As Columbia University President Minouchie Shafik testified at a Congressional hearing about antisemitism at the university, dozens of students Wednesday pledged to occupy a space on campus until the school divests from companies with ties to Israel, the Spectator reported.

The students were occupying the South Lawn, a Columbia University spokesperson said in a statement to the Columbia Daily Spectator, the school’s student newspaper.

“The presence of tents on South Lawn is a safety concern and a violation of university policies,” the school said. “We are informing the students they are in violation of university policies and for their own safety and for the operation of the university they need to leave.”

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