On Thursday, a pro-Palestinian demonstration began at the fourth institution in just over a week in New York, this time at the City College of New York students marched in front of his buildings. The protests across the country were further fueled by the fact that more than 100 participants were arrested on the campus of Columbia University last week,
However, the university has since been negotiating with the demonstrators.
In New York, the city’s police leaders have made it clear that if it were to happen, they would not allow a prolonged occupation of public space, as happened in the summer of 2020 during the so-called Black Lives Matter riots in the city of Seattle, where demonstrators declared a part of the city “autonomous zone” was declared.
In the capital, Washington, on Thursday, several surrounding universities started a joint demonstration by setting up tents on the grounds of the downtown George Washington University. According to their announcement, they want to show their strength together, as well as they demand distancing from Israel as a “Zionist state”.and their goal is to end the “racist oppression of pro-Palestinian students”.
In Atlanta, Georgia, the institution requested the intervention of the police to stop the demonstration that started at Emory University. According to the protesters, they occupied part of the university grounds because they say the institution is complicit in Israel’s alleged genocide against Palestinians and the militarization of the police.
On the campus of the University of Texas at Austin, a scuffle broke out yesterday between demonstrators and the called police. who arrested dozens of people, including a photojournalist. The Republican governor of Texas said on his social media page https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1783237229252346194that
these people belong in jail
and students who make hateful, anti-Semitic statements should be dismissed. On the west coast of the United States, in Los Angeles, the management of the University of Southern California announced on Thursday that the premises of the institution will remain closed “until further notice”.and the graduation ceremony was also cancelled.
According to Wednesday’s totals at least one in two of the 50 largest US universities has had pro-Palestinian demonstrations in the past week. As a result of the protests, hundreds of people were detained by the authorities for illegal activities and violations of private property.
Cover photo credit: The “Gaza Solidarity Camp” at Columbia University on April 23, 2024 in New York, United States. Cover image source: Getty Images
