Over 20 schools have began or continued Gaza solidarity encampments in the last week, despite campus repression and national scrutiny.
The past week has seen pro- Palestine encampments sprout up on college campuses across the US, as students try to push universities to divest from financial ties to military companies. At schools including Columbia , Yale, and NYU , dozens of students were suspended and arrested for their involvement in the protests, like Rep. Ilhan Omar’s daughter and Barnard student, Isra Hirsi.
At NYU, after the school threatened to forcibly remove the encampment, NYPD officers pepper-sprayed students and mass arrested NYU faculty. In a statement from NYU spokesperson John Beckman published that night, the school claimed “disorderly, disruptive, and antagonizing behavior” had caused “safety issues” which led to the arrests, a narrative the university’s American Association of University Professors chapter has disputed.
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