The New York Police Department said during a press conference Thursday there was 'no direct threat' to Jewish students during an anti-Israel protest at Cooper Union.
The New York City government held a press conference addressing the incident Wednesday at Cooper Union during which Jewish students were harassed by pro-Palestinian demonstrators. The New York Police Department told the press Thursday there was 'no direct threat' to the Jewish students during the ordeal at the university library and downplayed the severity of the disruption. 'There was no direct threat.
School officials allowed the anti-Israel protest to continue and wanted 'to allow the students to keep talking,' the NYPD official told the press Thursday. JEWISH AMERICAN STUDENTS OUTRAGED BY RISING ANTISEMITISM IN US AMID HAMAS TERROR ATTACKS ON ISRAEL When the same 20 students came down the stairs of Cooper Union, a school official closed the doors to 'let the protesters pass,' the official said.
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