Two Columbia University students who hastened to join the anti-Israel protest at New York University have gone viral on social media for admitting they “don’t know” what the purpose of the protest was.

In the video, the unidentified students stand near the steps of the NYU campus, as a line of NYPD officers clad in riot gear monitors the crowd from behind fencing. The footage was shared by former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani on Wednesday and has since been viewed 3.6 million times.

“I think the goal is just showing our support for Palestine and demanding that NYU stop … I honestly don’t know all of what NYU is doing,” one student, who was wearing a nose ring, said when asked about the main purpose of the protest.

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