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April 29, 2024

Police Arrest 275+ Campus Protesters as Student Uprising for Gaza Shows No Sign of Slowing Down
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Police across the United States made at least 275 arrests over the
weekend as campus protests against Israel's assault on Gaza continue to
spread. In Boston, police detained about 100 people after students set
up a Palestine solidarity encampment on the campus of Northeastern
University. The school justified the raid, citing what it called
"virulent antisemitic slurs" after someone chanted "Kill the Jews" at
the encampment. But video and eyewitness testimony revealed the
antisemitic chant was actually done by a counterprotester holding an
Israeli flag. The group Huskies for a Free Palestine said, "The only
people hurling antisemitic slurs last night were Zionist
counter-protestors attempting to instigate our peaceful encampment.
Despite this, the university exploited this moment to lie about our
encampment and justify the brutal arrest of over 100 students."

In St. Louis, police arrested more than 80 people at a pro-Palestinian
encampment at Washington University. The arrested included Green Party
presidential candidate Jill Stein.

At Arizona State University, police made around 70 arrests on Friday as
they broke up an encampment on Alumni Lawn.

At Indiana State University, state police arrested 33 people Friday as
they broke up an encampment on the Bloomington campus.

Despite the police crackdown, campus encampments continue to spread,
including at CUNY, the City University of New York.

Shak Alsogdiy: "Today we're having an encampment in City College, City
University of New York, and we are demanding that CUNY divest and be
transparent with the investment. And we are demanding that students,
workers of CUNY cannot be harassed, cannot be doxxed for standing up for
Palestine."



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