Police arrested about 100 people Saturday at an anti-Israel camp at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts.
The news comes amid similar demonstrations across the country regarding the war between Israel and the terrorist organization Hamas.
In Boston the police collected NBC Boston notes that Northeastern University has deemed the protests to be in violation of its student code of conduct, and has expanded into Sillman Hall and around Centennial Common, asking protesters to leave the area. He reportedly gave instructions.
Video footage posted on Friday show Encampment students and WCVB said the group is seeking “university disclosure and divestment of Israeli companies.”
Many of the protesters said they were willing to face discipline from the school, NBC reported.
“Massachusetts State Police announced that 102 people have been arrested and charged with trespassing and disorderly conduct, and are being transported to the Suffolk County Jail for booking and processing,” the newspaper said.
According to the university, about 100 people were detained and an unidentified person was also arrested.
aerial video footage show According to CBS Boston, officers surrounding the encampment on Thursday said:
Breitbart News reported that anti-Israel demonstrators also set up camp at George Washington University (GWU) in Washington, D.C., on Thursday.
The DMV Coalition of Students for Justice in Palestine set up a “communal encampment” on GWU’s campus in University Yards Thursday morning, according to Instagram. post From Students for Justice in Palestine of the student body GWU (SJPGWU).
“As our people discover mass graves of martyrs in Gaza, it is our moral duty to disrupt business as usual to end systematic cooperation in genocide,” SJPGWU wrote, here He mentioned the “mass grave” hoax that had been spreading for several days. .
On Friday, about a dozen activists kicked Breitbart News senior editor Joel B. Pollack out of the anti-Israel camp on the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) campus.
Joel B. Pollack/Breitbart News
After the incident, Pollack told media personnel at the scene: [journalists] They should be there refusing to assault journalists. ”
“This violates the First Amendment. They claim to be defending the freedom of Palestine, but they are violating the most fundamental freedoms of the United States Constitution,” he added.
