a pro-Palestinian camp evacuated at the American University of Boston, 100 people arrested

“Anti-Semitic insults” were uttered during the night from Saturday to Sunday during the occupation of the site, according to the management of Northeastern University.

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Police officers monitor a pro-Palestinian encampment on April 25, 2024, in Boston, Massachusetts.  (ANIBAL MARTEL / ANADOLU / AFP)

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is still shaking the United States. Some 100 people considered to be pro-Palestinian demonstrators were arrested on Saturday April 27 on the campus of Northeastern University, a university in Boston. Their camp was evacuated by the police, who intervened in riot gear.

“Students who showed their Northeastern U. cards were released”while “those who refused to prove their affiliation were arrested“, specified the university. “violent anti-Semitic insults” as “kill Jews” were uttered on campus last night, the institution said. “What began two days ago as a student protest has been infiltrated by professional organizers with no connection to Northeastern U.”she lamented.

For its part, the presidency of New York’s Columbia University, the epicenter of the angry movement of pro-Palestinian students last week, announced that it had given up on forcibly evacuating the encampment set up on its campus. .


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