Columbia Protesters Distribute 'Columbia Intifada' Paper
On Oct. 7, 2025—on the second anniversary of Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023 attack—roughly 100 demonstrators gathered outside Columbia University (116th St. and Broadway) handing out an Oct. 7 edition of a student-produced 'Columbia Intifada' newspaper that Fox reports contains coverage and language appearing to justify the Nova festival massacre; the article notes Columbia had suspended its Students for Justice in Palestine chapter in Nov. 2023, and that NYCLU and Palestine Legal sued the university in Mar. 2024 with the New York Supreme Court siding with Columbia in Nov. 2024.
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📌 Key Facts
- Date: Oct. 7, 2025—protest held on the two-year anniversary of the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attack
- Location: Outside Columbia University (116th & Broadway), New York City; ~100 protesters reportedly present
- Material: Protesters handed out an Oct. 7, 2025 edition of a paper called 'Columbia Intifada' whose lead article is titled 'Hamas: A Brief History' and which Fox reports frames Gaza as 'a modern concentration camp' and appears to defend the Oct. 7 attack
- Institutional context: Columbia suspended its Students for Justice in Palestine chapter in Nov. 2023; NYCLU and Palestine Legal sued in Mar. 2024 and the New York Supreme Court upheld the suspension in Nov. 2024