Nation reacts to anti-war protests at UT-Austin, Columbia and other US college campuses
After an initial protest at Columbia University, students and staff on college campuses across the U.S. are taking up the cause.
Live: UT-Austin professors plan protest with students, PSC calls for Hartzell's resignation
Columbia’s solidarity camp for Gaza has sparked a nationwide student antiwar movement.
The student protests erupting on college campuses across the U.S. have propelled the demand for institutions to divest from Israel closer to becoming a reality. pic.twitter.com/7BJXGidZ0X— BreakThrough News (@BTnewsroom) April 23, 2024
Pro-Palestinian protesters met with resistance
NEW: Ilhan Omar’s daughter Isra Hirsi says she is now homeless and hungry after being suspended from school for her anti-Israel protests.
FAFO.
Hirsi says her school, Bernard College, just threw all her stuff in an empty lot.
“I was a little bit frantic, like, where am I going… pic.twitter.com/HSKImoPVrZ— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) April 22, 2024
There was no violence and no threat on college campuses where protests against genocide were taking place until Police showed up with gear and in numbers intended to provoke altercations. Police are the sole violent agitators in this equation. https://t.co/SsJ8UzTUOlpic.twitter.com/pDV1BQV28G
— devilette (@deviIette) April 24, 2024
Students at Emerson College in Boston protest to display their solidarity with #Palestine and #Gaza. pic.twitter.com/HdcBUoYBk3
— PALESTINE ONLINE 🇵🇸 (@OnlinePalEng) April 25, 2024
Pro-Israel students, staff call protests 'anti-Semitic'
NEW: Texas Governor Greg Abbott says protesters at University of Texas "belong in jail" adding that "antisemitism will not be tolerated in Texas."
State troopers and police officers made over 20 arrests on campus, many charged with trespassing.
Students claim that the protests… pic.twitter.com/gVhly26oih— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) April 24, 2024
I am horrified and disgusted with the antisemitism being spewed at and around the Columbia University campus. Hate has no place in our city, and I have instructed the NYPD to investigate any violation of law they receive a report about and will arrest anyone found to be breaking…
— Mayor Eric Adams (@NYCMayor) April 21, 2024
The Met Police, Sadiq Khan & Mark Rowley should be utterly ashamed of themselves.
This is institutional antisemitism and it’s rife, they actually threaten to arrest this Jewish man here.
Remove Khans powers, sack Rowley and ban these disgusting protests!pic.twitter.com/KWYKToVYWV— James 🇬🇧🇺🇦🇮🇱 (@JamesHatherz) April 18, 2024
Why are college students and staff protesting?
Mass protests were organized on college campuses Wednesday to criticize the Israel-Hamas war.
Live updates: Protests of Israel war spread across US colleges as police make more arrests
Police arrested demonstrators at universities in Texas as well as Massachusetts and California as protests against the war in Gaza spread across more U.S. campuses and drew praise from Hamas and Iran.
The demonstrators are protesting the civilian death toll in Gaza, where more than 34,000 people have died since Israel's invasion that followed a Hamas-led attack that killed almost 1,200 people in Israel. Students oppose U.S. military aid to Israel and want their schools to stop divesting endowment money in Israeli companies that profit from the war.
This article originally appeared on Austin American-Statesman: Pro-Palestinian protests across US called 'anti-Semitic': See reactions
