Hundreds came out to support Israel and for a safe campus for all students at Columbia University. The march was held outside the Columbia University campus during the last week of April. It was an encouraging sight to see hundreds show their support for Israel and the students, and chant Am Yisrael Chai and sing the Israel national anthem. Only Columbia students with a student ID and faculty were allowed entry onto the campus given the recent pro-Hamas demonstrations on campus. Later reports indicated that about half the pro-Hamas demonstrators later arrested were not Columbia students nor faculty but outside agitators.