2024-05-05 09:35:28
05/05/2024–|Last updated: 5/5/202400:35 (Mecca time)
Protests against Israeli war in Gaza continue Gaza At many American universities, arrests of protesters continued, reaching 2,200 students.
US police announced the arrest of several participants in the student sit-in at the university new York Demand an end to the war in the Gaza Strip. The Art Institute of Chicago also announced the arrest of about 50 people, including students and others, during a protest that saw clashes with police.
Police also arrested at least 25 students demonstrating in support of the Palestinians and destroyed a sit-in camp at the University of Virginia, the university said in a statement.
The University of Virginia in Charlottesville once again saw tensions, although the protests were peaceful. Police officers wearing riot gear were seen in video entering a protest camp, handcuffing some demonstrators and using what appeared to be chemical spray.
A group calling itself “University of Virginia Sit-In Camp for Gaza” denounced the university’s decision to call the police in a post on Instagram.
Security forces in Cambridge, Massachusetts, blocked supporters of Israel from participating in the anti-Gaza war student sit-in at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Supporters of Israel gathered outside the entrance to the square, which was surrounded by iron barriers, while student protesters stood inside the square chanting slogans rejecting what they called a war of annihilation in Gaza and demanding an end to cooperation between the university and the Israeli army.
I’m here at USC where pro-Palestinian student protesters continue to occupy Alumni Park, even after the solidarity occupation was swept aside by police last week, leading to 93 arrests. pic.twitter.com/wv547wMIgF
– Jeremy Lindenfeld (@jeremotographs) May 4, 2024
Navy District Secretary
In Ann Arbor, Michigan, college graduates chanted slogans against the war in Gaza at a graduation ceremony attended by tens of thousands of students and guests.
The students, who wore Palestinian keffiyehs and graduation uniforms, waved Palestinian flags and banners, one of which read: “There is no longer a university in Gaza.” The students’ chants forced U.S. Secretary of the Navy Carlos del Toro to pause several times during his speech at the ceremony.
Despite the protest, the concert continued and campus police escorted demonstrators to the rear of the stadium where it was being held, but no arrests were made, according to a university spokeswoman.
Students across the United States are gathering or setting up tents at dozens of universities to protest the months-long war in the Gaza Strip and to demand that President Joe Biden, who supports Israel, do more to end the bloodshed in Gaza.
Protesters are also demanding that their universities divest from businesses that support the Israeli government, such as arms supply companies. The student movement spread to other universities in Europe, Australia, Canada, Arab countries and others.
Big demonstration @UMich @RubinReport @thestustudio pic.twitter.com/TXKRjHk7gi
– Benny Shaevski (@brshaevsky) May 4, 2024
No protection for demonstrators
In a related context, the American New York Times revealed yesterday Saturday that counter-protesters attacked students at a pro-Palestinian camp at the University of California for several hours.
A newspaper review of more than 100 video clips of clashes at the University of California, Los Angeles, in W.C., concluded that violence by “counterprotesters” against students in a pro-Palestinian camp lasted about 5 hours, mostly with little or no police intervention.
Video clips showed counter-protesters attacking students at a pro-Palestinian camp, including beating them with sticks, using chemical sprays and throwing fireworks at them as weapons. No arrests have been made in connection with the attacks on the students.
Police failed to properly intervene to protect protesters from attacks by opponents of their movement at the University of California (Reuters)
Republicans threaten
Amid reactions to protests at US universities, the Speaker of the US House of Representatives said Mike Johnson According to Axios, Republicans are preparing to put pressure on universities regarding the pro-Palestine protests, and he believes it is their duty to apply pressure and use their other powers in this regard.
The US official added that the confiscation of visas of foreign students participating in the protests should be on the agenda and that parliamentary committees will take up this issue.
He also called for considering removing tax exemptions to put pressure on universities over the protests.
Since October 7, the Israeli army has been waging a devastating war against Gaza that has left around 112,000 martyrs and wounded, mostly children and women, forcing Tel Aviv to appear before the International Court of Justice for having committed genocide. crimes.
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