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Apr 23 2024
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What is behind US college protests over Israel-Gaza war?
Student protests in the U.S. over the war in Gaza have intensified and expanded over the past week, with a number of encampments now in place at colleges including Columbia, Yale, and New York University. Police have been called in to several campuses to arrest demonstrators.
Here are some details on the protests:
WHAT ARE THE PROTESTERS DEMANDING?
Across campuses where
ReutersApr 23 2024
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Student walkout: Updates as WA students protest Israel-Hamas war
Students at schools in the Puget Sound region walked out of class Tuesday morning to protest Israel’s war against Hamas. Students at more than two dozen high schools and colleges planned to participate in the protest. They are demanding an end to U.S. aid to Israel, the Israeli occupation in Gaza and the West Bank and the release of Palestinian prisoners. Across the country, pro-Palestinian
The Seattle TimesApr 23 2024
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NYU responds to protests with plywood wall; Columbia University encampment continues
NEW YORK -- A plywood wall now blocks NYU's Gould Plaza after police arrested several protesters Monday, amid pro-Palestinian demonstrations sweeping campuses across the country. Security remains tight around campus Tuesday, and it's unclear if the protesters will return. The NYPD has not released information about how many were arrested Monday or what charges they will face. CBS New York saw
CBS News (Online)Apr 23 2024
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NYPD blames faculty, ‘professional agitators’ in NYU Gaza protest arrests
NYPD brass Tuesday blamed faculty and “professional agitators” at New York University for heated standoffs with police, after university officials sent cops to clear a pro-Palestinian encampment and arrest 120 protesters for trespassing, including students and staff. The unrest at NYU over the war between Israel and Hamas was latest in a string of mass arrests at colleges in the tri-state area
New York Daily NewsApr 23 2024
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Google Fires Another 20 Employees in Retaliation for Project Nimbus Protest
Democracy Now!Apr 23 2024
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Kraft pulls support for Columbia University as Pro-Palestinian protests continue
REMAIN CAMPED OUT THIS MORNING. MATT. DOUG. WE ARE NOW ON DAY THREE OF THE ENCAMPMENT HERE BY EMERSON STUDENTS. ENCAMPMENTS LIKE THIS HAVE POPPED UP ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND WE ARE SEEING IN SOME LOCATIONS TENSIONS ARE BOILING OVER. LAST NIGHT, NYU ORDERED NEW YORK POLICE TO ARREST STUDENTS WHO WERE STILL GATHERED ON CAMPUS. THE UNIVERSITY SAID IT HAD WARNED THE CROWD TO DISPERSE BY 4 P.M. BY
WCVBApr 23 2024
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Major Columbia protest organizers have ties to left-wing donors
Some pro-Palestinian protesters causing chaos at Columbia University and other campuses this week belong to groups that have financial ties to prominent left-wing donors. Tensions continue to flare at Columbia as the pro-Palestinian protesters enter their seventh day of occupying part of campus. The protest has seen more than 100 protesters arrested, attracted a massive police presence, and
Washington ExaminerApr 23 2024
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Readers sound off on student protesters, Bob Raissman and Swifties fandom
Amagansett, L.I.: I am shocked at how illiberal and craven our money-hungry university presidents have become. Last week’s police action at Columbia University ordered by President Minouche Shafik (“Arrests at Columbia spark solidarity protests on campuses across U.S.,” April 21) is a testament to the death of free speech, activism and protest at American universities. A couple of dozen
New York Daily NewsApr 17 2024
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Google Workers Protest Cloud Contract With Israel's Government
Dozens of Google employees began occupying company offices in New York City and Sunnyvale, California, on Tuesday in protest of the company’s $1.2 billion contract providing cloud computing services to the Israeli government.
The sit-in, organized by the activist group No Tech for Apartheid, is happening at Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian’s office in Sunnyvale and the 10th floor commons
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