The US Department of State on Thursday (local time) welcomed a ruling by the Third Circuit Court of Appeals that overturned an earlier decision ordering the release of pro-Hamas activist Mahmoud Khalil, calling it a "huge victory" for the Trump administration.
In a case filed at the New York Southern District Court against Within Our Lifetime and its leader Nerdeen Kiswani, Columbia Students for Justice in Palestine and representative Maryam Alwan, Columbia-Barnard Jewish Voice for Peace and representative Cameron Jones, and Columbia University Ap
The protest, organised by Jewish Voice for Peace, started shortly after noon. Demonstrators, wearing red shirts with slogans such as "Not in our Name" and "Jews Say Stop Arming Israel" stormed into the Tower's iconic golden lobby.
Trump has welcomed the arrest of a Columbia University student who led pro-Palestinian protests and said that it is the "first arrest of many to come."