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UCLA Hall Covered in Graffiti After Police Cleared Pro-Palestine Encampment

Encampment at UCSD and a demonstration at University of San Diego: See story in Times of San Diego * UCLA Story Published by HNGN The Los Angeles Police Department swept through the University of California Los Angeles’ pro-Palestine Encampment early Thursday morning, arresting hundreds of students and faculty members and clearing the protest site of

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UCLA Cancels Classes Following Violence At Anti-Israel Protests

Published by The Daily Caller The University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) cancelled classes on Wednesday following violent clashes between anti-Israel protesters and counter-demonstrators. Police were called to campus early Wednesday morning as violence broke out after pro-Israel protesters attempted to clear a pro-Palestinian encampment, and one person was reportedly taken away by an ambulance.

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SDSU Students Stage Walk Out Demanding Divestment from Israel

Regarding Tuesday’s walkout, SDSU said in a statement, “As a public university, and as aligned with our institutional values, San Diego State University must allow for constitutionally protected free speech and an individual’s right to acts of peaceful protest….” [Elizabeth Ireland, Times of San Diego]

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Police arrest Columbia students, clear occupied building in campus unrest

Published by AFP New York (AFP) – Dozens of helmeted police flooded Columbia University’s campus in the heart of New York City on Tuesday to evict a building occupied by pro-Palestinian student protesters and detain demonstrators. Police climbed into Hamilton Hall via a second floor window they reached from a laddered truck, before leading handcuffed

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Brown University reaches deal with student protesters

Published by AFP Providence (United States) (AFP) – Brown University on Tuesday reached an agreement with students protesting the war in Gaza that would see them remove their encampment from school grounds in exchange for the institution considering divesting from Israel. The move represents a first major concession from an elite American university amid relentless

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Gaza protesters take over Princeton building, set up encampment at Rutgers

Published by NJ.com Princeton University students took over an administrative building at the Ivy League school Monday afternoon, according to the Princeton Gaza Solidarity Encampment, while Rutgers University protestors have set up an encampment of at least a dozen tents on Voorhees Mall in New Brunswick. The escalating protests come five days after Princeton arrested

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Columbia suspends students after call to end Gaza camp unheeded

Published by AFP New York (AFP) – Student demonstrators at Columbia University, the epicenter of pro-Palestinian protests that have erupted at US colleges, began to be suspended on Monday after defying an ultimatum to disperse. Authorities at the prestigious university in New York demanded that the protest encampment be cleared by 2:00 pm (1800 GMT)

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Green Party Presidential Candidate Jill Stein Arrested During Anti-Israel Protest at Washington University

Published by Radar Online Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein was arrested after a tense confrontation with police at an anti-Israel protest at Washington University over the weekend, RadarOnline.com can report. The startling incident unfolded on Saturday as Stein joined a group of students at the St. Louis, Missouri university to protest the school’s suspected

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Rep. Ilhan Omar Accused of ‘Blood Libel’ By ADL For Calling Some Jewish Students ‘Pro-Genocide’ At Columbia Protest

Published by Radar Online (CA) U.S. Rep.Ilhan Omar has been accused of “blood libel” by the Anti-Defamation League for calling Jewish college students “pro-genocide” amid escalating protests against Israel’s actions in Gaza, RadarOnline.com can confirm. The Democratic congresswoman made the comment while speaking to a reporter as she attended a pro-Palestine protest at Columbia University

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Anti-Israeli protesters raise Palestinian flag at Harvard University in spot reserved for US flag

Published by ANI News Washington, DC [US], April 29 (ANI): Amid the campus demonstrations in the US, anti-Israeli protesters at Harvard University raised the Palestinian flag at the Ivy League school in a spot usually reserved for the American flag, New York Post reported. The incident happened as the students continued to occupy campus with

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OpEd: Israel’s Biophilic Society is the Opposite of Gaza’s and Iran’s

In societies that value biophilia, empathy, compassion, and cooperation are emphasized. Social structures and laws are designed to foster a sense of well-being for all members of the community. But necrophilic civilizations are obsessed with death: These societies are characterized by a fascination with destruction, domination, and control. {Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel]

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