University of California employees strike in support of students

According to the international group Tasnim News Agency, Employees of the University of California went on strike in support of pro-Palestinian protesters.

According to this report United University researchers, graduate teaching assistants and post-doctoral scholars at the University of California, protested against what they called unfair methods in the way university officials dealt with pro-Palestinian protesters in recent weeks’ protests, and went on strike.

Organizers of the event said they joined striking staff at two other University of California campuses that began their strike on May 20.

Accordingly, the strikers demand the forgiveness of graduate students and other teaching staff. were arrested or reprimanded for participating in the protests.

The State Employees Public Relations Board ordered the University of California and the strikers to participate in settlement negotiations. The representative of the strikers also stated that the parties met each other once.

A few days ago, a demonstration on the campus of the University of California about the Gaza war turned into a clash between pro-Palestinian protesters and a group of pro-Israel supporters.

The newspaper of the university reported that after the supporters of Israel tried to tear down and destroy one of the tents of the pro-Palestinian protesters, a fight broke out between the two groups. And finally the police had to intervene.

Also, the published images indicate that people with sticks or poles are embedded in wooden boards as a temporary barrier. They attacked to protect pro-Palestinian protesters.

The Los Angeles Police Department also claimed in a statement on the X social network: due to numerous violent actions among the protesters in the area University, police officers responded to the request of UCLA University officials and entered the university to restore public order and security.

University of California He called the protesters’ camps illegal and demanded their dismantling and evacuation.

A few days ago and while three weeks after an individual attacked a rally of supporters of Palestine at the University of California It was happening, the police arrested the first person in this connection.. >

The Los Angeles Police Department announced in a statement that after reviewing the video footage, it was determined that an 18-year-old person named “Edan An” used a wooden pole to attack the Palestinian supporters rally at the University of California. attacked and beat them.

According to this report, the conflict between the two sides continued at least until the morning of May 1st. The next night, the police collected the protesters’ tents in the university and arrested 210 people.

So far, no group has claimed responsibility for the April 30 attack, but the Organization of Colleges In a statement, the Jews of Hillel considered this attack to be against the marginalized members of the Jewish community outside the university.

A wave of pro-Palestine protests on American university campuses after the arrest of hundreds of Protesters at Columbia University became more widespread and after spreading to most of the universities in this country, it was also extended to universities in other countries of the world.

American media reported that the American police forces since the beginning of student movements In support of Gaza for 2 weeks in 25 universities of this country in 21 states, 1000 students protesting the crimes of the Israeli regime in Gaza have been arrested.

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

meanwhile a survey In the United States, it shows that the majority of American university students support Gaza and Hamas.

The New York Post conducted a survey based on which 65% of American university students supported protests in support of Palestine and Gaza and 43% participated in these protests.

According to this survey, 63 percent of American university students express solidarity with Hamas.

Also, 15 percent of the participants in demonstrations and protests believe that “Israel ” should not exist.

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