Columbia University Officials Extend Deadline to Stop Pro-Palestinian Student Demonstrations

Officials at Columbia University in New York, whose campus has been the center of the Gaza solidarity movement in recent days, gave a 48-hour deadline to end the demonstrations.

Columbia University in New York, USA, which has been the center of recent student protests due to the Biden administration's support for Israel, has set a 48-hour deadline to end the protests following the arrest of more than a hundred students.

Columbia University previously gave students a deadline to pack up their tents by midnight on Tuesday.

This deadline was initially extended to 8 a.m. on Wednesday, but in its latest statement, the university again extended the deadline by 48 hours, until Friday morning.

Columbia University has announced the reason for the deadline extension as progress in negotiations with students regarding ending the sit-ins and protests.

Protests against Israel's war in Gaza have spread throughout American universities.

Concurrent with nationwide protests at American universities in support of the people of Gaza and the end of Israel's war and student arrests, United States President Joe Biden passed a $95 billion aid bill to Israel, Ukraine, and Taiwan, including more than $26 billion spent for military and security support for Israel.