Protesting students occupied the building of Columbia University

According to the international group Tasnim News Agency, Pro-Palestinian protesting students at Columbia University occupied the Hamilton dormitory building in this university.

Meanwhile, a few hours ago In a warning notice, the university authorities asked the staff and students staying in this dormitory to avoid any traffic.

This notification states: access restrictions and traffic bans are in place in this place until the conditions improve. The safety of each resident of this dormitory is important, we thank you for your patience, cooperation and understanding.

The CNN news network reported by publishing video images that the protesters who occupied the Hamilton dormitory placed banners from the windows of the building. “Intifada” is written on them.

while this morning the university authorities Columbia has announced that it will begin suspending pro-Palestinian protesting students who do not leave their protest camps on campus.

The decision was announced after Ivy The League, which is the most famous group of private students in the United States, announced the impasse in negotiations with the protesters to end these demonstrations.

This university warned protesting students in a letter : Those students who do not leave the protest camps by 2 pm today local time and do not sign a commitment letter stating that they will not violate university policies will face suspension and will not be eligible to complete the current academic semester, in addition to These students do not have the right to enter the university and use the educational spaces of the university. /span>

The decision to start the suspension of the protesting students of Columbia University was taken while dozens of protesting students clashed with the police on the campus of the University of Austin in the state of Texas, and the police tried to disperse They used pepper spray, and a number of students were arrested after they resisted leaving the university campus.

Protesters also emphasized the Gaza war on the campus of Manhattan University They did not leave their camps until the Columbia University protesters get their three demands. The demands of the protesting students of Columbia University are as follows: no investment, transparency in the financial affairs of the university and the forgiveness of students and professors with discipline due to their presence in the protests.

According to Reuters report, On the campus of 20 universities in 16 states across America, pro-Palestinian students have held protest rallies.

While there are no signs of abating in the intensity of protests on campuses across America The crimes committed by the Zionist regime against the innocent people of Gaza cannot be seen, the Washington Post newspaper announced in a report that according to the statistics of this American newspaper, at least 900 people have been arrested by the security forces during protests at American universities in the last 10 days.

Also, Palestinian supporters reportedly clashed with supporters of the Israeli regime at UCLA.

Today, news sources of massive demonstrations At the University of Texas, America, they announced in solidarity with the Palestinian people in Gaza and in opposition to Washington in support of the Zionist regime.

Al Jazeera reporter reported that California Irvine students and California Riverside began their “open and inclusive” sit-ins against the war in Gaza.

Professors of Columbia University in New York also protect the protesting students who support the Palestinian nation in Gaza formed a human chain.

Also, reports indicate that the US police arrested a number of activists and students who were organizing demonstrations in support of Palestine in front of Tulane University in New Orleans. America, suppressed and detained.

The University of Florida also announced that nine people were arrested on campus for what it called law violations during the protests.

The wave of protests in support of Palestine on the campuses of American universities has become wider after the arrest of hundreds of protesters at Columbia University, and after spreading to most of the country’s universities, it is spreading to universities in other countries of the world.

Protests from Columbia University in New York started on April 17, and the protesting students demanded the termination of the university’s relationship with the Israeli institutions involved in the Gaza war. became Protesters in other universities have similar demands.

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