At least 60 US universities are holding pro-Palestinian protests
- April 26, 2024
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Protests against Israeli attacks on Gaza have already spread to about 60 US universities. More than 500 people have been arrested in recent days. This is a move
Protests against Israeli attacks on Gaza have already spread to about 60 US universities. More than 500 people have been arrested in recent days.
This is a move that increases pressure on US President Joe. Biden should withdraw his support for Israel.
Since police attempted to clear a pro-Palestinian encampment on the campus of Columbia University in New York a week ago, the protest movement has spread to about 60 university premises, according to a count New York Timesprepared based on publications on social networks and local media.
As a result, about 500 people have already been arrested.
According to the local ABC affiliate, the latest arrests occurred at Ohio State University, where 36 protesters were detained last night, and at Arizona State University, where several arrests were made this Friday.
Meanwhile, 57 University of Texas at Austin students arrested this week saw prosecutors drop charges of trespassing on campus this Friday.
Enforcement measures were also taken on campuses to end the protests.
University of Texas suspends Palestine Solidarity Committee
For example, the University of Texas itself announced this Friday in a statement that it had “temporarily suspended the activities” of the Palestine Solidarity Committee, the organizer of the demonstrations at that faculty.
Also denied detained students access to to the university campus.
Except Private George Washington Universitylocated in the center of the American capital, warned students camped out on Thursday that anyone remaining on campus could be temporarily suspended and receive an administrative access ban.
University of Florida threatens suspension and expulsion of students who protest
Likewise, University of Florida This Friday, he threatened students demonstrating on campus with suspension and even expulsion for three years.
Despite efforts to suppress them, protests continue to occur on university campuses across the country.
This Friday, over 75 students camped at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, with a large banner that reads:
“What have you done to end the genocide?”, according to photographs from a local newspaper. Daily tar heel.
In addition, legislators Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Jamaal Bowman, who represent New York districts and lead the progressive wing of the Democratic Party, visited Columbia University to support the students.
“Any leader who would resort to force and violence against people demonstrating peacefully should be deeply ashamed,” Ocasio-Cortez said in statements to the student newspaper. nonsense.
The protests have been called by a variety of groups, although most are seeking to demonstrate their opposition to the war in the Gaza Strip, in which more than 34,000 people have been killed, and to express their position. the withdrawal of Biden’s unconditional support for the government of Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu.
Students deny their tuition money is going towards Israel’s war against Gaza
In addition, protesters are demanding that universities stop their investments in weapons manufacturers because they do not want the money they pay for tuition to fuel the conflict in Gaza.
There is historical precedent for this type of student movement.
In the 1980s, students in the United States were able to some universities will refuse investment what did they have in business South Africa during apartheid.
The protests have taken on greater urgency because they come during an election year and as Biden tries to attract young voters to defeat Donald Trump in the November election. (EFE)
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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