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SvennoJ on 30 April 2024
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Travis County, Texas urges UT Austin to compromise with protesters

Travis County Attorney General Delia Garza has urged the University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) to settle with protesters who are demonstrating against Israel’s ongoing assault on Gaza.

She confirmed police arrested 97 students.

Yesterday, police, some in riot gear, detained dozens as they dismantled an encampment set up on campus by students calling on their university to cut ties with Israel.

Garza said that 65 of those arrested were charged with criminal trespass.

“Cycling people in and out of jail on low, low-level charges and dwindling our criminal justice resources for the rest of the community will do very little to maintain the public safety of our community,” she said.

Garza said it is not the role of the criminal justice system to assist the Texas governor in efforts to “suppress nonviolent and peaceful demonstrations”. She was referring to remarks made by Governor Greg Abbott, who last week called for the arrest and expulsion of students protesting at the university.


New Yorkers march in support of students protesting for Gaza

Footage shared by journalists on social media shows a crowd marching through the streets of New York City, stopping at a number of university campuses.

The march began at New York University, where dozens were arrested last week after the school administration called for police to break up pro-Palestine demonstrations.

The march will end at Columbia University where earlier today, students occupied a building belonging to the university, saying they would not leave until their demands – divestment of the university from Israel, financial transparency from the university, and amnesty for students so-far disciplined in pro-Palestine protests – are met.


Tulane University encampment continues despite calls from school administration to halt protest

Students at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana, have gathered to protest Israel’s ongoing assault on Gaza as pro-Palestinian demonstrations sweep college campuses across the country.

Videos verified by Al Jazeera show police setting up barricades and a large sign set up near the gathering that reads: “No trespassing”.

In a letter, the university administration confirmed the suspension of five students and urged protest organisers to end their sit-in. It further threatened university staff and employees who joined the protest with disciplinary measures, including dismissal, if they do not halt their participation.




Smear campaign continues in the US media, CNN today
Reports of anti-Semitic acts surging across campuses

Out of all the other countries around the world joining in, CNN focuses on
Iranians protest in solidarity with students
And of course with pictures of signs "Down with USA"

And time to pull out this card again
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Jake Tapper presenting, no surprise

I'm not going to look at Fox news.