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In another post, she wrote, \"those of us in Gaza Solidarity Encampment will not be intimidated. we will stand resolute until our demands are met.\"

The Apartheid Divest coalition, according to its website, is demanding the university \"divest its stocks, funds, and endowment from companies that profit from the State of Israel's violations of international law and Palestinian human rights through its ongoing system of settler colonialism, military occupation, and apartheid.\"

Columbia University did not immediately respond to ABC News' requests for comment.

Protesters opposed to Israel's war in Gaza continued demonstrating on campus Thursday, including some who have set up a tent encampment on the South Lawn of the upper Manhattan campus.

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The demonstrations at Columbia also included pro-Israel supporters, who waved Israeli flags and held signs reading, \"#End Jew Hatred.\"

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As demonstrators on both sides chanted and clanged pots, a U-Haul truck passed by with a sign demanding that Shafik, who was appointed president of the school in July 2023, resign from her position.

University officials sent out a warning Wednesday to student demonstrators camping on campus to clear out by 9 p.m. Wednesday or else the school would \"take the interim measure of suspending you.\"

\"This notice is a final request from the University that you immediately cease your participation in this encampment and leave the campus,\" the school's letter to the protesters said.

At least five people were arrested Wednesday night at the college for disorderly conduct, according to the NYPD.

On Wednesday, Shafik was questioned for hours by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce about antisemitism on the Columbia campus.

Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., chair of the committee, opened the hearing by calling some elite U.S. colleges \"hotbeds of antisemitism and hate.\"

\"Columbia University is one of the worst of those hotbeds and we've seen too little, far too late done to counter that and protect students and staff,\" Foxx said. \"Columbia stands guilty of gross negligence at best and, at worst, has become a platform for those supporting terrorism and violence against the Jewish people.\"

In her opening statement, Shafik told the committee that Columbia \"strives to be a community free of discrimination and hate in all forms and we condemn the antisemitism that is so pervasive today.\"

She said a \"major challenge\" has been reconciling free speech with the rights of Jewish students to go to school in an environment free of discrimination and harassment.

\"Regrettably, the events of Oct. 7 brought to the fore an undercurrent of antisemitism that is a major challenge and like many other universities Columbia has seen a rise in antisemitic incidents,\" Shafik said.

During the hearing, Rep. Omar asked Shafik if she had specifically seen anti-Jewish and anti-Muslim demonstrations at Columbia.

In one of several moments in which Shafik appeared to struggle to answer members' questions, Shafik said she had not seen those types of demonstrations.

Omar asked, \"I wanted to get a clarification, earlier one of my colleagues asked you, have you seen anti-Muslim protests on campus?

Shafik responded, \"I have seen -- we have had pro-Israeli demonstrations on campus.\"

Omar asked again if Shafik had seen protests against Muslims, Arabs or Palestinians.

Shafik answered, \"No, I have not.\"

Omar continued, \"Have you seen one against Jewish people? Have you seen a protest saying we are against Jewish people?\"

Shafik replied, \"No.\"

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