Anti-Israel protesters disrupt Columbia University class, sparking confrontation between students: video

Anti-Israel protesters disrupted a Columbia University class about the Jewish state’s history Tuesday when the agitators barged into a classroom and handed out hate-filled fliers – sparking a brief confrontation between students.The shocking conduct was caught on video, showing keffiyeh-clad rabble-rousers entering a “History of Modern Israel” class on the first day of the semester where they then distributed the pamphlets to students while one protester spoke into a camera slamming the class and Zionism.Some of the fliers were quickly crumpled up by students as one peer in the class said, “We don’t want your sh-t.”Other students in the classroom urged the protesters to leave, while the instructor attempted to usher them out the door, according to the video posted online by the Columbia Jewish & Israeli Students X account.“Take off your mask,” one student said to the protesters.“Why don’t you take off your mask?”“This is a civil rights violation, we’re trying to learn,” another peeved pupil said.Some fliers given out included one that read, “Crush Zionism” with a boot ready to stomp on a Star of David symbol and another that read “Burn Zionism to the ground,” according to a social media post from a Columbia student.Interim Columbia School President Katrina Armstrong denounced the disruption in a statement later Tuesday.“We strongly condemn this disruption, as well as the fliers that included violent imagery that is unacceptable on our campus and in our community,” she said.“No group of students has a right to disrupt another group of students in a Columbia classroom. Disrupting academic activities constitutes a violation of the Rules of University conduct and the nature of the disruption may constitute violations of other University policies.”The university head, who replaced former president Minouche Shafik at the start of the academic year last summer, vowed to “move quickly to investigate and address this ac...