The campuses across universities in the United States have been witnessing a vehement protest against Israels unbridled aggression in Palestine. The institutes, including Columbia, Yale, Vanderbilt, the University of Pennysylvania and New York University, have become the epicentres of these demonstrations. Mass protests across several US univesity campuses over Israels war with Gaza intensified on Wednesday after police cracked down on the protesters, arresting many. Now, the protest has now spread at least five universities. Mass protests led to the closure of classes, as students anger towards university officials and law enforcement escalated. 100 students arrested till now Till now, 100 students were arrested at the University of Texass Austin campus after 100 state troopers and some locals arrived at the scene. Over 100 students put up tents and banners and signs at the centre of the University of Southern California (USC) campus. How protests have affected campus life With escalating tensions and heightened security concerns, Columbia University has shifted to online classes. Watch videoHAPPENING NOW: Mass chaos breaks out at college campuses across the United States as pro-Palestine protests intensify.Columbia, Harvard, USC, University of Texas at Austin and others are getting swarmed by protesters.Police at USC are taking out their batons as the… pic.twitter.com/D35wVTCiZ8— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) April 24, 2024UT Austin students chanting “You dont scare us” even as countless militarized Texas Troopers swarm their campus, attack their protest, and bring in horses. This movement will not be stopped.pic.twitter.com/wcQvf9QcZY— Read Let This Radicalize You (@JoshuaPHilll) April 24, 2024.@Yale students continue seventh day of hunger strike in protest against university funds being used to support companies selling arms to genocidal Israel. The movement for justice and accountability is growing and spreading across university campuses in the US and beyond,… pic.twitter.com/qC0O1mLcOY— Husam Zomlot (@hzomlot) April 20, 2024Students in the USA🇺🇸 in revolt against the Gaza genocide:New York University students descend on NYPD HQ to protest the arbitrary arrests of students at the Gaza solidarity encampmentWith every horrifying video that comes out of Gaza, the revulsion of the US population… pic.twitter.com/hRWfQ9zLr4— Afshin Rattansi (@afshinrattansi) April 23, 2024Police attack students and journalists at US student #PalestineGenocide protest #USC #gaza #FreePalestine https://t.co/Nqjnhn8J4O @STWuk @MarkSeddon1962 @LauraKhanNews @PulseofPal @PSCupdates @MyriamFrancoisC pic.twitter.com/BEHLDKrO6f— Media Workers 4 Palestine (@mw4pal) April 25, 2024 When and Why did Columbia University protest begin The protest was started April 17 when Columbia University President Nemat Minouche Shafik faced inquiries about on-campus anti-sentism during a hearing before the Republican-led House Committe on Education and the Workforce. Students across the US universities and colleges have been holding sit-ins to register their protest against not just the war in Gaza but also the USs continuous support of Israel. Students are demanding an end to US military assistance for Israel, and university divestment-withdrawl of stocks, bonds, or investment funds from arms suppliers and companies benefitting from the war. Netanyahu labels US student protests antisemitic The Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday condemned pro-Palestinian protests at universities in the United States as horrific, saying the demonstrations have to be stopped, as he categorized students as antisemitic. Israel-Palestine warIt has been 200 days since Israel launched its brutal war in Gaza, retaliating against the October 7 attack carried out by Hamas. Israeli airstrikes have killed more than 33,000 people, mostly women and children. The Hamas attacks in Israel which triggered the war killed about 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and 250 were taken as hostages.
