Anti-Israel students at Columbia University allegedly filled toilets with cement and vandalized a building.
The acts were committed on the anniversary of the death of a 6-year-old girl, the Columbia Spectator reported.
“One year ago, the world failed Hind. But today and every day we owe Hind, all our martyrs, and ourselves, action,” an Instagram post read, featuring a video of the vandalism. “So today we acted. Inspired by Hind, and the bravery of every Palestinian child who has faced down Israeli genocide for the last century – whether they threw a Molotov at a checkpoint, a rock at a tank, or made a call for help. So long as they resist, so must we.”
According to an internal email from the university, the women’s restrooms on several floors were “vandalized with a cement-like substance causing the toilets to clog.”
The university later said in a Wednesday statement that “restroom facilities at the School of International and Public Affairs were vandalized with graffiti that included disturbing, personal attacks.”
“We immediately notified law enforcement, and an investigation was launched to identify the individual perpetrators and address their actions. Acts of vandalism of University buildings and property and attempts to harass and intimidate members of our community are unacceptable and abhorrent and will not be tolerated at Columbia,” the statement continued. “Our buildings and our classrooms are spaces for teaching and learning and we cannot permit them to be disrupted and defaced. We are acting swiftly to address this misconduct and will update the community as we have more information.”
President Donald Trump signed an executive order targeting antisemitism on college campuses. The order says, “It shall be the policy of the United States to combat anti-Semitism vigorously, using all available and appropriate legal tools, to prosecute, remove, or otherwise hold to account the perpetrators of unlawful anti-Semitic harassment and violence.”
