The growing protests follow mass arrests of demonstrators at some East Coast universities recently
NEW YORK – Protests against Israel filled streets in Brooklyn and escalated at universities across the United States, some of which included Jewish Passover Seders, as demonstrators demanded an end to civilian casualties in Gaza .
The Council on American-Islamic Relations criticised the use of police force to stifle dissent, saying it undermined academic freedom. Several campus protesters Reuters spoke to attributed the off-campus incidents to rogue provocateurs who are trying to hijack the protests' message. Students at the University of California, Berkeley - a school well known for its student activism during the 1960s - set up tents in solidarity with protesters at other schools.
On Tuesday, Columbia said classes for the rest of the year would be hybrid, with students able to attend online or in person. Students whom were detained by NYPD and suspended by Columbia University for participating in a demonstration, take part in a press conference, as the Protest encampment continues in support of Palestinians, amid ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in New York City, US, April 23, 2024.
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