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Pro-Palestinian demonstrations: in the United States, campuses go up in flames
The situation in Gaza is now inflaming American college campuses. After New York, Texas and California are now affected.
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The situation in Gaza is now inflaming American college campuses. After New York, Texas and California are now affected.
Tuesday, April 30, at around 10 p.m., the police intervened manu militari on the Columbia campus (New York). 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.
Violent clashes
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 which 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.
