New York, April 23 (RHC)-- New York City's Columbia University canceled in-person classes on Monday as campus protests over Tel Aviv's genocidal war on Gaza entered a sixth day. Classes were held online as the campus remains largely locked down.

The protests have swelled after the arrest last week of over 100 students who had set up an encampment to call for the school to divest from Israel.  Organizers say at least 50 students have been suspended from Barnard and 35 from Columbia. 

A growing number of Columbia and Barnard alumni, employees and guest speakers have also publicly condemned or announced they are boycotting the prestigious institutions. 

Meanwhile, Gaza solidarity protests and encampments have begun on campuses across the country, including at Yale, MIT, Tufts, NYU, The New School and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.