“I feel proud that there is a group of students who feel what we feel now — and are helping and supporting us,” said Reem Musa Suleiman Abu Shinar, speaking to an NBC News crew in the city of Rafah in southern Gaza.
NBC News is tracking the status of state-level abortion laws and restrictions across the country, as well as exceptions in places where bans are in effect.
Early on April 30, 1968, police arrested nearly 700 student protesters who had occupied buildings at Columbia, including Hamilton Hall. Fifty-six years later to the day, pro-Palestinian activists took over the same building.
Protesters took over and occupied the building on the Manhattan campus of Columbia University early Tuesday. Police moved in Tuesday night, making arrests and clearing the structure.
There is only one way in, or out, of Columbia University’s Morningside Heights campus — and only students who live there and essential maintenance staff are allowed through.