Hundreds arrested – and clashes: the protest at US universities is expanding

The anti-Israel demonstrations continued tonight (between Thursday and Friday, Israel time) and clashes between demonstrators and police were recorded at several universities. At a demonstration held at Princeton University, Hezbollah flags were raised. Documentation from New York shows pro-Palestinian protesters “occupying” one of the universities.At least 20 pro-Palestinian protesters were arrested at Bloomington University in Indiana, in clashes with police. Dozens were also arrested at a demonstration at Ohio University (OSU), where violence was also recorded. In total, since the beginning of the current protest wave, more than 400 protesters have been arrested on campuses across the US.

 

 

 

 

One document of the protests shows dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters, some of them masked, who “occupied” the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) in New York “in solidarity with the protesters at Columbia University.” Among the rioters, also members of the anti-Zionist Neturi Karta group. They barricaded themselves in place and some were arrested.

At George Washington University in the capital, President Alan Granberg stated that placing the protest tent of the pro-Palestinian demonstrators in the public area of ​​the campus “violates university policy”. Because of this, he turned to the Washington, D.C. police with a request to help evacuate the complex.

At the same time, a demonstration of support for Israel took place tonight at Columbia University. The demonstrators gathered in front of the pro-Palestinian protest tent, waved US and Israeli flags and called for “return all the abductees home”. This after the difficult clashes that took place there in the last few days and in the shadow of the growing protest on campus.

Severe riots were also reported at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.

#BREAKING: Chaotic Scenes Unfold as Protesters Clash with Police as they Attempt to Storm and Occupy a building at Emory University with Pellet Balls and Tear Gas Deployed ⁰⁰#Atlanta | #Georgia⁰
Moments ago, tensions were escalating at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.… pic.twitter.com/UpQiFmh6E6

— R A W S A L E R T S (@rawsalerts) April 26, 2024

Clashes between students who support Hamas and students who oppose it at the University of California (UCLA).

Counter-protestors engaged with participants of the encampment. pic.twitter.com/X77yir5TPF

— Daily Bruin (@dailybruin) April 26, 2024

Anti-Israel demonstration at the University of Pennsylvania.

BREAKING: Students at the University of Pennsylvania have taken over the lawn at Branch Levy Park and launched an encampment. pic.twitter.com/DUs6kRUjOV

— BreakThrough News (@BTnewsroom) April 25, 2024

JUST IN: Pro-Palestinian protests underway at University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. (UPenn)

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— AZ Intel (@AZ_Intel_) April 25, 2024