Anti-Israel Protests Reach Harvard, Demonstrators Raise Palestinian Flags at University, 10 Things to Know

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Pro-Palestine protests begin at Columbia University (file photo)

Pro-Palestinian opposition has intensified in many American colleges. Police have arrested around 275 protesters. The demonstration, which began more than a week ago at New York’s Columbia University, has now reached Harvard University.

Important information regarding the case:

  1. Protesters at Harvard University raised a Palestinian flag at the Ivy League school, which typically American A space is reserved for the flag.

  2. Protesters also hoisted a large Palestinian flag from an upstairs window of the Washington Hilton Hotel, the site of the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner.

  3. Police arrested around 275 protesters from four different college campuses. This exhibition is being done by the students of the college.

  4. 100 protesters have been arrested from Northeastern University in Boston, 80 from Washington University in St. Louis, 72 from Arizona State University and 23 from Indiana University.

  5. Recently, the statement of the White House has also come in this matter. White House press secretary Karin Jean-Pierre said during a briefing, “The president believes it is very important for free speech, debate and non-discrimination on college campuses. We believe people should be able to come together peacefully.” .” We are able to express our thoughts properly, but when it comes to hatred and violence, it has to stop.”

  6. Israeli PM Netanyahu also recently issued a statement calling the protests in America “scary”. He said that major American universities have been taken over by anti-Semitic mobs. Anti-Semitism in the United States is reminiscent of what happened in German universities in the 1930s. The world cannot remain silent in such a situation.

  7. The protest began last week at Columbia University in New York. Meanwhile, more than 100 students were arrested after police broke up a pro-Palestine rally.

  8. Protesters are calling on their universities to divest from companies profiting from the Gaza war and advocating for an immediate ceasefire.

  9. Global protests have grown over the civilian deaths in Israel’s Gaza offensive. Gaza has been reduced to rubble and there is a threat of famine. The UN says there are many obstacles to providing urgently needed aid to Gazans desperate for food, water, shelter and medicine.

  10. The Israel-Gaza War erupted when Hamas crossed the border into Israel in an unprecedented attack on October 7, killing 1,170 people.

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