Arrest of 100 students at the University of Southern California
| In the continuation of the uprising of American universities against the crimes of the Zionist regime in Gaza, hundreds of students in different states were arrested by police forces. |
According to the international group Tasnim News Agency, American universities are still the scene of massive student protests against the crimes of the Zionist regime. is in Gaza; Scenes reminiscent of the student movement against the Vietnam War in the 1970s.
NBC News reported a large crowd protesting at the University of Texas at Austin a day after the students were arrested.
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CNN also reported that the American police arrested about 100 students at the University of Southern California and dozens more at the University of Texas at Austin. Two university professors were arrested at Emory University in the state of Georgia. Protest against the war in Gaza
At the same time, the students of the University of Pennsylvania set up a tent and sit-in in the university environment in support of the people of Gaza. The student newspaper “Daily Pennsylvania” wrote that the sit-in students demand the withdrawal of the university’s investments from occupied Palestine. Meanwhile, the Georgia state prosecutor accused the students of “anti-Semitism” like other American officials and claimed: “No one has the legal right to shut down universities through camping and sit-ins and anti-Jewish threats.” He supported the suppression of students and their arrest, adding: “I am proud to be with every university that takes actions He will do what is necessary to protect the safety of the students of the state, we will stand.”
“Greg Abbott”, the commander of Texas, also said yesterday that all anti-Israeli students should be arrested. He also interpreted the anti-war protests in Gaza as “anti-Semitism”.
However, some state legislators in Georgia expressed concern about the violent suppression of students on the Emory University campus. According to them, Georgia state authorities treat protests as “riots” or even “terrorism.” The American Civil Liberties Union in Georgia also said in a statement: “Atlanta has always been a place for free protests.” , but now we are witnessing repression against the constitution”.
| © | Webangah News Hub has translated this news from the source of Tasnim News Agency |
