Campus protests: Top French university shuts as police remove pro-Palestinian group

worker organization demanded He calls on Sciences Po to “take a principled stance by sending an official communication condemning Israel’s actions that violate the rights and well-being of Palestinians” and for the university to cut ties with “institutions or entities that perpetuate Zionist ideology.” Does.

Echoing the US, pro-Palestinian student movements are organizing with blockades and encampments across France being set up There is an atmosphere of tension on university campuses as Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza has dragged on for months.

In a text message, Comte Palestine Sciences Po told Politico that protesters were offered to stay inside the cafeteria without “any external contact” by the university administration. Movement organizers rejected the offer, which they said would have made it impossible to “stock up on food or talk to the press.”

The committee said the students were “peacefully evacuated” by police forces around Friday afternoon.

Protestors have set up camps on college campuses across the US to protest Israel’s war, prompting the White House to intervene and a police crackdown this week. scuffle And arrests,

US President Joe Biden said, “Intimidating people, intimidating people, creating fear in people is not peaceful protest.” Said Thursday. “Disagreement should never lead to chaos.”