AMSTERDAM (AP) — Police arrested about 125 activists as they broke up a pro-Palestinian demonstration camp at the University of Amsterdam early Tuesday, as protests that have roiled campuses in the United States spread into Europe. Students held protests or set up encampments in Finland, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Spain, France and Britain. Police in the […]
Two more pro-Palestinian encampments were cleared out this morning at NYU and the New School. Police used a special tactic on the protesters. They showed up early. Police officers arrested 56 people — 13 at N.Y.U. and 43 at the New School — according to preliminary information from the Police Department. Student demonstrators had been […]
Pro-Palestinian protests have forced the University of Southern California to cancel its main commencement this month. Now campus demonstrations against Israel threaten to disrupt other graduations, especially those featuring Biden officials as keynote speakers. In recent days, police have arrested hundreds of students and faculty who commandeered buildings and lawns as “Gaza solidarity encampments” at […]
Illegal campus occupations have entered their second week while hapless administrators at supposedly elite universities squirm like 4-year-olds trying to gain control of a runaway tractor. The protests “don’t appear to be dying down at all,” Family Research Council Senior Vice President Jody Hice said on “Washington Watch” on Friday. As finals and then elections […]
NEW YORK (AP) — As students protesting the Israel-Hamas war at college campuses across U.S. dug in Saturday and vowed to keep their demonstrations going, some universities moved to shut down encampments after reports of antisemitic activity among the protesters. With the death toll mounting in the war in Gaza, protesters nationwide are demanding that […]
Anti-Israel demonstrations and encampments grew Tuesday despite college administrators’ efforts to turn down the temperature, spurring more arrests as pressure mounted to restore order and protect Jewish students. “Gaza solidarity encampments” have sprung up at about a dozen universities, including Columbia, Yale, Tufts and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, stoking security concerns on campuses already […]
The Supreme Court appeared divided Monday on efforts to police homeless encampments, recognizing the makeshift camps as a burden on cities while also indicating sympathy for people who have nowhere to go. The justices heard arguments over ordinances implemented by Grants Pass, Oregon, that prohibit homeless people from sleeping in public parks and on streets […]
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