5 Columbia students file lawsuit against groups involved in the antisemitic encampments and protests on campus, including 3 'Squad' members accused of 'inciting and encouraging' the antisemitism
Three members of the left-wing 'squad' face a class-action lawsuit for encouraging the antisemitic protests at Columbia University in New York City earlier this year, the New York Post reported.
Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Jamaal Bowman and Ilhan Omar were anamed among a dozen groups in the lawsuit, which was filed by five anonymous Columbia students, in connection with the anti-Israel encampment that was set up on the campus grounds in April. Two of the students who filed the lawsuit are Jewish, as reported by Israel National News.
“The Gaza Encampment was extreme and outrageous conduct. It was illegal. It violated university rules. Its occupants harassed, followed, physically blocked, intimidated, and bullied Jewish students,” the lawsuit states, adding that the disruption to studies caused "real damage" to Columbia's 36,000 students.