Pro-Palestinian protests continue on campuses across the US. This is the latest

Pro-Palestinian protests continue on campuses across the US. This is the latest

Pro-Palestinian protests continued at major US universities into Friday afternoon denouncing Israel’s bombing of Gaza.

Throughout the week, several schools called the police against the protesters, leading to hundreds of arrests across the country. Protesters have demanded the school divest campus funds from entities linked to Israel.

Israel’s offensive in Gaza has killed more than 34,000 Palestinians, according to the territory’s health ministry. Hamas’ deadly October 7 attack on Israel killed about 1,200 people.

College administrators are facing growing pressure from lawmakers to curb the protests. In Columbia – the epicenter of the demonstrations – the school’s senate passed a resolution late Friday to investigate how university leadership handled the protests.

Here are the latest developments:

Arizona State University: Police at Arizona State University arrested three people Friday on suspicion of trespassing “in connection with the establishment of unauthorized camping,” a university spokeswoman said.

Barnard College: The school said it reached a resolution with “virtually all students who were previously suspended” for participating in a protest camp on the Columbia campus.

Columbia University: The university banned a student spokesperson for the Columbia University Apartheid Divest coalition who said in January “Zionists don’t deserve to live.” He later apologized.

Denver Campus: At the joint campus for the University of Colorado Denver, Community College of Denver and Metropolitan State University of Denver, about 40 of about 100 people who set up a pro-Palestinian encampment were arrested Friday, the campus said in a statement. .

Emory University: Faculty gathered on campus to express concern over a violent arrest that took place on campus Thursday, with tenured professors urging the university’s president, Gregory Fenves, to back down over his decision to call in state and local police to clean it up. protesters.

George Washington University: The university said Friday that any student who remains in University Yard could be subject to temporary suspension and administratively barred from campus.

Ohio State University: A total of 36 protesters were arrested Thursday night after refusing orders to disperse, according to initial reports from the university.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: More than 75 students gathered Friday to set up a camp at the school, demanding that the university divest from companies that invest in Israel and its military operations.

University of Southern California: School president Carol L. Folt said in a statement that the campus has become unsafe and the university will launch an investigation and take action to protect all USC students, faculty and staff.

University of Texas at Austin: The school has placed the Palestine Solidarity Committee on “temporary suspension.” The group organized Wednesday’s event, where more than 50 arrests took place.

Virginia Tech: School officials on Friday issued a statement about the encampment on campus, saying they told protesters the event did not comply with university policy.

Yale University: A letter from the Faculty of Justice organization in Palestine criticized the arrest of students this week and said the faculty was ready to stage a walkout and boycott Yale’s graduation ceremony. Another letter criticized the Yale administration for failing “in your responsibility to protect Jewish students, staff and faculty at Yale.”