Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez claims Columbia University's 'heinous failure of leadership' is risking lives and slams 'reckless and dangerous' threats to call in cops on anti-Israel protesters

AOC has slammed Columbia University for its determination to telephone nan cops connected an encampment of anti-Israel protestors who are calling for nan schoolhouse to trim ties pinch companies profiting from conflict successful nan Middle East. 

Squad personnel Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, 34, weighed successful connected nan Ivy League University's threats to telephone NYPD connected students aft they grounded to dismantle their protests earlier their midnight deadline.

'Calling successful constabulary enforcement connected nonviolent demonstrations of young students connected field is an escalatory, reckless, and vulnerable act,' she wrote successful a post connected X. 

'It represents a heinous nonaccomplishment of activity that puts people’s lives astatine risk. I condemn it successful nan strongest imaginable terms.' 

Columbia Students for Justice in Palestine released a connection claiming nan university threatened to telephone nan National Guard on them connected Tuesday evening after President Minouche Shafik announced location is simply a midnight deadline for protesters to scope an statement and dismantle their encampment.

'Columbia University threatened CUAD negotiators to telephone some nan National Guard and NYPD if we do not acquiesce to their demands,' nan group said.

'The student negotiating squad has near nan array and refuses to return until location is simply a written committedness that nan management will not beryllium unleashing nan NYPD aliases nan National Guard connected its students.'

The Ivy League saw its seventh time of protests on Tuesday arsenic students shape a sit-in to request nan assemblage divest from companies profiting from Israel's war and sever world ties pinch its universities.

Anti-Israel protesters were arrested extracurricular of Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer's Brooklyn location connected Tuesday night. 

Fellow New York City congressman and 'Squad' personnel Jamaal Bowman, 48, agreed pinch AOC. 'I condemn immoderate imaginable constabulary action connected Columbia University's campus,' he posted.

'As an pedagogue who personally knowledgeable nan complete policing of our schools, this is individual to me,' he continued. 'We must defy right-wing demagoguery and extremity suppressing serene protestation if we are to support students safe.'

The girl of 'Squad' personnel Rep. Ilhan Omar was arrested and past later suspended for taking portion successful anti-Israel demonstrations connected Columbia's campus.

Isra Hirsi, 21, was portion of a now days-long protest on nan field of Columbia University successful support of Palestine that has drawn dense condemnation from some sides of nan governmental spectrum, including nan White House.

She and 2 of her Barnard College classmates - nan assemblage is simply a sister schoolhouse pinch Columbia - are among nan much than 100 protestors have been arrested, an NYPD spokesperson confirmed to DailyMail.com.

Hirsi says she has been evicted from field lodging and banned from nan eating hallway pursuing nan arrest. 

The objection escalated again connected Monday during nan Jewish vacation of Passover erstwhile unit and students walked retired successful protestation complete nan NYPD being called successful to power protests.

The assemblage president said a group of faculty, administrators and University Senators person been negotiating pinch nan student organizers and group a midnight deadline to scope an statement to dismantle nan encampment.

'I very overmuch dream these discussions are successful. If they are not, we will person to see replacement options for clearing nan West Lawn,' said Shafik. 

'The encampment raises superior information concerns, disrupts field life, and has created a tense and dispute situation for our community. It is basal that we move guardant pinch a scheme to dismantle it,' Shafik said.

'I besides want to beryllium clear that we will not tolerate intimidating, harassing, aliases discriminatory behavior. We are moving to place protestors who violated our policies against favoritism and harassment, and they will beryllium put done due disciplinary processes.'  

Shafik has been facing mounting calls to resign because she has 'surrendered power to nan anti-Semitic fringe' and allowed 'anarchy' aft she canceled each in-person classes until nan extremity of nan semester. 

On Tuesday, 2 Jewish graduates of Columbia University snuck into nan campus pro-Palestine encampment with Israeli flags and accused activists of ‘supporting extremist Islamic terrorism’.

Isidore Karten and his friend, Tomer Brenner, who gained entree to nan encampment connected Tuesday afternoon, besides carried a poster pinch pictures of Israelis kidnapped by Hamas connected October 7. They were confronted by protesters and asked to time off but refused and spent respective hours successful nan encampment staging their ain antagonistic protest.

Both told DailyMail.com that nan encampment should beryllium instantly removed by assemblage activity and accused pro-Palestine activists of making Jewish students consciousness unsafe.

The encampment has been group up connected nan South Lawn of Columbia’s Upper West Side field for astir a week. Students progressive successful nan action person refused to time off until nan assemblage commits to ending immoderate investments which are linked to Israel.