New York, United States – AFP Demonstrators at Columbia University barricaded themselves inside a campus building on Tuesday, escalating a standoff with school officials as pro-Palestinian protests upend colleges across the United States. Masked individuals smashed windows and blocked doors with metal tables in the early hours of the mor...
Student editorial boards across the country are speaking out against college officials’ actions directed at pro-Palestinian protests. Campus newspapers have been reporting daily on debates over free speech and university investments in Israel, which has killed over 30,000 Palestinians since October, and is accused of genocide. Editorial ...
Pro-Palestinian demonstrations are sweeping across East Coast universities, with students at Yale University joining Columbia in solidarity by staging a sit-in. Yale’s administration cited safety concerns, leading to the arrest of 47 students. At New York University, protests continue against Israel’s war on Gaza and in support of...
Paris, France – AFP France on Thursday said it was banning all pro-Palestinian demonstrations after the attack on Israel by Hamas, on the grounds such protests threaten public order. Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said in a note to regional prefects that the demonstrations “are likely to generate disturbances to public orderR...
