US Student Protest against Israel: These days, students are protesting against Israel in America’s top universities. The students demand that institutions stop investing in weapons that fuel the Israel and Gaza wars. The protesters said that their demonstration will continue until their demands are not met. He also said that he is ready to give up his arrest for this.
According to news agency Reuters, about 550 students have been arrested in America’s major universities last week. These include many major universities including Harvard, Columbia, Yale and UC Berkeley. Large scale demonstrations are taking place against Israel in all these American universities. University officials described the protest as unauthorized. He said that police has been called to remove the protesters.
Tear gas shells fired on students
At the same time, protesters said that in the last two days, on the orders of the college administration, law enforcement has fired tear gas shells against students at Emory University in Atlanta, while the riot control team at the University of Texas at Austin took action against the protesters and Dispersed them.
Professor’s misbehavior
Apart from this, policemen at Emory University misbehaved with a professor and handcuffed him. The video of this incident went viral on social media. The protesting student said that he was demonstrating against Israel in support of the citizens of Gaza. Then the policemen misbehaved with them.
What is the demand?
The students demand that universities cut their investment in anything related to Israel and weapons that fuel the war in Gaza. According to Gaza’s Health Ministry, the death toll in Gaza due to Israeli attacks has crossed 30 thousand. So far 34,305 people have lost their lives in Gaza.