Nearly 900 arrested at antiwar protests on US campuses since April 18
The Associated Press news agency says nearly 900 people have been arrested on US campuses since April 18, when New York police forcefully removed a pro-Palestinian protest camp at Columbia University.
Students at dozens universities have since set up encampments calling for an end to Israel’s war on Gaza and for their universities to cut ties with companies selling weapons to Israel.
On Saturday alone, about 275 people were arrested from protests at Northeastern University in Boston, Arizona State University in Phoenix, Indiana University at Bloomington, and Washington University in St Louis.
Faculty members at several universities have expressed their supports for students, including at universities in California, Georgia and Texas, where they adopted votes of no confidence in their leadership.
Students at Columbia University paint a banner in response to a message of thanks Palestinians wrote on tents in Rafah, on Sunday
Pro-Palestinian encampment continues at UCLA after counterprotests
Hundreds of protesters attended a demonstration in support of Palestinians in Gaza, at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), on Sunday
Pro-Israel counter-protesters also gathered near the pro-Palestinian protest at UCLA on Sunday, displaying Israeli flags and signs
Confrontations broke out as the counterprotest continued
The counterprotests have since dispersed, while a protest encampment calling for an end to Israel’s war on Gaza that students established on Friday remained
Arrests in New Orleans after activists try to set up protest camp
Police in the US city of New Orleans have arrested 10 people during a pro-Palestine protest in Jackson Square, according to local media.
The arrests came after some three dozen protesters attempted to set up a protest camp, by pitching tents in the square, located in the city’s French Quarter, an area popular with tourists, reported the NOLA news website.
The police were quoted as saying they tried to clear the square at 7pm, when it closes each night, but protesters resisted, “striking officers with various items”.
Videos posted on X show scuffles as police tried to break up the camp.
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