We are outside the Hamilton Hall, a building that was occupied by a group of students who barricaded themselves inside and displayed a flag there, renaming the building to Hind’s Hall, after Hind Rajab, a six-year-old girl killed by the Israeli military in Gaza. The students remain there.
The people you see right outside – many of them are from Columbia University – have come to show their support for the students who remain inside. They are saying that they are not allowed in because the university is on lockdown. Only essential personnel, and students that are living inside remain there.
The students inside say they are under siege and that the university is trying to isolate them and force them to quit this protest. We’ve seen the students outside bringing them food and water, so that they can remain inside.
The university is saying the students who remain at the encampment will be suspended and those who took over the hall will be expelled.
Despite these threats, the students inside say that for now they are not going anywhere.
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