On a bright Tuesday afternoon, a masked young woman calling herself W stood beside the “Gaza Solidarity Encampment” in the centre of Columbia University’s campus and decried the genocide being committed in Gaza by “the violent, Zionist settler entity”.
“Today, in the Gaza Solidarity Encampment, we are in high spirits. We are united in our cause. We are building community. We are eating together. We are keeping each other safe and warm. We are putting our principles into action,” W declared before a small gathering of journalists.
The protest would continue until Columbia had divested from companies that profit from Israel, including Microsoft, Boeing and GE, W vowed.