earlier, i spoke to one student whose been at the encampment, moataz salim.t at george washington university and a palestinian—american student activist. moataz, thank you for joining us in our studios. we talked to you earlier on these protests. tell us, first of all, you still remain processing in this encampment. tell us what the relationship has been like with the university and police, because dc police have not cleared this encampment. we are on day nine today, i have been there from day one. in terms of the relationship with the university and the police, i mean, the students — so ijust want to clarify, i am just a grad student at gw, i am in the encampmentjust in solidarity, but the student demands are to divest from any sort of funds that go to companies that are aiding the genocide, and a lot of it is to protect pro—palestine students and black and brown students and the organisers... what has the university's response been to that? i say those things to just make it clear those other demands and the university has so far responded in a mostly negat

moataz, havejustice, freedom, dignity. moataz, we have to live the conversation there.rsity in new york. earlier this week, police in riot gear cleared out the encampment there and cleared protesters from a university hall. the department of education is now investigating the university about allegations of discriminatory treatment of palestinian students. the university is also facing criticism for its handling of allegations of anti—semitism on campus before and during these protests. columbia's president minouche shafik, was called to testify before congress about those accusations one day after the house of representatives passed the antisemitism awareness act on tuesday. joining me now to discuss is maya platek, the student body president—elect of the columbia school of general studies, who has also been outspoken about the need to ensure all students, including jewish students, are safe and can access campus. maya, thank you forjoining us. columbia's encampment has been cleared. tensions are high. what are things like on campus now? , .. , , what are things like o