New York City officials are holding a press conference on Wednesday, after police entered Columbia University on Tuesday night to break up anti-Israel protests.

The NYPD was given approval to enter the campus after protests took over a building on campus, after weeks of protests that university officials say have threatened and intimidated Jewish students. The protesters have demanded the university divest from Israel.

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Columbia University is one of several college campuses that has had anti-Israel protests in recent weeks. Protests on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles, got fiery overnight leading to police having to intervene.