Columbia University Apartheid Divest, a pro-Palestinian student coalition that has driven protests since Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel, said in a statement that the punishment “marks a serious escalation in the crackdown against students advocating for divestment against the israeli war machine.”

Columbia University, of which Barnard is an affiliate, suspended a third student involved in the incident last month

Barnard college reportedly expelled two students last week for disrupting a session of the class "History of Modern Israel."

Two Barnard College students have been expelled for their roles in disrupting a Jan. 21 history of modern Israel class, according to social media.

Eyes are now turning to the school’s affiliate, Columbia University, which has been criticized for failing to discipline unruly anti-Israel

Two Barnard College students have been expelled more than a month after masked anti-Israel protesters stormed a Columbia University class about the Jewish state’s history and flung hate-filled flyers around.