The protest on Thursday momentarily escalated after counterprotesters gathered in support of Israel.
A protest in New Orleans, Louisiana, appeared to have momentarily turned violent after pro-Palestinian demonstrators clashed with pro-Israeli counterprotesters.According to reporting by The Maroon, the student newspaper for Loyola University in The Big Easy, a pro-Palestinian rally began Thursday afternoon on Freret Street in Uptown, New Orleans, near Loyola and Tulane University.
Michael Strecker, assistant vice president for news and media relations at Tulane, told Newsweek in a statement Thursday that the rally had been staged 'on a public sidewalk off campus' and had 'resulted in a brief clash between several demonstrators and counter-demonstrators in which a couple of Tulane students were assaulted and reported minor injuries.''We are increasing security and assisting our students in any way we can,' Strecker added.
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