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More than 60 demonstrators were taken into custody in a single day as protests in support of Palestine continued at prominent US universities. The demonstrations against the conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza have intensified following the arrest of over 100 individuals at Columbia University in New York last week.
On Thursday, 28 people were arrested at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, including 20 community members, while at least 33 protesters were detained at Indiana University.
Meanwhile, students protesting at Columbia University have vowed to persist until the institution severs ties with Israeli academic entities and divests from organizations associated with Israel.
Here are the latest updates:
- Georgia State Patrol officers arrested 28 individuals at Emory University, using pepper balls to control the situation.
- At Indiana University, 33 people were taken into custody after refusing to disband their protest encampment despite police warnings.
- Palestine Legal has filed a federal civil rights complaint against Columbia University regarding the treatment of students during last week's mass arrests.
- The University of Southern California canceled its main graduation ceremony, following controversy over the exclusion of a student valedictorian who supported Palestinians.
- George Washington University called upon DC Metropolitan Police to assist in relocating an unauthorized protest encampment on campus.
- The US State Department expressed support for peaceful protests but condemned harmful rhetoric, including antisemitism and Islamophobia.
- Former President Donald Trump criticized the anti-Palestine protests, likening them to "tremendous hate" and asserting they were worse than the violent clashes in Virginia in 2017.
- Fresh encampment protests emerged at Northeastern University in Boston and the University of California, Los Angeles.
- Calls for Columbia University president Minouche Shafik to resign have surfaced due to criticism of her handling of the protests.
- According to Reuters, nearly 550 arrests have been made at major US universities over the past week amid ongoing pro-Palestinian demonstrations.
