Hillary Clinton’s Columbia students walk out of class in anti-Israel protest

Several students walked out of Hillary Clinton’s Columbia University class Wednesday, joining demonstrators in the building lobby for an anti-Israel protest.

Clinton was giving a two-hour lecture on women’s involvement in peace processes but was interrupted at about the halfway point when roughly 30 of the 300 attendees stood up and left, according to the New York Times.

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The students were reportedly doing so in protest of the university’s handling of the war in Israel’s fallout on campus. Many of the protesting students had signed a letter after the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks by Hamas against Israel that said, “The weight of responsibility for the war and casualties undeniably lies with the Israeli extremist government.”

Following its dissemination, watchdog group Accuracy in Media sent mobile billboards to the campus, showcasing the names and photographs of signatories. The billboard labeled them “Columbia’s Leading Antisemites.”

The protesters in Columbia’s International Affairs Building during Clinton’s lecture believe this amounts to “doxxing.” The demonstrators are reportedly demanding that the university provide “immediate legal support for affected students” as well as ensure “a commitment to student safety, well-being and privacy.”

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Columbia announced a task force on doxxing and student safety one day prior to the lecture, on Tuesday. “The SIPA Task Force on Doxing and Student Safety will play a critical role in making recommendations to the university and local government to protect our students,” wrote Keren Yarhi-Milo, Columbia’s dean of the School of International and Public Affairs.

Yarhi-Milo also said the task force will “develop recommendations to prevent doxing, protect the identities and personal information of our students, and develop proposals to reduce tensions among various students and student organizations regarding controversial national or international events that affect our community in New York City.”