Columbia University students occupied university buildings and renamed a hall after Hind Rajab.
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unDivided with Brandi KruseOct 27, 2026
Multiple tier1 sources (Reuters, AP) and tier2 NBC report that Columbia University student protesters occupied Hamilton Hall on April 30, 2024 and renamed it 'Hind's Hall' after Hind Rajab. The post's passage is a faithful basis for the claim, though it refers to 'the occupations' generally; the claim's core (occupation plus renaming at Columbia) is well supported.
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… us, and that's, I think, what drives these protests happening not just in France, but are happening across Europe and India and other countries as well, and we'll come back to here at some point. We don't have to go by that far in this own country's history. Look at the occupations that took place in universities like Columbia University, where they renamed one of the main halls after Hindrajab, a young Palestinian girl who was murdered by the state of Israel. Those connections are made for us when we see tear gas in the front of schools in Chicago, where they attempt to divide us, saying that the problem somehow immigrants coming here to flee conditions that this country actually produced to seek a better life, …
unDivided with Brandi Kruse · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. Reuters reports protesters broke into and occupied Hamilton Hall at Columbia and unfurled a banner reading 'Hind's Hall', renaming the building for a 6-year-old Palestinian child killed in Gaza.[1]
Supports. AP reports protesters seized the Hamilton Hall administration building in a pro-Palestinian occupation on Columbia's campus before police cleared it.[2]
Supports. NBC News reports protesters stormed and occupied Hamilton Hall overnight, renaming it 'Hind Hall' after Hind Rajab.[4]
Supports. PolitiFact's fact-check concerns a misattributed image, but confirms that Hamilton Hall was a Columbia building student activists occupied and called 'Hind's Hall' in remembrance of Hind Rajab.[3]
Context. Some sources describe the renaming as unofficial, and the building was later cleared by police, which does not contradict the occupation and renaming having occurred.[5][6]
Sources
6 sources: 3 fact-checkers, 1 tier 2, 2 not rated
- 1Police arrest dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters at ...reuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2Police clear pro-Palestinian protesters from Columbia University’s Hamilton Hallapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 3Misspelled 'free Palastine' spray-painted at Canadian school, not ...politifact.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 4Palestinian students find strength in U.S. campus protestsnbcnews.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 5Protesters occupying Hamilton Hall will face expulsion, University ...columbiaspectator.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 6Why have Columbia students renamed the college hall they occupied Hinds Hall?independent.co.uk · not rated · cited for: context
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