CITY COLLEGE–As the war in Gaza and now in Southern Lebanon continues, some in the City College community continue to have strong feelings. Students are still upset about the dismantling of the protest encampment and the call by President Vincent Boudreau that brought the NYPD to campus.
“I think the way he handled it was so extreme and unnecessary and harmed the image that the encampment was trying to provide,” Alina Hadzovic said, a third-year earth and atmospheric sciences student.
Last spring students at CCNY, like students on campuses around the country, camped out to protest what they saw as reckless bombardment of Gaza by Israel. The war has now taken over 42,000 lives. The bombing began in retaliation after Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, that killed over 1200 people. Hamas also took 254 Israeli hostages.
