News: Dozens of people were arrested at pro-Palestinian demonstrations at Yale University in Connecticut and New York University in Manhattan on Monday, as the war in Gaza continued on US campuses.
The police crackdown came after Columbia University canceled private classes Monday in response to protesters who camped out in tents on the New York City campus.
Protesters blocked traffic around the Yale campus in New Haven, Connecticut, and demanded the school divest from a military weapons factory. Police arrested more than 45 protesters, according to the student-run Daily News.
In New York, hundreds of protesters marched through New York neighborhoods, defying warnings that they would face consequences if they did not vacate the square where they had gathered for hours. Videos on social media showed police destroying tents at the protestors’ camp.
“We will not stay, we will not rest. Open. Leave.”
A spokeswoman for the NYPD said the arrests came after the university asked the police to handle abuse violations, but the total number of arrests and citations has not been known. There were no immediate injuries.
Protests at Yale, Columbia, New York and other campuses began in response to Israel’s brutal attacks on Palestinians in Gaza. .
In an email to Columbia staff and students on Monday, Columbia President Nemat Minuche Shafiq said the university is canceling in-person classes and moving to online classes to “reduce friction and allow us all to consider next steps.”
Last week, Shafiq called on New York police to clear an encampment on Columbia’s main lawn that protesters had set up to demand the school divest its Israel-related investments, a move condemned by some faculty.
The school said the mattress broke the rules. Police arrested more than 100 students from Colombia on Thursday on charges of sexual assault. Columbia and its affiliated Barnard College suspended dozens of protesting students.
“These tensions are being exploited and fueled by people who have no connection to Columbia who have come to campus to push their own agenda,” said Shafik, who defended the school’s anti-Semitism before a US House committee last week. by protesters.
House and Senate Republicans, at least one Democrat, have called for Senator Shafiq’s resignation.
