Columbia University suspended 65 students on Friday after they overtook the Butler Library on Wednesday in an anti-Israel protest. “At this time, more than 65 Columbia students are on interim suspension pending further investigation,

A Columbia official said more than 65 Columbia students were placed on “interim suspension pending further investigation.” A total of 33 people, including from affiliated institutions, were barred from Columbia’s campus. Alumni who joined the demonstration were also barred from campus, the university official said.

New York police intervened after pro-Palestinian demonstrators occupied the university’s main library Wednesday evening.