Columbia University students staged a walkout during a two-hour lecture from Hillary Clinton and the dean of the School of International and Public Affairs on Thursday to protest the university’s alleged role in “doxxing” students who signed onto anti-Israel statements.

Roughly 30 students walked out of the lecture on women’s involvement in peace processes given by Clinton and Keren Yarhi-Milo. The students who walked out joined several dozen other protests who gathered near the lobby of the International Affairs Building, according to the New York Times. 

Wall Street CEOs have threatened to blackball the Harvard students belonging to the 34 groups that issued an anti-Israel letter after Hamas terrorists killed 1,400 Israelis in the October 7 attack.

Since Harvard President Claudine Gay has refused to reveal the names of the individual students belonging to the groups, watchdog organization Accuracy in Media is doing some of the blackballing for them, the New York Post reports.

The “doxxing truck” that circled Harvard University’s campus to expose Ivy Leaguers who allegedly signed a letter blaming Israel for Hamas’ attacks has been beaming the photos of some student leaders outside their homes, The Post has learned.

The controversy engulfing Harvard student groups that signed a pro-Palestinian letter grew Wednesday, as a truck displaying the names and faces of students allegedly affiliated with the groups circled the school's campus.

Catch up quick: Thirty-four student groups signed onto a letter by the Harvard Palestine Solidarity Committee (PSC) on Saturday that said it held "the Israeli regime entirely responsible for all unfolding violence."

The letter has garnered widespread attention and backlash from politicians, company CEOs and prominent alumni.

Some students at a few U.S. universities blamed Israel this week for the Hamas militants' attack on the Jewish state, drawing a sharp rebuke from academic leaders at the schools as well as from prominent alumni and potential employers.

The debate touched off at Harvard University, the alma mater of eight former U.S. presidents and perhaps the most politically influential school in the country.

Harvard president Claudine Gay released a video Thursday evening as the university reels from backlash following a pro-Palestinian statement signed by dozens of student groups holding Israel "entirely responsible" for Hamas' terrorist attacks on the country and the subsequent violence unfolding in the region.

Gay's video, which was titled "Our Choices," began with her describing the Israel-Hamas war as a "moment of intense pain and grief for a great many people in our community and around the world," to which she added that she is experiencing the same feelings.

Twitter has suspended the accounts of several high-profile journalists, many of whom have been reporting on Elon Musk’s controversial takeover of the company.

So far, the journalists who have been suspended include Donie O’Sullivan from CNN, Drew Harwell of the Washington Post, Ryan Mac of the New York Times, Matt Binder of Mashable, and Micah Lee of The Intercept. The sudden purging seems to contradict Musk’s stated commitment to protecting freedom of speech on Twitter.

The suspension of several journalists on Twitter Thursday immediately set off a firestorm, with mainstream press crying foul over what they perceived as an attempt by Elon Musk to silence his critics and right-wing voices arguing that the liberal media finally got a taste of its own medicine.

Why it matters: Musk has said repeatedly that he stands for free speech, but the inconsistency of his content moderation decisions has begun to alienate traditional media outlets.

Twitter CEO Elon Musk publicly defended his social-media platform suspending the accounts of several journalists, saying they had violated rules against “doxxing.”

Mr. Musk took to Twitter after several news outlets began reporting on the bans to state that they were not because the journalists, who all covered him and Twitter, had criticized him but that the platform had rules against stalking people.

“Criticizing me all day long is totally fine, but doxxing my real-time location and endangering my family is not,” he wrote in a reply to one user.