Nationwide Uprising of American Universities against Zionists/Special Report

According to the international group Tasnim News Agency, the wave of protests in support of Palestine on American university campuses after The arrest of hundreds of protesters at Columbia University has become more widespread, and after spreading to most universities in this country, it is spreading to universities in other countries.

Protests from Columbia University in New York since 9 days ago (April 17) It started and the protesting students demanded to cut off the relationship of this university with the Israeli institutions that are involved in the Gaza war. Protesters in other universities have similar demands. Campus camps that have sprung up across America have brought together students from diverse backgrounds — including Palestinians, Arabs, Jews and Muslims — to denounce Israel’s bombing of Gaza.

Columbia University- The most widespread protests were in this university. In the latest development, the university senate is going to vote on a resolution to condemn the university president Minoushe Shafik for some of his decisions. Shafiq, in particular, has come under fire for allowing police to shut down the university’s campus. It has canceled what it called “new security measures”. Nearly 100 people have been arrested on campus.

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Emory University- 28 people have been arrested in this university, some of them are faculty members of the university. The release of a video of the arrest of the head of the philosophy department of this university by the police in cyberspace has caused controversy. A group of lawmakers in the Georgia State Assembly have condemned the police’s use of excessive force to arrest students.

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Brown University- Brown University has 130 students who has identified that they have violated the relevant laws regarding the prohibition of sitting with tents. The university said that the students who have been identified will face disciplinary measures. .com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1403/02/07/1403020713385266929888494.jpg”/>

Emerson College- More than 100 people have been arrested and four police officers are said to be They were injured while carrying out the mission to collect the tents of protesting students. The president of the university said that he knows that the police operation to collect the student sit-in “had a negative effect on our community.”

Indiana University- At least 33 of the protesters on Thursday. They were arrested after a massive sit-in at the university. The arrest of these people took place after the police officers gave the students a deadline to leave the university campus.

George Washington University- at George Washington University Washington, D.C. Police have been asked to help break up a pro-Palestinian student sit-in. The university president says that students have been asked to move to another place on campus to protest, but they have ignored this request.

University of California, Los Angeles– At this university, students have They have started holding demonstrations by setting up tents. The New York Times reported that at least 30 tents were erected on the campus of this university on Thursday morning. There is still no report of the police attack and the arrest of protesting students.

University of Texas at Austin- Police act after massive student protest on Wednesday At least 57 protesters have been arrested. The New York Times newspaper claimed on Friday that the cases brought against all the arrested students were canceled and all of them were released.

Fox News reported that one of its reporters is among those arrested. The published images of the presence of police forces on horses to disperse the students have become controversial in the cyberspace. It is said that the arrival of the police and the arrest of the students was done at the request of the president of the university as well as “Greg Abbott”, the Republican governor of the state of Texas.

“Greg Abbott” in a statement on X Network “Students who engage in hateful and anti-Semitic demonstrations at any public university or university in Texas should be expelled,” he wrote Wednesday.

Princeton University- In this university in the state of New Jersey, students have been setting up tents since Thursday morning. University officials say they have warned students several times to leave campus. There are reports of the arrest of at least two people in these demonstrations. com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1403/02/07/1403020714090656429888914.jpg”/>

The release of images of the Lebanese Hezbollah holding the flag in the demonstrations of this university caused a public debate in the virtual space among the American people. And the supporters of the rule have been. The Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement is on the list of the so-called “terrorist” organizations of the United States of America.

California Polytechnic University- Despite the fact that the campus of this university has been closed since Monday morning. But dozens of students have attempted to sit in the educational and administrative building of this university. On Monday, there were clashes between police and students in this university and three people were arrested.

On Thursday, university officials said that the university campus will remain closed at least until Sunday.

University of Minnesota- 9 people have been arrested after setting up a tent on the campus of this university on Tuesday. The tents erected by the protesters were removed on Wednesday morning, but the New York Times newspaper on Thursday quoted a student as saying that the sit-ins have returned. ” src=”https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1403/02/07/1403020714273623829889014.jpg”/>

The Ohio State University- Students set up tents on Thursday. A spokesperson for the university said that the students’ actions are a violation of university policies. He asked the protesters to collect the tents. American media reported the arrest of at least three protesters for refusing to follow this order.

Two other students were arrested hours earlier during the demonstrations. The local media published pictures and videos of police brutality and wrote that the officers dispersed the students by attacking them.

Northwestern University- hundreds of Students staged a sit-in by setting up a tent on Thursday. Asked by a reporter if any students would be arrested, an Evanston police official said, “That’s at the request of university officials.” Hours later, protesters were reported to have collected the tents. . The police have warned a group of demonstrators who did not pay attention to the request to collect the tents.

Washington University in St.Louis >- The local newspaper of this university reported that the police officers dispersed the demonstrators by attacking the students on Thursday. One of the participants in this demonstration told this newspaper: “After several months of targeted suppression of pro-Palestinian and anti-Zionist discourses, the university’s refusal to cooperate with companies involved in genocide has brought us to the point of explosion.”

He added: “We see that students from all over the country are uniting.”

University of Connecticut- Police officers on Thursday attempted to collect Students’ tents have been destroyed and at least one person has been arrested. On Thursday, the local branch of the NBC news agency in this state wrote that the students said they will not stop protesting until their demands are met. He wrote: “We have come to the square to show solidarity with them (Palestinians) because this story has been going on for a long time. The story has become very hot, but our government is still silent. .com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1403/02/07/1403020714512396129889114.jpg”/>

New York University- The New York police at this university, which is located in the Manhattan area, dozens He arrested a person on Monday. Sky News has announced that the number of those arrested is more than 100. Several reports of police brutality in dealing with protesters have been published. .com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1403/02/07/1403020715035771229889194.jpg”/>

Yale University- Hundreds of people at this university act to declare solidarity with the Palestinian people They sat in the university. The New York Times writes that the police arrested 40 protesters on Monday. Some other media have announced the number of arrested people up to 56 people.

Yale Police Chief said the people who were arrested will be charged with Class A crime.

Harvard University – Harvard University was forced to close some parts of the university during the past days, but on Wednesday, students set up tents in this university. Officials at the prestigious university also suspended a pro-Palestinian student organization for allegedly “violating university policies.”

Harvard University is one of the American universities that has been faced with inflammations surrounding the Gaza war for months. When Claudine Gay finally decided to step down from her post as president of Harvard University after weeks of controversy and accusations of “anti-Semitism” on January 12 of last year, a sign of the inflamed atmosphere in the US academic community appeared.

Cornell University- This university located in the university city of “Ithaca” in the state of New York joined the protests on Thursday. The university authorities had given the demonstrators until 13:00 local time on Thursday to collect their tents. and end the demonstrations, otherwise they will face disciplinary orders including suspension from the university.

Florida State University- From Thursday morning Students have set up a tent in this university. Hours later, the American media reported that the police forced the students to collect part of the tents. He published pictures of students wishing victory for the Palestinian resistance.

George Washington University- Students in this university along with another group of university students “Georgetown” near it, they set up a tent and sit-in in support of Palestine. Hours later, university officials warned the students that they had requested the help of the police to collect the tents. //newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1403/02/07/1403020715321562329889754.jpg”/>

University of Pennsylvania- Student groups announced Thursday that They plan to set up a tent and sit in “to declare solidarity with Gaza”. In a statement published on Instagram , they demanded to stop cooperation with the university. with Israeli companies involved in the Palestinian genocide.

In the picture below, a student of this university can be seen putting a cap on the neck of the statue of “Benjamin Franklin”, one of the founding fathers of America. This picture is from Thursday.

Michigan State University- Local media reported on Thursday morning that students set up at least 18 tents on the campus. have graduated from university.

University of North Carolina- During the past few days, students had tried to set up tents for the rally, but local media reported on Thursday morning that University officials have asked students to collect their tents.

Rice University- This university in the city of “Houston” in the state of Texas has also sat down since Tuesday to declare solidarity with the people of Gaza. . On Wednesday night local time, a group called “Pro-Palestinian Students at Rice University” published pictures and videos on Instagram page of this movement, which showed that their tents in support of Palestine are also standing.

Pittsburgh University- Videos published in cyberspace show that student tents are still standing in this university. Local media have reported that the police are present at the site of these gatherings, but so far no report has been published about the dispersal of the demonstrators.

In addition to these universities, there are also demonstrations in some other American universities It has been going on in other ways than setting up tents. These universities include:

• University of Florida in Gainesville;
• University of Maryland in College Park;
• American University in Washington; University of Texas in Dallas; University of Texas in San Antonio; University of New Mexico in the city of “Albuquerque”;
• University of Southern Maine in the city of “Portland”;
• Purdue University in the city of “West Lafayette” (in the state of Indiana);
• Loyola University in Chicago;
• University of California in Santa Barbara

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