Crackdowns by police came after Columbia University cancelled in-person classes in response to tent encampments at its New York City campus last week.
Police have arrested dozens of people at pro-Palestine demonstrations at Yale University in Connecticut and New York University in Manhattan, asCrackdowns by police came after Columbia University cancelled in-person classes on Monday in response to protesters setting up tent encampments at its New York City campus last week, when more arrests were made.Demonstrators blocked traffic around Yale’s campus, demanding the university divest from military weapons manufacturers.
A New York police spokesperson said arrests were made after NYU asked police to enforce trespassing violations, but the total number of arrests and citations would remain unknown until much later. No injuries were reported.Protests at Yale, Columbia, NYU and other university campuses across the nation began in response to the escalation of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, after the deadly cross-border raid by Hamas militants on October 7 and Israel’s fierce response in Hamas-controlled Gaza.
“These tensions have been exploited and amplified b]y individuals who are not affiliated with Columbia, who have come to campus to pursue their own agendas,” said Shafik, who last week testified before a US House of Representatives committee, defending the school’s response to alleged antisemitism by protesters.
US President Joe Biden, who has been criticised by the protesters for supplying funding and weapons to Israel, said his administration had put the full force of the government behind protecting the Jewish community.“Even in recent days, we’ve seen harassment and calls for violence against Jews,” Biden said. “This blatant antisemitism is reprehensible and dangerous – and it has absolutely no place on college campuses, or anywhere in our country.
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