The far-left groups funding Columbia's student sit-in including a group that supported Hamas Oct 7 attack and a Soros-fund

Far left groups supporting the Columbia students' sit in include a group that supported the Hamas attack of October 7 and a George Soros fund. 

Tensions continue to escalate at the Ivy League school where hundreds of pro-Palestine protesters are demanding that the institution divest from companies with ties to Israel.

So far, more than 100 demonstrators have been arrested at the 'Gaza Solidarity Encampment', which is comprised of a coalition of 116 groups under the umbrella organization Columbia University Apartheid Divest.

Now it has emerged that several of the groups in the coalition have received backing from left wing donors, including one group currently under investigation for allegedly fundraising for terrorist organizations.

One of the key players in the coalition is Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), which the Gazette reports came out in support of the October 7 attack which killed 1,200 Israelis.

Far left groups supporting the Columbia students' sit in include a group that supported the Hamas attack of October 7 and a George Soros fund

Tensions continue to escalate at the Ivy League school where hundreds of pro Palestine protesters are demanding that the institution divest from companies with ties to Israel 

It has emerged one of the groups at the encampment, Students for Justice in Palestine, has links to another group under investigation for allegedly fundraising for terrorists. SJP members including this one pictured have been suspended over their involvement in the camp

Jewish Voice for Peace has received millions from various donors including George Soros's Open Society Network

 SJP receives funding from American Muslims for Palestine (AMP), according to the Anti Defamation League, which describes AMP as holding 'extreme anti-Israel views'.

Last year, Virginia's Attorney General Jason Miyares announced his office was investigating AMP over allegations they may have been fundraising for terrorist organizations.

SJP is also an offshoot of the Westchester People’s Action Coalition which supports Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions, the Green New Deal, and other left-wing initiatives.

WESPAC is named as a 'fiscal sponsor' of SJP, according to NGO Watch and has assets over $1,000,000.

Several of the groups members are among those who have been barred for participating in the sit in.

Another central player in the encampment is Jewish Voice for Peace, which has received millions from various donors including George Soros's Open Society Network.

Since  2016 the group has netted at least $650,000 from Soros-backed organizations.

Other donors have included the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, whose director, Nicholas Burns, resigned in 2017 over its support for JVP.

Columbia was forced to cancel all in person classes for the rest of the semester amid the turmoil

Columbia University Apartheid Divest is made up of 116 groups and states on its website that it represents thousands of students across nine schools

Both JVP and SJP have been involved in solidarity protests across other universities including NYU, Yale, MIT and Harvard. 

Columbia canceled in-person classes, dozens of protesters were arrested at New York University and Yale, and the gates to Harvard Yard were closed to the public Monday as some of the most prestigious U.S. universities sought to defuse campus tensions over Israel’s war with Hamas.

Columbia University Apartheid Divest states on its website that it represents thousands of students across nine schools.

Other groups which make up the coalition include Young Democratic Socialists of America, Columbia Queer and Asian, the African Students Association, Columbia University Students for Human Rights and the Teachers College Abolition Collective.

The coalition began the sit in following Columbia president Minouche Shafik's testimony before Congress about anti-Semitism on campus. 

The stunt entered its seventh day today and has already seen billionaire donors including Robert Kraft pull their funding and earned condemnation from the White House.

The coalition's three demands center around divestment all of Columbia’s finances, including that profit from 'Israeli apartheid, genocide and occupation in Palestine', severing all ties with Israeli universities and an opposition to 'to land grabs, whether in Harlem, Lenapehoking, or Palestine'.

The group is seeking a ceasefire on Gaza, where more than 34,000 Palestinians have been killed in retaliatory strikes by Israel.