Protesters at major universities worldwide are calling for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza, an end to US government military assistance to Israel, and divestment from Israel arms suppliers and other companies profiting from the war in Gaza.
Over 2,900 demonstrators have been arrested on 130 college campuses since April 18.
Pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses across the US include students and faculty of various backgrounds, including Jewish, Muslim, and Christian faiths. Organizers in the US include Students for Justice in Palestine and Jewish Voice for Peace.
University administrators from UC Riverside, UC Irvine, Union Theological Seminary, Evergreen State College, Northwestern, Brown University, and Rutgers have agreed to divest or at least open negotiations with students.
Some university administrations, including Columbia, Barnard, UCLA, the University of Texas, the University of Pennsylvania, MIT, Harvard, Yale, and others, have suspended students involved in protests and called in police in riot gear, who have dismantled encampments and arrested peaceful demonstrators.
Similar student and faculty protests are being held on campuses around the world, including in Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Germany, Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Austria, Belgium, Finland, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, South Korea, Bangladesh, Egypt, Lebanon, and more.
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Totally agree. But students are not on Hamas side. They are on side of innocent Palestinians. Students in US and around the world plus the body of the UN and the International World Court, doctors volunteering in Gaza, Jewish Voice for Peace and others are saying enough and I think they are right.
35,000 Palestinians – (mostly women and children) killed, 77,000 injured, water and sanitation, electricity turned off or destroyed – homes, schools, hospitals destroyed. Inadequate humanitarian aid. Doctors, aid workers, journalists killed.
The US continues to send billions of dollars of bombs and vetoing ceasefire in security council.
Also I notice what is being done is not working to bring the hostages back.
Hamas agreed to return hostages for ceasefire and return of Palestinians held by Israel. Netanyahu Administration did not agree. There are even protests against Netanyahu policy in Israel itself.
Peaceful is wonderful. Death to Jews or Death to America is not, especially when Hamas’ goal is to eradicate Jews.