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Campus protests live: NYC police arrest around 300 at universities in 'massive operation', mayor says - BBC News Campus protests live: NYC police arrest around 300 at universities in 'massive operation', mayor says - BBC News
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Columbia has just sent out a note that it is suspending media access to its campus "as a safety measure". Regan Morris
The statement notes that Hamilton Hall is "an active crime scene" under police investigation, and the campus will only be accessible to those with university IDs or "essential personnel". Reporting from UCLA, Los Angeles
In a statement earlier on Wednesday, President Minouche Shafik said the events of the past few days have "filled me with deep sadness. I am sorry we reached this point". UCLA student Eli Tsives claims the pro-Israeli group that attacked the pro-Palestinian camp were not UCLA students.
"It is going to take time to heal, but I know we can do that together," she wrote. He condemned their actions but says he welcomes the resulting police presence on campus.
Tsives, 19, says the camp is illegal and he’s been urging UCLA authorities to arrest the people camping and to investigate antisemitic attacks on campus.
“This is no longer about freedom of speech,” he said. “They are breaking the law.”
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