At a Columbia event, protests erupted against @HillaryClinton and @USAmbUN for their support of Israeli actions in Gaza. A protester interrupted Clinton, and the event was briefly halted when the audience chanted "Free Palestine" during UN Ambassador Greenfield's speech.
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@aaronjmate - Aaron Maté
At a Columbia event today, @HillaryClinton and @USAmbUN are facing protests over their support for the Israeli genocide in Gaza: https://t.co/uOMCdI6fiw
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The speaker, Ron Clinton, thanks the audience for attending the important subject discussion. He emphasizes the need for hard work to solve the problem, rather than yelling. He requests the audience to refrain from interrupting the panelists. He mentions that people have the freedom to protest but not to disrupt events or classes, and this will be the standard going forward.
Speaker 0: Thank you very much. Harry, Diane, Ron Clinton. That's my name. That's right. More criminal.
The people of Libya, the people of Iraq, the people of Syria, the people of Yemen. Sir, I am a Palestine. As well as the people of America will never die. The university called The theologically of Rotter. I'm asking you to leave.
The delegates will now escort you out of the building. Okay. Let me thank, all of you for coming, because this is such an important, subject. And as you just Heard, from Milan, it is one that, she and I and so many others have been focused on for decades, And yelling doesn't solve the problem. The kind of hard work and the work that you will hear from the panelists today, I think it's important that we okay.
Alright. We're gonna we're gonna stop. We're gonna stop A minute and I don't it you know what? It why don't all of you just interrupt me so that you won't be introduced interrupting our panelists so that we don't have This kind of disruption when we have people who are real experts in this area. And so I think it's, I think it's, important to, focus on the event we're here.
People are Free to protest, but they are not free to disrupt events or classes, and that is going to be the, You know, the, standards that we follow here and, going forward.
We should not ignore global issues and should value women's perspectives. There is a disruption at an academic event and the person is asked to leave for violating university rules. The speaker mentions Cynthia, but the person is still asked to leave. It is important to note something, but the transcript ends abruptly.
Speaker 0: That we not turn away from what is going on across the world. And it's very important that, you know, we have women's perspectives.
Speaker 1: You are disrupting an academic event. Please exit the space. You are disrupting an academic proceeding. This is a violation of the university rules of conduct. You wanna talk about Cynthia?
You're in violation of the university rules of conduct. Thank you for leaving the space.
Speaker 0: And I think it's also important to note
@aaronjmate - Aaron Maté
@HillaryClinton @USAmbUN After UN Ambassador Linda Thomas Greenfield took the stage, the event was temporarily shut down after audience members began chanting "Free Palestine": https://t.co/JhYBSkW235
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I visited a refugee camp in Chad and heard from many people about their experiences. However, during an academic event, there was an interruption due to a violation of university regulations. The speaker was asked to leave and the event was temporarily halted. The audience was thanked for their patience and the event would resume shortly.
Speaker 0: Delighted to be part of you
Speaker 1: and joining this have no
Speaker 2: Regulations and the conduct of the university, we will ask a delegate to now please escort you. We you are interrupting academic event, and this is in contrast to The university regulations about time, place, and matter. Lisa. You are now going to be escorted, hon.
Speaker 1: You can't get to.
Speaker 0: So what I'd like to talk to you, about today, to start with, I visited, 5 months ago, a refugee camp Andre Chad, just over the border from Sudan. And I heard from so many people who have said to me This
Speaker 1: is yet again a violation of the university rules of conduct. You are interrupting an academic proceeding. It is time for you to exit the space. This is a violation of the university rules of conduct. This is an academic proceeding, and you need to exit the space.
Briefly and reconvene in a moment. We embrace freedom of Expression at Columbia University. This is a violation of the university rules of conduct as it's a disruption of an academic proceeding. Thank you for making your way one? Out of the event space.
We need to exit the event space. You are in violation of the university rules of conduct. The event will proceed momentarily. You need to exit the event space. You are in violation of the university rules of conduct.
Thank you to our audience for being patient. We will begin again momentarily.
