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Pro-Palestinian protests across the United States universities spread to more campuses, prompting proposals from a senior Republican official that the National Guard might need to intervene.
As the “Gaza Solidarity Encampment” at Columbia University enters its ninth day, students at more than a dozen universities across the US and around the world have initiated protests in support of the encampment. This follows the arrest of 108 individuals affiliated with the encampment by the New York Police Department on campus.
Protests ranged from walkouts to marches to encampments, all in solidarity with the efforts at Columbia University. At Yale University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, students started encampments in support of the Columbia “Gaza Solidarity Encampment.”
Hundreds of students at Georgetown University staged a walkout from their classes. Subsequently, a smaller group, comprised of dozens of individuals, marched from the Catholic University to the site of the encampment.
The 18 April arrests of more than 100 pro-Palestine students, who have been calling for an immediate ceasefire and to end the genocide in Gaz, emboldened a new wave of protesters.
Protests erupted at the University of Southern California on Wednesday, while in Texas, a tense standoff ensued between students and police in riot gear, resulting in the detention of over 20 individuals.
On Thursday, pro-Palestine students united at George Washington University and launched a Gaza Solidarity Encampment. The police intervened and suppressed the protesters.
This marked the most recent confrontation between law enforcement and students angry over Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
Protests have been documented at various campuses including California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt; Yale University; University of Minnesota – Twin Cities; Swarthmore College and the University of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania; University of Rochester in New York; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Tufts University and Emerson College in Massachusetts; and the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.
