On Monday night, anti-Israel protesters at New York University ( NYU) were detained.
Officers from the New York Police Department ( NYPD ) reportedly began making arrests amongst a crowd of anti-Israel protesters around 8:30 p. m. , according to the New York Times.
According to the report, the arrests occurred after NYU officials issued a warning to protesters that they could face possible consequences if they did not leave the school courtyard.
After school officials claimed the anti-Israel demonstrators had broken through walls and were acting in a “disorderly, destructive, and antagonizing fashion, ” officials reportedly moved in to make arrests. ”
Police officers are seen trying to clear activists out of riot equipment in video posted to X.
#BREAKING Confrontations and fights over tents – MASS ARRESTS at the NYU,” Liberated Zone” camp tents REMOVED as a sizable amount of police continue to clean out the protesters.
This is taking place right then.
Video by @yyeeaahhhboiii2 Desk@freedomnews. television to permit pic. tweets. com/qkUP5w22SW— Oliya Scootercaster ( @ScooterCasterNY ) April 23, 2024
Anti-Israel demonstrators at Yale University were detained on Monday morning in connection with their participation in an camp on the university’s school.
Lots of anti-Israel activists, including Isra Hirsi, Rep. On Thursday, the daughter of Ilhan Omar (D-MN) was detained in connection with their participation in a camp that had been set up on Columbia University’s yard on Wednesday morning.
In support of the anti-Israel camp that Columbia University initiated, many pro-Palestinian student organizations have held rallies and demonstrations at the University of North Carolina, Boston University, and Ohio State University.
On April 22, 2024, demonstrators demonstrate on Columbia University’s school, which is occupied by pro-Palestian activists in New York. ( CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty Images )
The White House issued a statement on Sunday labeling the anti-Israel demonstrations “Antisemitic, unconscionable, and dangerous. ” President Joe Biden issued a separate statement addressing the anti-Israel protests and the “alarming surge of Antisemitism ” happening in “schools, communities, and online. ”
In his speech, Biden continued to attribute the anti-Israel protests as being “blatant Antisemitism ” that is “reprehensible and dangerous. ”
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