 00:43:13,991 I was told to take anything about 816 00:43:13,991 --> 00:43:16,794 previous Palestine struggles out of the communications. 817 00:43:17,294 --> 00:43:19,029 And for whatever reason, in the document, 818 00:43:19,029 --> 00:43:21,832 the word Palestine and Palestinian were struck out, 819 00:43:21,832 --> 00:43:23,667 but the word Hamas was kept. 820 00:43:23,667 --> 00:43:25,135 I asked for clarification from that 821 00:43:25,135 --> 00:43:27,004 and I was told that for the time being, 822 00:43:27,004 --> 00:43:28,372 we were going to stick to the word Hamas. 823 00:43:28,372 --> 00:43:30,808 We weren't going to use the word Palestine and Palestinian. 824 00:43:32,543 --> 00:43:35,379 I was approached on campus by several students. 825 00:43:35,679 --> 00:43:37,681 They were concerned that the deaths of Palestinians 826 00:43:37,681 --> 00:43:40,250 would be minimized, if not just completely ignored 827 00:43:40,250 --> 00:43:42,086 in the statements coming out from the school. 828 00:43:42,086 --> 00:43:44,221 And I asked them what they wanted me to do. 829 00:43:44,221 --> 00:43:45,556 And they said, could you just please 830 00:43:45,556 --> 00:43:47,791 start putting some numbers into these statements? 831 00:43:47,791 --> 00:43:49,493 You know, absolutely acknowledge 832 00:43:49,493 --> 00:43:51,161 the Israelis who have lost their lives. 833 00:43:51,295 --> 00:43:53,998 But also, could you please put in the number of 834 00:43:53,998 --> 00:43:56,367 Palestinians who lost their lives, just so people can see? 835 00:43:56,367 --> 00:43:57,668 I brought that back to my boss 836 00:43:57,668 --> 00:43:59,570 and what they said to me was this. 837 00:43:59,570 --> 00:44:00,971 "Who were these students?" 838 00:44:01,171 --> 00:44:02,506 And I said, well, I didn't get their names. 839 00:44:02,506 --> 00:44:03,674 And they said, no, no. Who were they? 840 00:44:03,674 --> 00:44:05,075 And I said, well, it was a couple of women 841 00:44:05,075 --> 00:44:06,110 and there was a man. 842 00:44:06,110 --> 00:44:07,578 They said, do I have to spell it out for you? 843 00:44:07,578 --> 00:44:08,946 What did they look like? 844 00:44:09,246 --> 00:44:10,681 What color was their skin? 845 00:44:10,681 --> 00:44:12,082 Were they wearing scarves? 846 00:44:13,083 --> 00:44:15,552 And I didn't feel comfortable answering that question. 847 00:44:15,552 --> 00:44:20,257 Then I was admonished and told to not fall into a, 848 00:44:20,257 --> 00:44:22,526 quote, skewed perspective 849 00:44:22,526 --> 00:44:25,596 that I would be getting from students throughout this crisis. 850 00:44:31,735 --> 00:44:32,669 - Just to make sure. 851 00:44:32,669 --> 00:44:34,071 Community guidelines, 852 00:44:34,071 --> 00:44:35,906 this is an anti-Zionist community building zone, 853 00:44:35,906 --> 00:44:39,109 no smoking, no drinking, no talking to cops, 854 00:44:39,109 --> 00:44:41,578 no engaging with counter protestors. 855 00:44:41,845 --> 00:44:43,547 - Got it, love it, thank you. 856 00:44:43,914 --> 00:44:44,948 - Hi, we're returning. 857 00:44:44,948 --> 00:44:46,483 - Okay, yeah, come on in. 858 00:44:47,117 --> 00:44:49,653 [Israeli music playing] ♪♪ 859 00:45:01,031 --> 00:45:03,233 - Israel was a very big part of our family. 860 00:45:04,668 --> 00:45:08,238 In my childhood I had this idea that 861 00:45:08,238 --> 00:45:10,741 in order for Jews to be safe, 862 00:45:10,741 --> 00:45:12,076 they had to have a state. 863 00:45:13,043 --> 00:45:14,378 As I was in college, 864 00:45:14,378 --> 00:45:17,548 one thing that everybody would say was Free Palestine, 865 00:45:17,548 --> 00:45:19,183 the Israeli settler state. 866 00:45:19,183 --> 00:45:21,552 And I'd be like, I don't really understand, like, 867 00:45:21,552 --> 00:45:24,755 why everybody is just erasing Jewish history 868 00:45:24,988 --> 00:45:27,224 and, like, needlessly attacking Jews. 869 00:45:28,459 --> 00:45:29,660 The more you learn about it, 870 00:45:29,660 --> 00:45:32,596 the more you learn that that's not actually the argument. 871 00:45:33,964 --> 00:45:35,999 The issue is not the existence of Jewish people 872 00:45:35,999 --> 00:45:37,734 in historic Palestine. 873 00:45:38,035 --> 00:45:40,237 It's the process of settler colonialism, 874 00:45:40,237 --> 00:45:41,805 and the displacement of the Palestinian people, 875 00:45:41,805 --> 00:45:43,540 the genocide of the Palestinian people. 876 00:45:44,942 --> 00:45:46,577 I started to really question. 877 00:45:46,844 --> 00:45:51,348 I was learning things which were not going to be very acceptable 878 00:45:51,348 --> 00:45:53,550 to large portions of my family. 879 00:45:53,884 --> 00:45:56,653 It almost feels like you are having to sort of reject 880 00:45:56,653 --> 00:45:58,288 a part of yourself. 881 00:45:59,389 --> 00:46:01,325 The more that I became sort of disillusioned 882 00:46:01,325 --> 00:46:02,759 with the project of Zionism, 883 00:46:02,759 --> 00:46:05,496 that happened at the moment where I sort of 884 00:46:05,496 --> 00:46:06,697 started to get into Jewish studies. 885 00:46:06,697 --> 00:46:08,866 Like, you know, I was teaching myself how to read Hebrew. 886 00:46:08,866 --> 00:46:10,367 I was doing, like, Torah study. 887 00:46:10,367 --> 00:46:12,302 It became really important to me that I 888 00:46:12,302 --> 00:46:15,873 actually do have, like, a positive connection to Judaism. 889 00:46:16,740 --> 00:46:19,009 - Joining us now, a lead negotiator 890 00:46:19,009 --> 00:46:21,845 for the student coalition at Columbia University, 891 00:46:21,845 --> 00:46:22,613 Mahmoud Khalil. 892 00:46:22,613 --> 00:46:24,414 Mahmoud, thank you so much 893 00:46:24,414 --> 00:46:25,849 for taking a few moments with us. 894 00:46:26,116 --> 00:46:28,585 Mahmoud, as you know, threats and fear of violence 895 00:46:28,585 --> 00:46:32,556 have driven many Jewish students from the campus at Columbia. 896 00:46:32,556 --> 00:46:35,092 What do you say to people who say the campus is now 897 00:46:35,092 --> 00:46:38,262 an unsafe place for Jewish students? 898 00:46:40,864 --> 00:46:44,134 - Once again, I would say that the liberation of Palestine 899 00:46:44,134 --> 00:46:45,502 and the Palestinians 900 00:46:45,502 --> 00:46:47,471 and the Jewish people are intertwined. 901 00:46:47,471 --> 00:46:48,805 They go hand in hand. 902 00:46:48,805 --> 00:46:51,575 Antisemitism and any other form of racism 903 00:46:51,575 --> 00:46:54,711 has no place on this campus and in this movement. 904 00:46:54,878 --> 00:46:58,549 It's completely farcical to imply that in any way, 905 00:46:58,549 --> 00:47:01,718 like, Jewish people were, you know, being persecuted 906 00:47:01,718 --> 00:47:03,554 or being driven off the encampment. 907 00:47:03,954 --> 00:47:06,156 We don't tolerate that. We're internationalists. 908 00:47:06,156 --> 00:47:08,959 We believe that this is a struggle that unites all people. 909 00:47:10,027 --> 00:47:13,297 - So when I watch these media reports of rampant antisemitism 910 00:47:13,297 --> 00:47:16,233 and I hear school officials give speeches 911 00:47:16,233 --> 00:47:17,534 or present statements on it, 912 00:47:17,534 --> 00:47:19,736 they're avoiding giving any example 913 00:47:19,736 --> 00:47:21,471 because I really feel like there's a dearth 914 00:47:21,471 --> 00:47:22,406 of these examples. 915 00:47:22,406 --> 00:47:24,041 I mean, they're there on the scene. 916 00:47:24,041 --> 00:47:25,175 They have cameras set up. 917 00:47:25,175 --> 00:47:27,211 They have reporters there 24/7. 918 00:47:27,511 --> 00:47:29,246 So where are the sound bites 919 00:47:29,246 --> 00:47:31,348 of the people saying the antisemitic things? 920 00:47:31,682 --> 00:47:34,117 - Today, Jewish students at Columbia University 921 00:47:34,117 --> 00:47:37,421 spoke out saying, that they feel unsafe. 922 00:47:37,421 --> 00:47:39,957 - I've seen them parrot foul antisemitic tropes. 923 00:47:39,957 --> 00:47:42,693 - There's a certain minority of students 924 00:47:42,693 --> 00:47:45,662 who feel threatened by the very presence 925 00:47:45,662 --> 00:47:48,799 of people who are advocating for stopping a genocide. 926 00:47:48,799 --> 00:47:51,501 And those people are listened to much, much more 927 00:47:51,501 --> 00:47:54,137 than the majority of the people 928 00:47:54,137 --> 00:47:57,641 who are advocating for cutting ties with the genocidal regime. 929 00:47:57,641 --> 00:48:01,078 - I have never felt more proud to be Jewish 930 00:48:01,078 --> 00:48:03,247 and more in line with the values 931 00:48:03,247 --> 00:48:06,483 of my faith than when I was being taken out 932 00:48:06,483 --> 00:48:10,554 of Columbia's lawns with my hands zip-tied behind my back 933 00:48:10,554 --> 00:48:15,158 in order to push our university to divest from genocide, 934 00:48:15,158 --> 00:48:18,328 apartheid, and occupation in Palestine. 935 00:48:18,495 --> 00:48:20,998 - I was actually assigned to investigate 936 00:48:20,998 --> 00:48:23,133 what were the antisemitic comments that were happening, 937 00:48:23,133 --> 00:48:25,002 what was antisemitism, how could we combat it, 938 00:48:25,002 --> 00:48:26,236 what's going to be our messaging? 939 00:48:26,536 --> 00:48:29,206 What I found is that these claims of antisemitism 940 00:48:29,206 --> 00:48:32,109 were really being driven by the pro-Israel student groups 941 00:48:32,109 --> 00:48:35,178 that were on campus or pro-Israel faculty. 942 00:48:36,546 --> 00:48:38,682 - Show your fucking face! 943 00:48:40,550 --> 00:48:43,253 - You are not New Yorkers. New York hates you. 944 00:48:43,253 --> 00:48:45,656 - Go to Gaza! See how that works out for you! 945 00:48:45,656 --> 00:48:47,391 - You are not Americans. 946 00:48:48,292 --> 00:48:49,626 Monsters. 947 00:48:50,861 --> 00:48:53,597 - What they were classifying as antisemitism 948 00:48:53,597 --> 00:48:56,466 was any criticism of Israel whatsoever. 949 00:48:56,466 --> 00:48:57,668 And we're going even further than that. 950 00:48:57,668 --> 00:49:01,405 I've read reports of people claiming antisemitism 951 00:49:01,405 --> 00:49:03,040 because they heard the word Palestine 952 00:49:03,040 --> 00:49:04,474 or the word Palestinian. 953 00:49:04,474 --> 00:49:08,011 Or that there was a Palestinian student enrolled in their class. 954 00:49:08,011 --> 00:49:11,014 They saw these things as hate crimes and hate speech. 955 00:49:11,248 --> 00:49:13,717 And they were cataloged as such by the schools. 956 00:49:13,984 --> 00:49:15,952 [helicopter whirring] 957 00:49:16,119 --> 00:49:17,988 [indistinct conversation] 958 00:49:23,994 --> 00:49:26,296 [crowd singing] 959 00:49:31,468 --> 00:49:32,636 - We are here. 960 00:49:32,636 --> 00:49:34,805 And if anyone here disagrees with me, you can tell me. 961 00:49:35,038 --> 00:49:37,541 But I think we are here because we are Jews. 962 00:49:37,541 --> 00:49:39,209 Not just because we happen to be. 963 00:49:39,209 --> 00:49:41,712 Because that is part of who we are. 964 00:49:41,945 --> 00:49:45,549 To fight for liberation of every human being. 965 00:49:45,549 --> 00:49:48,385 To know that every human being is a divine image. 966 00:49:48,552 --> 00:49:50,153 That is what we're doing right now. 967 00:49:50,153 --> 00:49:52,556 And we are separating ourselves 968 00:49:52,556 --> 00:49:55,959 from people who are somehow incapable of seeing that. 969 00:49:56,159 --> 00:49:59,429 We are fighting for the divine spark 970 00:49:59,429 --> 00:50:01,131 for the Tzelem Elohim in every person. 971 00:50:01,465 --> 00:50:02,933 You're all so amazing. 972 00:50:03,166 --> 00:50:05,068 And it's an honor to be here with you. 973 00:50:05,469 --> 00:50:07,571 - If you're familiar with the Havdalah service, 974 00:50:07,571 --> 00:50:09,339 please sing loudly and proudly. 975 00:50:09,339 --> 00:50:11,742 If you're not, please sing loudly and proudly. 976 00:50:13,076 --> 00:50:15,412 It's very Jewish to not know the words 977 00:50:15,412 --> 00:50:17,614 and not know everything, but you'll catch on. 978 00:50:17,781 --> 00:50:19,983 [crowd singing] 979 00:50:50,180 --> 00:50:51,715 - I'm so proud of you. 980 00:50:51,848 --> 00:50:53,150 - I'm so proud of you. 981 00:50:53,316 --> 00:50:54,751 Dude, your photos have been insane. 982 00:50:54,751 --> 00:50:56,319 - They're so good, Judy. 983 00:50:56,319 --> 00:50:57,754 - I'm been watching you. 984 00:50:59,389 --> 00:51:01,258 - Those of us who have been suspended, 985 00:51:01,258 --> 00:51:03,460 don't want to like, jeopardize ourselves more. 986 00:51:03,460 --> 00:51:05,862 But we also really want to be in community, so... 987 00:51:05,862 --> 00:51:08,098 We've been talking to legal about it. 988 00:51:08,365 --> 00:51:11,001 - I would get expelled to do Passover in the encampment. 989 00:51:11,001 --> 00:51:13,837 - There's a possibility of, like, a two seders situation. 990 00:51:16,706 --> 00:51:18,909 - Look, it’s been two days and we've taken five buildings. 991 00:51:18,909 --> 00:51:22,279 Hamilton, Low, Avery, Fayerweather, and Math. 992 00:51:22,846 --> 00:51:24,614 We've got the administration figured right, 993 00:51:24,614 --> 00:51:26,416 their up for calling the cops, 994 00:51:27,150 --> 00:51:28,952 and when they do, we wanna be here. 995 00:51:31,955 --> 00:51:33,423 - We're no longer asking, 996 00:51:33,890 --> 00:51:34,925 but demanding, 997 00:51:35,192 --> 00:51:36,660 an end to all affiliation 998 00:51:37,160 --> 00:51:37,761 and ties 999 00:51:38,328 --> 00:51:40,263 with the Institute for Defense Analysis. 1000 00:51:40,964 --> 00:51:42,833 That has resulted in the slaughter 1001 00:51:43,400 --> 00:51:44,301 and maiming 1002 00:51:44,568 --> 00:51:45,469 of thousands 1003 00:51:45,802 --> 00:51:47,704 of Vietnamese and Americans. 1004 00:51:48,738 --> 00:51:52,876 - In 68, the students at Columbia took over the campus, 1005 00:51:53,376 --> 00:51:56,580 mainly in protest of the war in Vietnam, 1006 00:51:56,580 --> 00:51:59,049 specifically for Columbia to divest. 1007 00:52:01,084 --> 00:52:03,487 - We can tell how much this university 1008 00:52:03,487 --> 00:52:05,989 is hooked into servicing the corporations 1009 00:52:05,989 --> 00:52:08,091 and hooked into servicing the war machine. 1010 00:52:10,594 --> 00:52:13,163 - The occupation of Hamilton Hall 1011 00:52:13,163 --> 00:52:14,998 was really led by black students. 1012 00:52:15,866 --> 00:52:18,168 - The Black students of Columbia University, 1013 00:52:18,401 --> 00:52:20,737 joined by a few members of the black community, 1014 00:52:20,737 --> 00:52:23,640 have been in Hamilton Hall for 56 hours. 1015 00:52:23,907 --> 00:52:25,575 Morale is high. 1016 00:52:31,214 --> 00:52:33,617 - Learning from the lessons of history, 1017 00:52:33,617 --> 00:52:34,918 from the civil rights movement, 1018 00:52:34,918 --> 00:52:36,987 from the women's suffrage movement, 1019 00:52:36,987 --> 00:52:38,154 from the labor movement, 1020 00:52:38,154 --> 00:52:39,723 from the abolitionist movement, 1021 00:52:39,723 --> 00:52:42,526 that you have to be willing to be beaten, 1022 00:52:42,526 --> 00:52:44,194 to be arrested, to be killed, 1023 00:52:44,194 --> 00:52:47,964 is what made those student protestors understand 1024 00:52:47,964 --> 00:52:50,133 that they were standing on the shoulders of history. 1025 00:52:50,500 --> 00:52:53,537 - I found a student who was dazed, 1026 00:52:53,537 --> 00:52:55,805 bleeding profusely from the forehead. 1027 00:52:55,805 --> 00:52:58,341 The police refused to let me pass. 1028 00:52:58,341 --> 00:53:00,243 I said this man is wounded, he needs help. 1029 00:53:00,243 --> 00:53:01,778 They said get out. 1030 00:53:03,947 --> 00:53:06,049 - The students were successful in changing 1031 00:53:06,049 --> 00:53:08,652 a lot of the culture at Columbia University. 1032 00:53:08,652 --> 00:53:11,388 Columbia did reexamine its position 1033 00:53:11,388 --> 00:53:13,456 on what was happening in the war in Vietnam. 1034 00:53:14,491 --> 00:53:17,027 This also led to 1035 00:53:17,027 --> 00:53:18,795 the New York City Police Department 1036 00:53:18,795 --> 00:53:20,330 ban on Columbia campus. 1037 00:53:22,666 --> 00:53:25,201 Columbia talks about how great that was. 1038 00:53:25,702 --> 00:53:27,537 How we were a place of critical thinking 1039 00:53:27,537 --> 00:53:28,405 and free thought. 1040 00:53:28,805 --> 00:53:30,974 How many leaders and scholars came out of 1041 00:53:30,974 --> 00:53:32,909 those encampments and those protests. 1042 00:53:33,209 --> 00:53:36,346 That they are themselves college professors 1043 00:53:36,346 --> 00:53:37,714 and doctors and lawyers. 1044 00:53:37,714 --> 00:53:41,484 They've revised it to say it was okay then, but not okay now. 1045 00:53:42,085 --> 00:53:44,254 [dramatic music] ♪♪ 1046 00:53:55,298 --> 00:53:58,368 - Can you talk about some of the risks that Palestinian students 1047 00:53:58,368 --> 00:54:01,237 and other international students take in speaking out 1048 00:54:01,237 --> 00:54:02,539 and being vocal on this? 1049 00:54:02,806 --> 00:54:05,075 - A lot of the Palestinian students here 1050 00:54:05,075 --> 00:54:06,743 they feel very uncomfortable 1051 00:54:06,743 --> 00:54:08,745 very very uncomfortable, participating 1052 00:54:08,745 --> 00:54:11,247 and protesting the genocide of their people. 1053 00:54:11,247 --> 00:54:13,817 That’s why we are very grateful for... 1054 00:54:13,817 --> 00:54:18,054 everyone on campus for protesting on our behalf. 1055 00:54:18,388 --> 00:54:20,724 - And what would happen to you if you were deported? 1056 00:54:22,492 --> 00:54:23,627 - I will live. 1057 00:54:23,860 --> 00:54:26,930 We will continue to live, the Palestinian people have been 1058 00:54:26,930 --> 00:54:30,066 under occupation, ethnic cleansing 1059 00:54:30,066 --> 00:54:32,068 and all sort of 1060 00:54:32,068 --> 00:54:34,371 of crimes since 1948 1061 00:54:34,371 --> 00:54:36,039 and we prevailed, 1062 00:54:36,039 --> 00:54:38,041 we will prevail no matter what will happen. 1063 00:54:40,176 --> 00:54:41,678 - The eyes of the nation 1064 00:54:41,678 --> 00:54:44,714 and the eyes of the globe are on Columbia. 1065 00:54:44,714 --> 00:54:46,583 We will not be giving in. 1066 00:54:46,583 --> 00:54:48,885 We will not give them what they want. 1067 00:54:49,152 --> 00:54:50,620 [crowd cheering] 1068 00:54:51,554 --> 00:54:53,256 - We shouldn't stop here. 1069 00:54:53,456 --> 00:54:56,092 Because the people in Gaza are under bombs, 1070 00:54:56,259 --> 00:54:58,995 and here we are under disciplinary charges. 1071 00:54:59,195 --> 00:55:00,830 [crowd clapping] 1072 00:55:01,931 --> 00:55:04,401 - We were attempting to bargain 1073 00:55:04,401 --> 00:55:06,069 with the university in good faith, 1074 00:55:06,069 --> 00:55:07,904 but they were stonewalling us. 1075 00:55:08,371 --> 00:55:10,640 - They were surveilling the negotiations, 1076 00:55:10,640 --> 00:55:13,443 though they begged us to keep things in confidence. 1077 00:55:14,110 --> 00:55:15,345 The administration, for example, 1078 00:55:15,345 --> 00:55:18,114 they sent in a man who was dressed as a janitor, 1079 00:55:18,114 --> 00:55:20,050 but he would just put bugs in the room. 1080 00:55:20,383 --> 00:55:23,486 I think part of that was to intimidate us 1081 00:55:23,486 --> 00:55:25,655 into thinking that you have to sign now. 1082 00:55:25,655 --> 00:55:27,891 You have to agree now, or else you get nothing. 1083 00:55:28,625 --> 00:55:30,960 They called in members of the faculty to come talk to us. 1084 00:55:30,960 --> 00:55:33,329 And there was a woman who began by saying, you know, 1085 00:55:33,329 --> 00:55:35,098 I'm Syrian, I understand, 1086 00:55:35,098 --> 00:55:36,633 I come from war. 1087 00:55:36,633 --> 00:55:38,201 You really have to ask yourself, 1088 00:55:38,201 --> 00:55:40,070 at which point are you doing this for yourself 1089 00:55:40,070 --> 00:55:41,337 and not for the people in Gaza? 1090 00:55:42,672 --> 00:55:44,841 They did read a best and final offer, 1091 00:55:44,841 --> 00:55:48,278 which was much worse than anything 1092 00:55:48,278 --> 00:55:50,413 that they had previously offered. 1093 00:55:51,047 --> 00:55:53,049 - They wanted to offer, you know, 1094 00:55:53,049 --> 00:55:56,152 financial transparency on direct investments, 1095 00:55:56,152 --> 00:55:58,822 which are a minority of total investments in Columbia. 1096 00:55:58,822 --> 00:56:01,624 - Academic freedom would be nothing more than a statement. 1097 00:56:01,624 --> 00:56:05,195 - They offered to divest from any company 1098 00:56:05,195 --> 00:56:07,030 that was found guilty 1099 00:56:07,030 --> 00:56:09,332 of committing human rights violations, 1100 00:56:09,332 --> 00:56:10,667 which sounds good, 1101 00:56:10,667 --> 00:56:15,705 but it would be a recommendation to a body which is non-binding. 1102 00:56:15,972 --> 00:56:18,007 And that non-binding recommendation 1103 00:56:18,007 --> 00:56:19,609 would then be deliberated upon 1104 00:56:19,609 --> 00:56:22,278 at which point that body would then deliver 1105 00:56:22,278 --> 00:56:24,614 a second non-binding recommendation. 1106 00:56:24,614 --> 00:56:28,418 So we're now two non-binding recommendations deep. 1107 00:56:28,418 --> 00:56:29,753 - They often told us that, 1108 00:56:29,753 --> 00:56:32,622 you know, you take a deal here, other universities are watching. 1109 00:56:32,622 --> 00:56:34,290 And that's why it was particularly important for us 1110 00:56:34,290 --> 00:56:35,692 that we not take a deal, 1111 00:56:35,692 --> 00:56:37,160 a shitty deal, an empty deal, 1112 00:56:37,160 --> 00:56:39,195 that was nothing more than statements 1113 00:56:39,195 --> 00:56:41,197 that we knew would never really yield a result. 1114 00:56:42,031 --> 00:56:44,400 The only portion of their proposal 1115 00:56:44,400 --> 00:56:45,735 that was giving us anything 1116 00:56:45,735 --> 00:56:49,005 were the resilience funds or the scholarships, 1117 00:56:49,005 --> 00:56:50,807 which are a slap in the face. 1118 00:56:51,941 --> 00:56:54,410 It's really an insult to everyone's intelligence 1119 00:56:54,410 --> 00:56:59,082 to suggest that a scholarship would be the remedy 1120 00:56:59,082 --> 00:57:00,583 for participating in a genocide. 1121 00:57:00,884 --> 00:57:03,720 If you were to ask a person in Gaza 1122 00:57:03,720 --> 00:57:07,090 who's surviving a genocide, would you rather the bombs stop? 1123 00:57:07,657 --> 00:57:09,692 Or would you rather I continue bombing you, 1124 00:57:09,692 --> 00:57:11,494 but you can also come to my school? 1125 00:57:13,029 --> 00:57:15,131 The mediators were trying to convince us 1126 00:57:15,131 --> 00:57:16,599 that we should take this deal. 1127 00:57:16,833 --> 00:57:19,068 But where it would place us is-- 1128 00:57:19,068 --> 00:57:20,470 we know that in a few months 1129 00:57:20,470 --> 00:57:22,238 it's not going to go through the Board of Trustees. 1130 00:57:22,238 --> 00:57:24,674 And then students are going to want to protest again. 1131 00:57:24,874 --> 00:57:26,943 But you made everybody sign an attestation form 1132 00:57:26,943 --> 00:57:28,678 as they were getting off the encampment. 1133 00:57:28,912 --> 00:57:31,581 So actually they can't protest without risking 1134 00:57:31,581 --> 00:57:33,449 further disciplinary sanctions 1135 00:57:33,449 --> 00:57:35,118 in a way that they hadn't before. 1136 00:57:35,118 --> 00:57:37,053 So you've closed off all routes to protest. 1137 00:57:37,053 --> 00:57:38,988 And you've also effectively ensured that we're actually 1138 00:57:38,988 --> 00:57:40,623 not getting any of our demands met. 1139 00:57:40,623 --> 00:57:42,492 It's signing on nothing. 1140 00:57:44,460 --> 00:57:46,429 - They threatened with disciplinary 1141 00:57:46,429 --> 00:57:48,965 if we don't agree to this. 1142 00:57:48,965 --> 00:57:51,634 At that point, Sueda did most of the talking. 1143 00:57:51,634 --> 00:57:53,970 She was like raging against them. 1144 00:57:53,970 --> 00:57:56,339 I just opened the door and called Sueda. 1145 00:57:56,339 --> 00:57:57,240 Let's go. 1146 00:58:02,512 --> 00:58:05,548 - Earlier today, President Shafik sent out 1147 00:58:05,548 --> 00:58:09,052 an email announcing the end of negotiations. 1148 00:58:09,886 --> 00:58:12,422 And declared explicitly 1149 00:58:12,422 --> 00:58:16,092 that the university will not divest from Israel. 1150 00:58:16,593 --> 00:58:19,095 The university has conducted itself 1151 00:58:19,095 --> 00:58:21,097 with obstinacy and arrogance. 1152 00:58:21,197 --> 00:58:26,369 And the students refuse to trade in the blood of Palestinians. 1153 00:58:26,903 --> 00:58:28,371 - Dick, we're now six hours 1154 00:58:28,371 --> 00:58:30,306 past the administration's deadline for student 1155 00:58:30,306 --> 00:58:33,910 protestors to leave the encampment or face consequences. 1156 00:58:33,910 --> 00:58:35,712 But most students that we spoke to 1157 00:58:35,712 --> 00:58:38,014 said they're not going anywhere. 1158 00:58:42,952 --> 00:58:45,154 - When the police give the trespass warning... 1159 00:58:45,255 --> 00:58:48,124 - When the police give the trespass warning... 1160 00:58:48,124 --> 00:58:51,261 - Turn your phone on airplane mode and power it off. 1161 00:58:51,327 --> 00:58:54,831 - Turn your phone on airplane mode and power it off. 1162 00:58:56,833 --> 00:58:59,068 - We needed to place pressure again 1163 00:58:59,068 --> 00:59:01,704 on the administration to reopen negotiations. 1164 00:59:02,171 --> 00:59:04,507 - We knew that we needed to escalate further. 1165 00:59:04,507 --> 00:59:07,010 The idea of an occupation of Hamilton Hall 1166 00:59:07,010 --> 00:59:10,113 along the lines of the 1968 protests 1167 00:59:10,113 --> 00:59:13,116 was something that people were always sort of considering. 1168 00:59:14,484 --> 00:59:17,053 When we felt that there was no further progress 1169 00:59:17,053 --> 00:59:19,589 to be made in negotiations 1170 00:59:19,589 --> 00:59:21,891 in any engagement with the administration... 1171 00:59:21,891 --> 00:59:24,193 then it seemed like the perfect time. 1172 00:59:24,994 --> 00:59:27,297 [crowd chanting] 1173 00:59:27,630 --> 00:59:29,465 [dramatic music] ♪♪ 1174 00:59:45,615 --> 00:59:47,784 The Hind's Hall, when it first happened, 1175 00:59:47,784 --> 00:59:50,653 I think it was one of the most joyful moments of my life. 1176 00:59:55,258 --> 00:59:59,028 The picket was so strong, the chants were so beautiful... 1177 00:59:59,462 --> 01:00:02,432 it was just like an electric, electric moment. 1178 01:00:02,632 --> 01:00:04,567 - Up! Up! With liberation! 1179 01:00:04,567 --> 01:00:06,235 - Up! Up! With liberation! 1180 01:00:06,235 --> 01:00:08,504 - Down! Down! With occupation! 1181 01:00:09,005 --> 01:00:11,174 [dramatic music] ♪♪ 1182 01:00:22,885 --> 01:00:24,988 - Hind's Hall is named after Hind Rajab, 1183 01:00:24,988 --> 01:00:28,157 who was a six-year-old Palestinian girl from Gaza, 1184 01:00:28,157 --> 01:00:32,195 who was assassinated by the Israeli terrorist forces. 1185 01:00:32,795 --> 01:00:36,265 - She was in a car fleeing Gaza City with an aunt, 1186 01:00:36,265 --> 01:00:39,969 an uncle, and some cousins when they were shot at. 1187 01:00:40,203 --> 01:00:44,240 She was alive while the rest of the family was killed, 1188 01:00:44,240 --> 01:00:46,943 and she called the Palestinian Red Crescent Society. 1189 01:00:46,943 --> 01:00:49,445 They dispatched an ambulance to save her. 1190 01:00:49,445 --> 01:00:52,882 The ambulance and the medics inside 1191 01:00:52,882 --> 01:00:56,486 were also intentionally killed by the occupation. 1192 01:00:59,055 --> 01:01:00,556 - They are dead. 1193 01:01:01,324 --> 01:01:02,425 - Are they dead? 1194 01:01:02,859 --> 01:01:03,593 - Yes. 1195 01:01:04,293 --> 01:01:06,329 - Are they in the car with you now? 1196 01:01:07,096 --> 01:01:07,797 - Yes. 1197 01:01:07,797 --> 01:01:09,132 - Stay in the car, sweetie. 1198 01:01:09,132 --> 01:01:11,167 I'm going to stay on the phone. 1199 01:01:11,167 --> 01:01:12,702 Talking to you. 1200 01:01:12,702 --> 01:01:15,171 I won't hang up, ok? 1201 01:01:15,905 --> 01:01:16,672 - Ok. 1202 01:01:17,673 --> 01:01:19,442 The tank is next to me. 1203 01:01:19,609 --> 01:01:22,578 - Is it moving or is it still? Did someone get out of it? 1204 01:01:23,713 --> 01:01:24,914 - Yes, it is moving. 1205 01:01:24,914 --> 01:01:26,215 - Is it very close? 1206 01:01:27,750 --> 01:01:28,584 - Yes, very very close. 1207 01:01:28,785 --> 01:01:29,952 - Ok, don't be scared. 1208 01:01:31,387 --> 01:01:32,655 - Please stay with me. 1209 01:01:33,556 --> 01:01:34,957 - I'm with you, sweetie. 1210 01:01:35,958 --> 01:01:36,626 I'm with you. 1211 01:01:36,626 --> 01:01:38,094 I won't hang up. 1212 01:01:38,094 --> 01:01:40,463 Even if the soldiers come, God forbid. Don't have up, ok? 1213 01:01:40,463 --> 01:01:43,866 We don't want to hang up, I'm here with you. 1214 01:01:44,233 --> 01:01:46,502 - Please come take me, please. 1215 01:01:47,070 --> 01:01:48,538 Please stay with me. 1216 01:01:49,038 --> 01:01:51,240 - Darling, I swear I'm with you. 1217 01:01:51,240 --> 01:01:53,876 I'm here with you, talking to you. 1218 01:01:53,876 --> 01:01:55,545 - It's almost night, I'm scared. 1219 01:01:56,546 --> 01:01:58,081 [crying] 1220 01:01:58,081 --> 01:02:01,551 Come get me, please. 1221 01:02:04,253 --> 01:02:06,089 - Three hundred and fifty-five bullets were used 1222 01:02:06,089 --> 01:02:08,424 on the car that Hind Rajab was in. 1223 01:02:13,096 --> 01:02:15,098 She was six, she was a baby. 1224 01:02:15,698 --> 01:02:18,534 And so many other babies in Gaza have been killed. 1225 01:02:18,534 --> 01:02:21,404 Um, so... The Palestinian students in CUAD 1226 01:02:21,404 --> 01:02:26,709 wanted to honor Hind and named the hall after her, 1227 01:02:27,043 --> 01:02:31,013 which isn't sufficient, really, but it was, 1228 01:02:31,013 --> 01:02:33,015 I think, a good way to 1229 01:02:33,015 --> 01:02:35,284 bring her to life on U.S. campuses. 1230 01:02:37,320 --> 01:02:38,888 And that’s her story. 1231 01:02:49,866 --> 01:02:53,202 - Today... - Today... 1232 01:02:53,202 --> 01:02:56,239 - we take this building... - we take this building... 1233 01:02:56,239 --> 01:02:59,342 - In honor of Hind... - In honor of Hind... 1234 01:02:59,342 --> 01:03:04,013 - and every Palestinian martyr... 1235 01:03:04,113 --> 01:03:06,215 - and every Palestinian martyr... 1236 01:03:06,215 --> 01:03:09,652 - Because we will honor all the martyrs! 1237 01:03:09,652 --> 01:03:11,888 - We will honor all the martyrs! 1238 01:03:11,888 --> 01:03:14,157 - All the parents, mothers, fathers! 1239 01:03:14,157 --> 01:03:16,425 - All the parents, mothers, fathers! 1240 01:03:16,425 --> 01:03:18,528 - We will honor all the martyrs! 1241 01:03:18,528 --> 01:03:20,863 - We will honor all the martyrs! 1242 01:03:20,863 --> 01:03:23,166 - All the children, sons, and daughters! 1243 01:03:23,166 --> 01:03:25,368 - All the children, sons, and daughters! 1244 01:03:25,368 --> 01:03:27,503 - We will honor all the martyrs! 1245 01:03:27,503 --> 01:03:29,839 - We will honor all the martyrs! 1246 01:03:29,839 --> 01:03:32,041 - All the parents, mothers, fathers! 1247 01:03:32,041 --> 01:03:34,410 - All the parents, mothers, fathers! 1248 01:03:34,410 --> 01:03:36,412 - We will honor all the martyrs! 1249 01:03:36,412 --> 01:03:38,581 - We will honor all the martyrs! 1250 01:03:38,581 --> 01:03:40,883 - All the children, sons, and daughters! 1251 01:03:40,883 --> 01:03:43,386 - All the children, sons, and daughters! 1252 01:03:45,621 --> 01:03:47,657 [train rattling] 1253 01:04:02,371 --> 01:04:04,006 - The first few hours of the day, 1254 01:04:04,006 --> 01:04:05,408 it was quiet around us. 1255 01:04:05,408 --> 01:04:08,744 We felt like, okay, Columbia didn't raid us last night, 1256 01:04:08,744 --> 01:04:10,379 They're going to wait it out a little bit. 1257 01:04:10,379 --> 01:04:12,415 And we just thought the more time that we had, 1258 01:04:12,415 --> 01:04:14,083 the more it was likely that we could get 1259 01:04:14,083 --> 01:04:16,319 the negotiations up and running 1260 01:04:16,319 --> 01:04:17,987 and reestablish that bargaining chip, 1261 01:04:17,987 --> 01:04:20,256 which was the whole point of taking Hind's Hall. 1262 01:04:21,057 --> 01:04:25,328 The next 20 hours afterwards were kind of a whirlwind. 1263 01:04:25,428 --> 01:04:27,797 [yelling and drumming] 1264 01:04:35,638 --> 01:04:37,840 [chanting and drumming] 1265 01:04:46,015 --> 01:04:47,883 [indistinct conversation] 1266 01:04:58,194 --> 01:05:00,863 - We are here today to update New Yorkers 1267 01:05:00,863 --> 01:05:04,400 about the ongoing situation at Columbia University. 1268 01:05:05,034 --> 01:05:08,371 And our plans to protect students, our staff, 1269 01:05:08,371 --> 01:05:09,739 and the public. 1270 01:05:09,872 --> 01:05:13,376 They're not here to promote peace or unity 1271 01:05:13,376 --> 01:05:16,712 or allow a peaceful displaying of one's voice, 1272 01:05:17,346 --> 01:05:22,385 but they're here to create discord and divisiveness. 1273 01:05:23,152 --> 01:05:27,323 This must end now. 1274 01:05:31,027 --> 01:05:33,162 - The admin wanted to talk again. 1275 01:05:33,963 --> 01:05:36,332 They were just pleading with us to take the deal. 1276 01:05:36,499 --> 01:05:38,334 You have one final offer to take the deal. 1277 01:05:38,334 --> 01:05:39,669 Just take this deal or else. 1278 01:05:43,539 --> 01:05:47,376 There was no reason to take such a bad deal. 1279 01:05:48,177 --> 01:05:50,713 They said that the NYPD would be coming. 1280 01:05:51,514 --> 01:05:53,282 [radio chatter] 1281 01:05:54,650 --> 01:05:58,454 - We shall not be moved. 1282 01:05:58,821 --> 01:06:02,958 Standing up for justice, we shall not be moved. 1283 01:06:03,292 --> 01:06:06,662 Standing up for justice, we shall not be moved. 1284 01:06:06,662 --> 01:06:11,033 Just like a tree that's standing by the water... 1285 01:06:11,033 --> 01:06:12,234 - Clear it out! Let's go! 1286 01:06:12,234 --> 01:06:15,037 - ...We shall not be moved. 1287 01:06:17,306 --> 01:06:20,343 - You are unlawfully obstructing pedestrian traffic... 1288 01:06:27,283 --> 01:06:29,251 - We will not stop! We will not rest, 1289 01:06:29,251 --> 01:06:31,454 disclose, divest! 1290 01:06:32,088 --> 01:06:34,256 - Now! Now! Down the stairs! 1291 01:06:34,256 --> 01:06:35,257 Let's go! 1292 01:06:35,791 --> 01:06:38,160 - Journalists were moved by the police 1293 01:06:38,160 --> 01:06:40,363 into other university buildings. 1294 01:06:41,030 --> 01:06:42,465 [yelling] 1295 01:06:44,300 --> 01:06:46,001 - They don't want us to witness 1296 01:06:46,001 --> 01:06:49,038 how they treat resistance to genocide! 1297 01:06:49,038 --> 01:06:51,173 - Shame! 1298 01:06:53,008 --> 01:06:54,543 [siren wailing] 1299 01:07:37,553 --> 01:07:39,789 - Get down now! Stay down! 1300 01:07:42,491 --> 01:07:44,994 [alarm sounding] 1301 01:07:47,863 --> 01:07:51,200 - It really was like a scene from a movie. 1302 01:07:51,801 --> 01:07:54,069 And, I couldn't watch the video footage 1303 01:07:54,069 --> 01:07:55,371 that came out of that night. 1304 01:07:58,908 --> 01:08:00,075 It just really keeps occurring to me, 1305 01:08:00,075 --> 01:08:01,677 like, why do they do this to us? 1306 01:08:01,677 --> 01:08:03,345 These students aren't doing anything bad. 1307 01:08:03,345 --> 01:08:05,881 In fact, they're doing something everybody should be doing. 1308 01:08:14,457 --> 01:08:17,793 - When Hind's Hall was raided, it gave a green light 1309 01:08:17,793 --> 01:08:21,464 to university administrations to do the same. 1310 01:08:21,464 --> 01:08:22,932 - Move! Move! 1311 01:08:25,201 --> 01:08:26,168 [explosion] 1312 01:08:26,168 --> 01:08:27,570 - We just had an explosion here. 1313 01:08:27,570 --> 01:08:28,637 They just tear gassed people. 1314 01:08:28,637 --> 01:08:29,972 They're coming! 1315 01:08:29,972 --> 01:08:33,075 - [chanting] You don't need a gun! 1316 01:08:36,412 --> 01:08:38,414 - They got the less-lethals out. 1317 01:08:38,714 --> 01:08:40,916 Ready to go off on some college kids. 1318 01:08:40,916 --> 01:08:43,452 - These police officers out here today, 1319 01:08:43,452 --> 01:08:46,288 that's thousands of student scholarships! 1320 01:08:46,589 --> 01:08:47,990 [dog barking] 1321 01:08:51,494 --> 01:08:52,995 [yelling] 1322 01:08:53,929 --> 01:08:56,765 - Police say 120 protesters were taken away in zip ties. 1323 01:08:56,765 --> 01:08:59,668 - After hundreds of police used flash bang grenades, 1324 01:08:59,668 --> 01:09:01,470 rubber bullets and tear gas in 1325 01:09:01,470 --> 01:09:04,240 a face-off with protesters who chanted, 1326 01:09:04,240 --> 01:09:06,575 "We are not leaving, you don't scare us." 1327 01:09:08,410 --> 01:09:10,279 [chanting] 1328 01:09:15,584 --> 01:09:17,119 [somber music] 1329 01:09:20,456 --> 01:09:23,993 - Our dean came on the loud speaker and said, 1330 01:09:23,993 --> 01:09:25,027 this is your warning, 1331 01:09:25,027 --> 01:09:26,495 if you do not leave now, 1332 01:09:26,495 --> 01:09:28,764 they're going to break into the encampment 1333 01:09:28,764 --> 01:09:31,233 and arrest all of you and we will not stop them. 1334 01:09:36,572 --> 01:09:39,174 They started shooting rubber bullets 1335 01:09:39,174 --> 01:09:41,777 and throwing mace bombs 1336 01:09:41,777 --> 01:09:44,079 and they infiltrated the encampment. 1337 01:09:45,581 --> 01:09:46,782 [explosion] 1338 01:09:49,818 --> 01:09:51,420 [siren wailing] 1339 01:09:54,757 --> 01:09:56,525 One of our students had a chest contusion 1340 01:09:56,525 --> 01:09:59,128 from being shot in the chest by a rubber bullet 1341 01:09:59,128 --> 01:10:01,530 without even making contact with an officer. 1342 01:10:10,406 --> 01:10:12,241 - At their request, 1343 01:10:12,241 --> 01:10:15,377 we went in and conducted an operation to 1344 01:10:15,377 --> 01:10:18,013 allow Columbia University to 1345 01:10:18,013 --> 01:10:22,117 remove those who have turned the peaceful protest into 1346 01:10:22,117 --> 01:10:27,256 a place where antisemitism and anti-Israeli attitudes 1347 01:10:27,256 --> 01:10:28,891 were pervasive. 1348 01:10:28,891 --> 01:10:31,427 - Our job is to keep people in our city safe 1349 01:10:31,427 --> 01:10:33,762 and the NYPD is ready to do their job 1350 01:10:33,762 --> 01:10:37,032 anywhere and anytime we're called upon. 1351 01:10:37,733 --> 01:10:40,002 They tried to lock us out, 1352 01:10:40,002 --> 01:10:44,206 but the NYPD and the people of the city of New York 1353 01:10:44,406 --> 01:10:46,108 will never be locked out 1354 01:10:46,108 --> 01:10:49,411 and we will always work together to keep our city safe. 1355 01:10:51,447 --> 01:10:53,015 - These past two weeks 1356 01:10:53,015 --> 01:10:55,618 have been among the most difficult in Columbia's history. 1357 01:10:55,618 --> 01:10:57,653 The issues that are challenging us, 1358 01:10:57,653 --> 01:10:59,288 the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, 1359 01:10:59,288 --> 01:11:02,791 antisemitism, and anti-Arab and anti-Muslim bias, 1360 01:11:02,791 --> 01:11:05,260 have existed for a long time. 1361 01:11:06,095 --> 01:11:10,199 And Columbia, despite being a remarkable institution, 1362 01:11:10,199 --> 01:11:12,868 cannot solve them single-handedly. 1363 01:11:13,969 --> 01:11:17,539 What we can do is be an exemplar of a better world, 1364 01:11:17,539 --> 01:11:21,010 where people who disagree do so civilly, 1365 01:11:21,010 --> 01:11:22,911 recognize each other's humanity, 1366 01:11:22,911 --> 01:11:26,215 and show empathy and compassion for one another. 1367 01:11:27,049 --> 01:11:28,484 We have a lot to do, 1368 01:11:28,484 --> 01:11:31,086 but I am committed to working at it every day, 1369 01:11:31,086 --> 01:11:32,721 and with each of you, 1370 01:11:32,721 --> 01:11:35,424 to rebuild community on our campus. 1371 01:12:11,493 --> 01:12:13,095 - We're just getting started. 1372 01:12:14,596 --> 01:12:15,998 We are creative. 1373 01:12:15,998 --> 01:12:18,467 We have a cause that we believe in. 1374 01:12:19,401 --> 01:12:21,403 And we're going to fight ‘til the end. 1375 01:12:24,306 --> 01:12:28,410 - Struggling for Palestine is just like breathing. 1376 01:12:29,244 --> 01:12:32,548 Because the moment that we stop advocating 1377 01:12:32,548 --> 01:12:35,951 and fighting for Palestine, is the moment we die. 1378 01:12:35,951 --> 01:12:37,286 We will resist it. 1379 01:12:37,953 --> 01:12:39,421 Until Palestine is free. 1380 01:12:47,029 --> 01:12:48,764 [chanting and drumming] 1381 01:13:06,115 --> 01:13:07,416 - We're just trying to keep it moving, 1382 01:13:07,416 --> 01:13:08,784 we're not trying to slow anybody down. 1383 01:13:08,784 --> 01:13:09,985 - The individual that I spoke to 1384 01:13:09,985 --> 01:13:12,087 was intentionally blocking people from entering. 1385 01:13:12,254 --> 01:13:13,155 - Okay. 1386 01:13:13,589 --> 01:13:15,257 I can talk to them. 1387 01:13:15,257 --> 01:13:16,291 - Please do. 1388 01:13:16,291 --> 01:13:17,760 - Alright. Thank you. 1389 01:13:18,127 --> 01:13:21,864 - As we prepare to begin a new semester. 1390 01:13:22,097 --> 01:13:25,834 - As we prepare to begin a new semester. 1391 01:13:25,834 --> 01:13:30,139 - Gazan students have no universities left. 1392 01:13:30,906 --> 01:13:31,874 - Disclose! Divest! 1393 01:13:31,874 --> 01:13:33,408 We will not stop, we will not rest! 1394 01:13:33,408 --> 01:13:35,410 Disclose! Divest! 1395 01:13:35,410 --> 01:13:37,346 We will not stop, we will not rest! 1396 01:13:37,613 --> 01:13:41,016 - These are now fundamental challenges to 1397 01:13:41,016 --> 01:13:43,051 the legitimacy of the whole system. 1398 01:13:43,252 --> 01:13:45,420 And you have to think about the role 1399 01:13:45,420 --> 01:13:47,790 that universities play in the United States, 1400 01:13:47,790 --> 01:13:49,825 particularly the elite universities. 1401 01:13:50,092 --> 01:13:52,628 These are the factories that produce the people 1402 01:13:52,628 --> 01:13:54,763 that end up running the media, 1403 01:13:54,763 --> 01:13:57,800 running the political system, running the corporations. 1404 01:13:58,967 --> 01:14:01,336 If you lose control of them, 1405 01:14:01,336 --> 01:14:04,840 then ultimately you lose control of elite opinion. 1406 01:14:05,641 --> 01:14:09,044 - Israel cannot exist without U.S. weapons, 1407 01:14:09,044 --> 01:14:10,279 without U.S. money, 1408 01:14:10,279 --> 01:14:13,615 without U.S. political cover, without U.S. Intelligence. 1409 01:14:13,615 --> 01:14:16,218 And if the masses of people in the United States 1410 01:14:16,218 --> 01:14:18,620 are rapidly dropping their support 1411 01:14:18,620 --> 01:14:22,791 of the Israeli cause, this is a significant defeat. 1412 01:14:37,806 --> 01:14:40,676 - Thank you to the students of Columbia University. 1413 01:14:40,676 --> 01:14:42,377 Thank you! Thank you! 1414 01:14:45,914 --> 01:14:47,416 - We love you. 1415 01:14:47,783 --> 01:14:53,255 - What I witnessed until mid-May, gave me chills. 1416 01:14:53,255 --> 01:14:55,390 It brought me the most joy. 1417 01:14:55,390 --> 01:14:58,126 I didn't miss a single video of the students 1418 01:14:58,126 --> 01:15:00,429 who talk about Palestine, 1419 01:15:00,429 --> 01:15:03,465 educate others on the Palestinian cause. 1420 01:15:03,465 --> 01:15:07,669 With true political and historical knowledge. 1421 01:15:09,238 --> 01:15:11,039 It is one of the most important things 1422 01:15:11,039 --> 01:15:13,108 that made people open their eyes. 1423 01:15:14,509 --> 01:15:16,278 Those videos brought us to tears. 1424 01:15:16,278 --> 01:15:18,046 We looked at those videos and thought, 1425 01:15:18,046 --> 01:15:19,848 thank God, people finally recognize us. 1426 01:15:20,115 --> 01:15:21,650 Our death has a price. 1427 01:15:22,951 --> 01:15:25,821 Not that any price is worth this. 1428 01:15:40,969 --> 01:15:43,538 There is no price worth this death. 1429 01:15:43,538 --> 01:15:45,974 This extermination, whatever it may be. 1430 01:15:47,910 --> 01:15:49,578 Except the price 1431 01:15:49,845 --> 01:15:51,513 of freedom. 1432 01:15:51,847 --> 01:15:54,983 The price we paid for the world's awakening, 1433 01:15:54,983 --> 01:15:56,585 the students' awakening, the awakening of families 1434 01:15:56,585 --> 01:15:57,953 and consumers able to boycott their products, 1435 01:15:57,953 --> 01:16:00,322 the awakening of people, children, and teenagers, 1436 01:16:00,322 --> 01:16:03,025 50,000 martyrs is a very heavy price. 1437 01:16:03,025 --> 01:16:05,127 The complete destruction of an entire country, 1438 01:16:05,127 --> 01:16:06,662 that will take decades to rebuild. 1439 01:16:06,662 --> 01:16:09,331 The price was our forced displacement from our lands. 1440 01:16:09,331 --> 01:16:11,900 I have not seen my home for over a year now. 1441 01:16:13,001 --> 01:16:15,404 The price we paid made us slightly feel 1442 01:16:15,404 --> 01:16:16,872 that we are not alone. 1443 01:16:17,072 --> 01:16:18,407 - We will not stop, we will not rest! 1444 01:16:18,407 --> 01:16:20,509 Disclose, divest! 1445 01:16:22,511 --> 01:16:25,113 - This could give some hope for 1446 01:16:27,082 --> 01:16:28,617 the end of the occupation. 1447 01:16:32,220 --> 01:16:35,290 - This is the beginning of the end to the occupation. 1448 01:16:36,358 --> 01:16:38,026 The phase may be very long. 1449 01:16:38,026 --> 01:16:40,162 But it's definitely the start of the decline. 1450 01:16:41,630 --> 01:16:43,699 The world has waken up. 1451 01:16:46,201 --> 01:16:48,837 When the occupation ends, the first thing I would do... 1452 01:16:48,837 --> 01:16:50,806 Definitely going back to Palestine. 1453 01:16:52,174 --> 01:16:53,442 I have this dream of mine 1454 01:16:53,442 --> 01:16:57,713 of jumping off the wall of Akka into the sea. 1455 01:17:00,015 --> 01:17:03,986 Then continue building a state for everyone. 1456 01:17:03,986 --> 01:17:07,789 A state that embraces all its citizens. 1457 01:17:08,223 --> 01:17:11,626 A state that values human lives. 1458 01:17:13,128 --> 01:17:14,696 One day, Inshallah. 106059