NYC campus extends remote classes amid Gaza protests

Here’s what New York elected officials are saying about the Columbia University protests

Progressives have criticized the school for bringing in the NYPD to clear the encampment, while Republicans have called for the National Guard.

Pro-Palestinian protests spread at US universities

Demonstrators are calling on Columbia and other universities to divest from companies with ties to Israel.

Protest camps, arrests, visits to politicians: The mood at Columbia University in New York is heated. Opinions about the war in Gaza diverge. The conflict is becoming more and more a problem for teaching. By Charlotte Voß.[more]

Over 100 pro-Palestine protesters arrested in Texas, California as campus wars intensify

The University of Texas in Austin sent a letter to organizers explaining that it would not permit the protest against Israel to take place, but hundreds of pro-Palestinians gathered to demonstrate on campus. Texas' governor said that the protesters 'belong in jail'; 93 protesters were arrested in University of Southern Califronia

NYPD chief rips AOC over Columbia University protest response: 'Pure hatred'

Rep. Ocasio-Cortez shared footage Wednesday via X showing NYPD counterterrorism officers near Columbia.

Pro-Palestinian protests are not starting to settle down at American universities, but even outside the borders of the States, tensions are rising. In Paris, at the prestigious Sciences Po faculty, law enforcement intervened one night on one of the campuses to evacuate the premises occupied by students who were demonstrating solidarity with the Palestinian people by demanding an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. In Los Angeles, on the other…