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,

Acting Columbia University President Claire Shipman said in a Wednesday video that anti-Israel protesters who took over the library violated university policies and will face disciplinary proceedings.

New York City police took 80 people into custody after responding to protests on Columbia's campus, the police department said.