USC joins Columbia and different colleges in pro-Palestinian protests
At the University of Southern California 93 arrests had been made as college students and neighborhood members held an illustration in assist of the folks of Gaza.
“Physical altercations” occurred Sunday on the UCLA campus when demonstrators breached a safety barrier set as much as maintain folks protesting the Israeli conflict in Gaza separate from counterprotesters, the college mentioned in a press release.
The conflict got here in the future after arrests on no less than 4 universities as demonstrations and days-long encampments in opposition to the conflict sweep throughout the nation’s school campuses.
“UCLA has a long history of being a place of peaceful protest, and we are heartbroken about the violence that broke out,” the college’s vice chancellor for strategic communications, Mary Osako, mentioned in a press release. There was no data available regarding accidents or arrests.
Hundreds of protesters have been detained or arrested at greater than a dozen colleges from New York to California since a protest at Columbia University in New York City 10 days in the past. Students are calling for a cease-fire and need their colleges to cease investing in Israeli companies which are concerned with or revenue from Israel’s conflict in opposition to Hamas. The protesters additionally need the U.S. to halt army help to Israel’s conflict effort.
Many faculty administrations have ordered the demonstrators eliminated. They cite ordinances prohibiting the encampments, infiltration of the encampments by folks with no connection to their universities and antisemitic chants that make Jewish college students really feel unsafe on campuses. Student protest leaders insist the rallies have been peaceable.
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Developments:
∎ Columbia launched a press release late Saturday saying it was a “quiet day on campus” and that talks between college officers and pupil organizers had been persevering with. “There is not any reality to claims of an impending lockdown or evictions on campus,” the assertion mentioned.
∎ Portland State University in Oregon will pause looking for or accepting presents or grants from Boeing pending a evaluate of complaints from “members of the PSU neighborhood,” faculty President Ann Cudd mentioned in a press release. Boeing, a significant native worker, sells weapons to Israel.
∎ Activists rallied outdoors a resort internet hosting the annual White House correspondent’s dinner Saturday evening. They focused President Joe Biden, who spoke on the occasion, for his assist of Israel’s army marketing campaign.
∎ At Arizona State University, campus police arrested 69 protesters Saturday, most of whom weren’t college students or employees of the college, ASU mentioned in a press release.
Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein was amongst scores of protesters arrested Saturday at Washington University in St. Louis Stein posted video on the social media web site X of herself being taken into custody. The faculty’s site contained videos and photos of Saturday’s Greater St. Louis Marathon.
“The demand from the encampment was particularly for the college to divest from Boeing, which manufactures munitions used within the ongoing genocide in opposition to the Palestinian folks in Gaza at their close by St. Charles facility,” Stein mentioned in a press release Sunday. “The Stein marketing campaign helps the calls for of the scholars and their peaceable protest and meeting on campus.”
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ok.Y., argued Sunday that college presidents ought to be the primary line of protection in controlling the wave of protests in opposition to the Israel-Hamas conflict which have erupted throughout school campuses in recent weeks. On Sunday’s “Face the Nation” on CBS News, McConnell disagreed with some high Republicans on the problem, equivalent to House Speaker Mike Johnson and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, who issued calls to usher in the National Guard and native legislation enforcement to quell the protests.
“What must occur, no less than at first, is these college presidents must get management of the state of affairs, enable free speech and push again in opposition to antisemitism,” McConnell mentioned. “Why do not all of them sit down and have a civil dialog reasonably than making an attempt to dominate the discuss? Civil dialogue is what school training is meant to be about.”
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Northeastern University mentioned 100 folks had been detained when an encampment was cleared late Saturday on the Boston faculty. Those who produced a pupil ID had been launched however will face disciplinary proceedings on the faculty. Those who didn’t produce a pupil ID had been arrested, the college mentioned.
“What started as a pupil demonstration two days in the past, was infiltrated by skilled organizers with no affiliation to Northeastern,” the college mentioned in a social media submit. “Last evening, using virulent antisemitic slurs, together with ‘Kill the Jews,’ crossed the road. We can not tolerate this sort of hate on our campus.”
Video from the scene, nonetheless, appeared to point out counter-protesters holding Israeli flags and suggesting a “Kill the Jews” chant that by no means positive factors traction.
The Indiana University police division in Bloomington mentioned 23 protesters had been arrested there. At least 60 Indiana State Police armed with riot shields, batons and different riot gear joined a number of IU law enforcement officials in breaking apart an encampment the college says was unlawful.
The Indiana Daily Student mentioned arrested protesters had been launched with out bond after being detained within the jail for about 90 minutes, with prices starting from felony trespass to resisting legislation enforcement. Hours later, almost 40 folks marched to the Musical Arts Center to protest what they mentioned was a donor’s dinner, the Daily Student reported.
“Disclose, divest. We will not stop, we will not rest,” the group chanted. “Not another nickel, not another dime. No more money for Israel’s crimes.”
Contributing: Reuters
