Pro-Palestinian protests sweep US college campuses | BBC News

Protests against the war in Gaza have been taking centre stage at college campuses across the US.

Activists have been calling for universities to "divest from genocide" and to stop investing large school endowments in companies involved in weapons manufacturing and other industries supporting Israel's war in Gaza.

Students at Columbia University in New York set up a protest encampment a week ago. The university asked New York city police to clear the camp on 18 April, and officers arrested about 100 people.

In Texas and California, police confronted campus protesters and made dozens of arrests.

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[ttchang]

"You know someone controls you when you're not allowed to talk about them"

[Safvan-dklw]

I thought protest is fundamental right in vibrant democracy like US 😂

[justthecat]

I wonder if this will start happening
in UK universities

[BukuiZhao]

Criticizing Israel isn't antisemitism.

[evelync]

Democracy went from being threatened to being sieged!!!

[pedrocavalcante]

Elevating the interests of a foreign entity above those of the citizens of the United States is treason.

[joseblanco]

We need to send the statue of liberty back to France.

[JibskySacar]

Protesting is a sign that there is injustice happening and that the world has to listen!!

[yz]

There is a clear distinction between supporting Palestinian people and antisemitism.

[wildandbarefoot]

The world has had enough of this Genocide.

[vincentenock]

This is a slap on freedom and democracy. On ground should an institution of learning be disrupted.

[ysffcrw]

"When injustice becomes law, re-sis--tance becomes a duty"

[olorin]

Is there video of disruptive and illegal behavior before the police show up? Or only after?

[SERGIO-cruy]

Funny that the BBC turned-on the comments on this video... as they censure other videos ...

[sporeolegy]

I don’t think I have ever seen so many police at a protest before

[onlineuser]

Student protests? Surely this didnt happen during the vietnam war and the students turned out right eventho they also got beat and arrested.

Listen to the young people they seem to be right all the time.

[FMFM]

Many thanks to the students risking their future for a noble cause. May God bless them and bring them the best in the future

[angieleemans]

Stop the War, we did the same during Apartheid in South Africa 🇿🇦 Students have enough of old pensioners deciding for their future.

[sparkstallion]

Proud of them. Their stand for humanity will he remembered in history.

[Kwippy]

You would have thought American college students and faculties alike would be capable of reasoned debate.