Counter-Protesters Fill Broadway as Columbia's Encampment Standoff Deepens
By April 25, the confrontation at Columbia University had become a two-sided spectacle. As the Gaza Solidarity Encampment entered its second week on the lawns inside campus, a large pro-Israel counter-rally gathered on Broadway outside the university’s gates — filling the street with Israeli and American flags under the watch of the NYPD. Hundreds of pro-Israel demonstrators crowd Broadway at the intersection of W 116th Street. Israeli and American flags fly above the crowd....