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Pranavi Davuluri
Pranavi Davuluri [Navi Davuluri] was arrested at a pro-Hamas rally after occupying a campus building at Barnard College (Barnard) in March 2025 during Israel’s war against Hamas terrorists. Israel launched the war after the October 7, 2023, terror attacks.
Davaluri has also expressed support for Hamas terrorism on social media.
On October 7, 2023, Hamas murdered approximately 1,200 Israelis, injured thousands and kidnapped hundreds of civilians. For more information, see the Canary Mission page on Hamas.
As of April 2025, Davuluri was affiliated with the anti-Israel campus group Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) chapter at the School of Visual Arts (SVA) (SVA SJP).
As of the same date, Davuluri's LinkedIn profile said she was studying for a bachelor's degree in cinematography and film/video production at SVA, slated to graduate in May 2025.
As of the same date, Davuluri's LinkedIn said she was located in Brooklyn, New York.
On March 6, 2025, the Washington Free Beacon reported that Davuluri was arrested along with eight other anti-Israel activists on March 5, 2025, at a pro-Hamas rally after occupying Barnard's Milstein Library.
Davuluri was charged with "disorderly conduct, trespassing, and obstructing governmental administration."
The library takeover, which was organized by the pro-terror student coalition Columbia University Apartheid Divest group (CUAD), was in support of students who had been suspended for interrupting a "History of Modern Israel" class on January 21, 2025, and distributing anti-Semitic flyers.
During the takeover, anti-Israel activists distributed pamphlets published by the "Hamas Media Office" justifying the group's October 7, 2023 terror attacks. They also chanted: "Intifada, intifada! Globalize the Intifada!"
The term “intifada,” which translates from Arabic as “uprising” or “insurrection,” carries the connotation of violence. Palestinian intifadas waged against Israel have been marked since 1987 by hundreds of hijackings, shootings, stabbings, bombings and suicide missions.
The activists also shared posters that read: "DEATH TO AMERICA," writing the same message in the library's guest book. They also shared posters in support of former Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar.
Yahya (Yehiya) Sinwar masterminded the October 7, 2023 terror attacks on Israel. While serving four life sentences in Israel, he was released to Gaza following the Gilad Shalit prisoner exchange deal. On October 17, 2024, the Israel Defense Forces eliminated Sinwar in Gaza.
During the takeover, protesters also chanted: "Disclose! Divest! We will not stop! We will not rest!" and held a wanted poster of Barnard president Laura Ann Rosenbury.
Classes were reportedly disrupted and the police were sent to the location, citing a "bomb threat."
On March 5, 2025, New York Times reported that this was the "second such sit-in to take place at Barnard over the issue," with anti-Israel activists having previously "staged a sit-in at Milbank Hall."
On October 7, 2023, Hamas murdered approximately 1,200 Israelis, kidnapped hundreds and wounded thousands. War crimes included mass rape and torture. Many Palestinian civilians participated in and supported the attacks, and Gazans working in the targeted Israeli communities gave intelligence to Hamas on where to strike.
For more information, see the Canary Mission page on Hamas.
As of April 2025, Davuluri's Instagram bio said : "...🔻..."
The inverted red triangle is a symbol showing support for Hamas and Palestinian terrorism. It first appeared in propaganda videos produced by the Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, during its terror attacks of October 7, 2023. The symbol was used by Hamas to signify one of their Israeli targets.
Hamas has been designated as a terrorist organization by the U.S., Canada, European Union, Israel and other countries. Founded in 1987, it has killed thousands of Israeli civilians through mass shootings and suicide bombings. Hamas has also kidnapped children, families and the elderly and held them hostage in Gaza. It has desecrated [slide 7] dead bodies and launched numerous rocket attacks against Israeli civilians.
SJP is the leading student organization engaged in anti-Israel activity on North American college and university campuses. The first chapter of SJP was founded in 2001 at the University of California at Berkeley by Professor Hatem Bazian, who has spread anti-Semitism and defended the Hamas terror group.
SJP organizes anti-Israel campus campaigns, including running annual Israel Apartheid Weeks and pushing the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement. SJP activists have reportedly physically assaulted, intimidated and harassed Jewish students, and SJP chapters have often endorsed and campaigned for terrorists.
The Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement was founded by pro-terror activist Omar Barghouti in 2005 to turn “Israel into a pariah state, as South Africa once was.” Barghouti has also called for Israel's destruction and the BDS movement demands would result in that same goal.
BDS initiatives include calling on institutions and individuals to divest from Israeli-affiliated companies, promoting academic and cultural boycotts of Israel, and organizing anti-Israel rallies, protests and campaigns.
The movement’s most notable achievement has been infiltrating university campuses through lobbying for “BDS resolutions.” In these cases, student governments propose resolutions to boycott or divestment from Israel or Israeli-affiliated entities. BDS activity is often aggressive and disruptive. It has been noted that universities that pass BDS resolutions see a marked increase in anti-Semitic incidents and pro-terror activism on campus.
