At Columbia I Am Told: ‘Go Back to Poland’
A view of the banners and Palestinian flags as Pro-Palestinian student protesters resume demonstrations on Friday at Columbia University on the third day of "Gaza Solidarity Encampment" after mass arrests by New York Police Department in New York, United States on April 19, 2024. (Selcuk Acar via Getty Images)
My Israeli flag was stolen and burned. I was hit. And the school is preventing the NYPD from protecting us.
Since the first protest on Columbia’s campus in support of a “Free Palestine” on October 12, I have committed, along with my twin brother and a number of our friends, to show up at these protests with our Israeli and American flags.
There are often hundreds of people chanting for “intifada” and a handful of us. Suffice it to say, I can think of more ple…
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