Nearly 200 pro-Palestine protesters detained at US universities

Police detained nearly 200 pro-Palestine protesters on Saturday at three universities in U.S as they vacated their camps, in the latest episode of a student movement against the war in Link that spreads across the country.

On the East Coast, police Boston briefly detained around 100 people in the morning on the campus of Northeastern University. Social media posts show police throwing tents onto a truck and security forces in riot gear.

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The intervention took place after some protesters launched “Violent anti-Semitic slogans including ‘Kill the Jews’”, reported the educational center on the social network X.

A protester screams as he is placed in a police van after being arrested during a pro-Palestinian rally at Emory University on April 25, 2024, in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Elijah Nouvelage/AFP) (ELIJAH NOUVELAGE/)

The area of ​​the university where the protests took place “was fully insured”at 11:30 am local (3:30 pm GMT)“and all campus operations have returned to normal,” the university said.

On the other side of the country, in the south, police authorities “69 people were arrested after setting up an unauthorized camp” at the University of Arizona (ASU), whose members ignored repeated orders to disperse, the educational center said in a statement.

O “most were not students or employees” he added.

And in the center of the country, the police arrested Indiana University 23 other people while clearing an encampment of protesters, according to a student newspaper report.

It started last week at Columbia University in New Yorkthese new protests in support of the Palestinians and against the war that Israel is carrying out in Gaza strip were installed on several campuses, from California (west) to New England (North East).

Police arrested more than 100 students at New York University (NYU), where protesters used flares in their demonstration in solidarity with Columbia University students and to oppose Israel’s attacks on Gaza.

In recent days, police have carried out mass arrests at universities, using tear gas and firearms.tasers‘ to disperse the protesters.

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The protests pose a challenge for educational centers as they try to balance their commitment to freedom of expression with complaints that the demonstrations have devolved into anti-Semitism and hate speech.

“Totally unacceptable”

For its part, the rectory of Colombiaepicenter of the New York movement, indicated that he had renounced that the new york police (NYPD) will evacuate the encampment set up on its campus to “do not ignite further” the situation.

However, for one of the leaders, Khymani James, he was banned from entering the university campus. In a video released in January, James said that “Zionists don’t deserve to live”. The young man later apologized.

“Our own students’ chants, signs, insults, and social media posts threatening to “kill” Jews are completely unacceptable, and Columbia students involved in such incidents will be held accountable.”, guaranteed the university.

Other campuses

In CaliforniaO Humboldt Polytechnic University announced that it would close its headquarters until the end of the semester, and that work would continue remotely after several attempts this week to “break into multiple buildings”.

Police arrested three people Wednesday as pro-Palestinian students protested the war between Israel and Hamas on the University of Texas at Austin campus.

At the University of Pennsylvaniastudents remain in the camp despite their rector ordering its dissolution after stating that there was “Credible reports of harassing and bullying behavior”.

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Canada This Saturday saw the first pro-Palestine protest in McGill University in Montreal, where protesters set up camp. The educational center said that camping was not allowed, because “increase the potential for escalation and confrontation”.

He October 7th In the past, Palestinian militants attacked Israel, killing around 1,170 people, according to an AFP count based on official Israeli figures. They also took around 250 people hostage. Israel estimates that 129 remain in Linkincluding 34 who reportedly died.

In response, Israel launched an offensive in the Gaza Strip that has killed at least 34,356 people, most of them women and children, according to the Palestinian territory’s Ministry of Health.

Source: Elcomercio