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  • Comment: This is a subject with some limited notability but I would recommend merging its content to one of several articles about the protest movement associated with the Gaza War. Please note that student news organizations tend to not count towards establishing notability for subjects related to a given university. Pbritti (talk) 04:52, 22 April 2024 (UTC)
Columbia University Apartheid Divest
Formation2016
PurposeAnti-Zionist activism
HeadquartersColumbia University
Location
Websitecuad.org

Columbia University Apartheid Divest (CUAD) is a pro-Palestinian coalition of over 120 student organizations at Columbia University in New York City.[1] CUAD, along with Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) and Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), organized the ongoing 2024 campus occupation at the university. The coalition stated that the goal of the campus occupation, done in the context of New York City's ongoing Israel-Hamas war protests, is to have the university divest from Israel.[2]

CUAD was created in 2016.[3] In 2020, it organized a university-wide referendum on the question of ending Columbia's financial ties with Israel, which resulted in favor of the proposal; Lee Bollinger, the university president at that time, overturned the decision.[3][4][5][6] After a period of inactivity, CUAD was reactivated in October 2023, after the start of the Israel-Hamas war, in response to what it called "the overwhelming support for Palestinian freedom from students on Columbia’s campus."[3]

CUAD describes itself as anti-imperialist, anti-colonialist, and aligned with the prison abolition and police abolition movements.[3]

In August 2024 CUAD issued a statement supporting protesters in Bangladesh and calling for "the total eradication of Western civilization."[7]

In October 2024 CUAD expressed support for the October 7 2023 attacks and the October 1 2024 Jaffa shooting.[8]

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  1. ^ Prokupecz, Shimon; Tucker, Emma; Miller, John; Elassar, Alaa; Towfighi, John (2024-04-18). "Over 100 people arrested as NYPD breaks up pro-Palestinian protest at Columbia University, law enforcement source says". CNN. Retrieved 2024-04-22.
  2. ^ Walton, Lara-Nour (2024-04-19). "Inside the Gaza Solidarity Encampment at Columbia University". ISSN 0027-8378. Retrieved 2024-04-22.
  3. ^ a b c d Divest, Columbia University Apartheid. "Columbia University Apartheid Divest: Who we are". Columbia Daily Spectator. Retrieved 2024-04-22.
  4. ^ Egbo, Defne. "CCSC passes ballot initiative to hold Israel divestment referendum". Columbia Daily Spectator. Retrieved 2024-04-22.
  5. ^ "President Bollinger Comments on College Student Vote on Israel | Office of the President". president.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2024-04-22.
  6. ^ "Columbia students voted overwhelmingly to divest from Israel, and president responds dismissively — Rashid Khalidi". Mondoweiss. 2020-10-03. Retrieved 2024-04-22.
  7. ^ Lewis, Ray (2024-08-08). "Anti-Israel Columbia students call for 'total eradication of Western civilization'". WBMA. Retrieved 2024-10-11.
  8. ^ Otterman, Sharon (2024-10-09). "Pro-Palestinian Group at Columbia Now Backs 'Armed Resistance' by Hamas". The New York Times. Retrieved 2024-10-11.
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