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Protesters wave Palestinian flags on the West Lawn of Columbia University on Monday in New York. The protests against Israel's war with Hamas began at Columbia University earlier this month and have become the epicenter of pro-Palestinian protests that have erupted at US colleges. The protesters said they would not budge until the school met their demands, defying an ultimatum to disperse or face suspension. Timothy A. Clary, AFP/File

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/17532268943761723689517127protest.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Protesters wave Palestinian flags on the West Lawn of Columbia University on Monday in New York. The protests against Israel&#x27;s war with Hamas began at Columbia University earlier this month and have become the epicenter of pro-Palestinian protests that have erupted at US colleges. The protesters said they would not budge until the school met their demands, defying an ultimatum to disperse or face suspension. Timothy A. Clary, AFP/File</span></span></span></div><div><br/></div><p>NEW YORK, United States — Columbia University said Tuesday it has issued various punishments, including expulsions and degree revocations, against various students involved in anti-Israel protests on campus.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/world/2024/8/15/columbia-university-president-resigns-months-after-anti-war-protests-1022">Columbia University president resigns months after anti-war protests</a></div><p>The sanctions, which a student group said targeted nearly 80 people, come as the New York institution negotiates with President Donald Trump&#x27;s administration to restore $400 million in cut federal funding.</p><p>Trump has applied intense pressure on the prestigious university and others, accusing them of failing to address alleged anti-Semitism amid nationwide protests last year against Israel&#x27;s war in Gaza.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/world/2024/4/30/columbia-protest-1130">Protesters at Columbia defy ultimatum</a></div><p>Columbia, which was the epicenter of the campus protests, has agreed to implement a series of policy reforms in an attempt to regain the federal funding, sparking anger from many students.</p><p>Fellow Ivy League institution Harvard has also been targeted with billions in funding cuts, but is fighting the pressure campaign in court.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2025/5/25/trump-wants-harvard-to-name-its-foreign-students-to-find-out-if-they-re-okay-0717">Trump wants Harvard to name its foreign students to &#x27;find out if they&#x27;re okay&#x27;</a></div><p>The latest sanctions by Columbia stem from a library sit-in this past May, as well as an encampment set up during alumni weekend in spring 2024, the university said in a statement.</p><p>The library protest disrupted hundreds of students during an exam study period, it said, with punishments including &quot;probation, suspensions (ranging from one year to three years), degree revocations, and expulsions.&quot;</p><p>&quot;The University does not release individual disciplinary results of any student,&quot; the statement said.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2025/6/5/us-gov-t-threatens-columbia-university-s-accreditation-0824">US gov&#x27;t threatens Columbia University&#x27;s accreditation</a></div><p>It did not specify which punishments had been issued for the spring 2024 encampment, which occurred after larger protests -- including the occupation of an academic building -- but Columbia said it was &quot;the final set of findings from that period.&quot;</p><p>The student group Columbia University Apartheid Divest (CUAD), which calls for the school to cut all financial ties with Israel, said the library-related sanctions &quot;hugely exceed precedent for teach-ins or non-Palestine-related building occupations.&quot;</p><p>&quot;We will not be deterred. We are committed to the struggle for Palestinian liberation,&quot; the group said.</p><div><strong>© Agence France-Presse</strong></div><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><div><br/><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/i0yiDmu2-s0?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>Columbia University said it has issued various punishments, including expulsions and degree revocations, against various students involved in anti-Israel protests on campus.</p>

Columbia University said it has issued various punishments, including expulsions and degree revocations, against various students involved in anti-Israel protests on campus.

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Columbia punishes 80 students over anti-Israel protests

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Published Jul 23, 2025 07:32 AM PHT

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