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War in Gaza: American universities flare up against the Israeli army
War in Gaza: American universities flare up against the Israeli army
(franceinfo)
In the United States, the wind of protest against the IDF is setting new university campuses ablaze every day. After New York State, Texas and California joined the protest movement, with tensions becoming increasingly high.
Tuesday, April 30, at around 10 p.m., the police intervened manu militari on the Columbia campus (New York, United States). The demonstrators try to prevent them from advancing, but the police are determined. Using a freight elevator, they launched an attack on an administrative building of the university, occupied by pro-Palestinian activists. The demonstrators were dislodged, dozens of them were arrested.
Campus occupied for several weeks
The intervention took place at the request of the president of Columbia. The campus has been occupied for several weeks by students protesting against Israel’s war in Gaza. Columbia is the epicenter of a protest movement that is affecting many universities in the United States, in an increasingly tense climate. On Wednesday, May 1, particularly violent clashes between pro-Israeli and pro-Palestinian activists took place on the campus of the University of Los Angeles.
