Pro-Palestinian Protesters Plan Rally Against Veterans Day at Columbia University: 'Disgusting'

Pro-Palestinian protesters at Columbia University are organizing a rally against Veterans Day to instead celebrate “the martyrs of the Israeli-American war machine,” just months after a congressional investigation into anti-Semitism on Ivy League campuses was launched.

According to a flyer for the rally, the protest is planned for noon Monday, Veterans Day, at the Sundial, which the university describes as a “highly trafficked location and is often used as a campus landmark for gatherings.”

“We reject this holiday and refuse to celebrate it. The American war machine should not be honored for the horrors it has inflicted on others,” reads the flyer promoted on social media.

“Instead, we will celebrate Martyrs’ Day in honor of those who were martyred at the hands of the Israeli-American war machine,” the leaflet said.

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News of the gathering sparked backlash on social media, including from the Columbia Jewish Alumni Association, which condemned the “cruel behavior.”

“This post from CUAD is absolutely DISGUSTING,” the group wrote in one post

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“I wonder if these activists at @Columbia realize that veterans won and preserved their right to protest?” Craig Bruce Smith, an associate professor at the National Defense University, wrote on X.

Students protest the war in Gaza on the anniversary of the Hamas attack on Israel at Columbia University in New York City on Monday, Oct. 7, 2024. (Victor J Blue)

“To make things even more unpopular, Columbia University Apartheid Divest students say they will reject Veterans Day and celebrate 'Martyrs Day' instead,” wrote Steve McGuire, Paul & Karen Levy Fellow in Campus Freedom at the American Council of Trustees and Alumni, on X

The protest comes just months after the Ivy League university was plagued by anti-Israel protests following the Oct. 7 massacre in Israel.

The House Ways and Means and Education and the Workforce committees have been conducting an investigation since April into anti-Semitism at universities, including Columbia University, which they say shows “a deeply troubling, systemic culture of anti-Semitism among large numbers of Americans.” Elites have uncovered”. universities across the country.

On Veterans Day, passersby at Columbia University see a memorial with names and photos of Americans killed in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. (Keith Torrie)

A spokesperson for Columbia University told Fox News Digital that they will monitor the gathering.

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“Columbia is proud of our students, faculty and staff who are veterans, and we are grateful for their service and sacrifice and the invaluable contributions they make to our community. The university honors its veterans on Veterans Day and every day, and we are proud.” “Tomorrow will participate in the New York Veterans Day Parade, as we have done for more than a decade,” the university said in a statement. “We are aware that a small group has called for a demonstration today, and our public safety team is monitoring any disruptions to campus activities. As always, we strive to maintain our core mission of teaching, creating and promoting knowledge.”