Hundreds of police officers in riot gear destroyed a pro-Palestinian protest camp University of California at Los Angeles early Thursday after being attacked by Israel supporters the previous night.
Officers broke through barricades and stormed a central plaza at the university on Wednesday evening, before moving into the anti-war camp at about 3:15 p.m. Arresting occupants who refused to leave,
Live TV footage showed about six protesters being arrested, kneeling on the ground, their hands bound with zip-ties behind their backs, as police fired flash-bang charges during the clash. Dozens of loud explosions from stun grenades were heard.
UCLA Chancellor Gene Block said in a statement that “a group of provocateurs” carried out last night’s attack, but he did not provide details about the crowd or why the administration and school police did not act sooner.
Chaotic scene at UCLA The incident occurred just hours after New York police broke into a building occupied by anti-war protesters Columbia University More than 300 protesters were arrested on Tuesday night.
Elsewhere, police in New Hampshire made arrests and removed tents at Dartmouth College and in Oregon officers came to the campus of Portland State University as school officials sought to end a library occupation that began Monday.
WATCH: Gaza displaced people praise pro-Palestine protests in US
Displaced Palestinians in Gaza have expressed their gratitude for the pro-Palestinian campus protests in the US, the Associated Press reports.
The ongoing Israeli offensive in Gaza has killed more than 34,000 people, many of them women and children, and has disrupted aid resulting in famine in northern Gaza, The attacks come after October 7, when Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel, killing about 1,200 people and taking another 250 hostage.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez condemns actions on campus
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a progressive Democrat from New York, told IndependentEric Garcia is concerned about setting a dangerous precedent regarding the use of force against protesters.
“We are concerned about setting a very dangerous precedent of applying violent tactics to protests that have been, by and large, peaceful,” Ms. Ocasio-Cortez said on Wednesday.
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Pro-Palestine and pro-Israel supporters chanting ‘F*** Joe Biden’
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UN human rights chief ‘disturbed’ by treatment of Gaza protesters at US universities
UN human rights chief ‘disturbed’ by treatment of Gaza protesters at US universities
The UN human rights office said on Tuesday (April 30) it was “troubled” by the heavy-handed crackdown by US security forces during efforts to break up Gaza protests on college campuses. Demonstrations at universities across the country show no signs of slowing down as they spread from coast to coast over the weekend and police crackdowns and arrests continued into the next week. The students have vowed to stay in tent camps until their demands are met. Their demands range from a ceasefire in Israel’s war with Hamas to demands for universities to stop investing in Israeli enterprises linked to the country’s military. Marta Hurtado, spokeswoman for the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, said the UN was “troubled by a series of harsh measures taken to disperse and end the protests”.
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Bernie Sanders says media shouldn’t focus on underlying Israel-Hamas war
Stories of campus unrest have captured the attention of newsrooms across the US, but US Senator Bernie Sanders called on media members not to stop covering the underlying Israel-Hamas war, or the massive deaths of Palestinian civilians. Don’t stop inquiring about.
“I suggest to CNN and some of my colleagues here that they take their cameras away from Columbia and UCLA for a moment,” the Vermont senator said in a speech. “Maybe go to Gaza, and take your camera and show us the vulnerable children who are dying of malnutrition because of Netanyahu’s policies.”
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Students occupy UK university campuses in protest against Gaza war
Pro-Palestinian students have gathered at universities across the UK to protest following violent demonstrations on campuses in the US.
student in leeds, newcastle And Bristol set up tents outside university buildings on Wednesday to protest against the war Gaza,
Bristol students said they took action “to protest the university’s complicity in the genocide of Palestinians by Israel”, while Apartheid Off Campus Newcastle said their demonstration was “in protest of the institution’s investment strategy and its complicity in Gaza and the Israeli military’s war crimes.” Had to be exposed.” Western coast”.
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Police arrested 15 protesters in Fordham
Police arrested 15 protesters at Fordham University in New York. As soon as he removed the encroachment by the protesters
This police action comes after around 300 people were arrested at City College and Columbia University on Tuesday.
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