Two Barnard College students in New York City have been expelled for their alleged roles in disrupting the first session of the History of Modern Israel course last month.

The expulsions were made public by the Columbia University Apartheid Divest, a group that calls on Columbia University to divest from any association with Israel. Barnard and Columbia are affiliated institutions. 

In a post on X, the group said the Barnard administration has historically been hostile to those in support of Palestine while “wielding harsh disciplinary sentences against protestors to stifle dissent in an attempt to erase their complicity.”

A student protester waves a large Palestinian flag at their encampment on the Columbia University campus, Monday, April 29, 2024, in New York. Protesters of the war in Gaza who are encamped at Columbia University have defied a deadline to disband with chants, clapping and drumming.  (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah)

On Sunday, the CUAD posted a video taken by protesters during the class disruption on Instagram. The caption of the post described the History of Modern Israel class as “training future foot soldiers and managers of genocide.”

“We disrupted a zionist class, and you should too,” the post states. 

The Columbia student was suspended days after the incident by Columbia University, according to the school.  

Brian Cohen, the director of The Kraft Center for Jewish Student Life praised Rosenbury’s actions. 

A student protester parades a Palestinian flag outside the entrance to Hamilton Hall on the campus of Columbia University, Tuesday, April 30, 2024, in New York.  (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, Pool)

“These former students disrupted a class, handed out antisemitic flyers, and harassed students who only wanted to learn. These individuals don’t belong on campus – and now they won’t be,” he wrote Sunday on X.