The University of Columbia has warned students to prepare for the return of tents camps on campus after the Ivy League school realized the plans of anti-Israel protesters to organize demonstrations.
“We have a leg aware of the possible plans to establish camps on the Campus de Columbia,” the School’s Public Security Unit exploded in an email to the students and the staff on Wednesday.
“We want to communicate clearly that the camp and camps on the Columbia Campus are prohibited by university policy.”
The school promised to immediately knock down any store that appears on the Morningsis Heights campus and threatened with the disruptive protesters arrested.
“We value free expression and the right to protest,” email continued. “These activities must be carried out in accordance with university rules and policies to guarantee the security of our community and that academic and other campuse activities can continue without obstacles.”
The alert occurred after approximately 100 people at a secret planning meeting in Brooklyn earlier this week establishing the camp on Thursday and Friday, NBC News reported.
“When we seize the lawn, our goal is to unify the space and do it,” said one of the organizers, according to a recording of the meeting.
The leaders, who refused to use their real names and put facial coatings, urged those who planned to attend the protest not to reach the campus with masks because it would be the security of the campus.
“Any action we do will bring to the police, will bring repression and think about that and we are aware of that,” said one of the organizers.
“And we are trapped in this situation where inaction is also violence.”
The planned protests occur a year after anti-Israel agitators forced Columbia to lock themselves when a similar tent camp descended to the results of chaos in the diseases of the judges and destruction.