An anti-Israel camp was set up at Fordham University in New York City on Wednesday, hours after similar camps were attacked at other universities.
The tent is saw It was set up inside a building on a university campus as part of the Gaza Solidarity Encampment.
New York City Police Department (NYPD) officers dressed in riot gear began raiding anti-Israel camps at Columbia University and the City University of New York (CUNY) late Tuesday night.
The attack came after anti-Israel protesters at Columbia University took control of Hamilton Hall early Tuesday morning, smashing the building’s glass doors, barricading the interior and hanging pro-Palestinian banners in the windows. .
BREAKING: Fordham University students set up Gaza Solidarity encampment just hours after CCNY and Columbia encampments were cleared. pic.twitter.com/bweGVOEref
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Video footage posted to X showed protesters gathered at Lincoln Center outside Fordham University. campus To support the encampment set up inside.
I heard the crowd chanting“Disclose. Divest. We will not quit. We will not rest. Disclose. Divest.”
Now: Protesters are rallying outside Fordham University’s Lincoln Center campus in support of the “Gaza Solidarity Encampment” set up early this morning.
Students inside the camp rally with the crowd outside through the windows. pic.twitter.com/aHvstN5MbZ
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There were also a few protesters saw They link arms outside the building to protect the camp.
An NYPD bus was also seen spattered with red paint.
The demonstrators chanted, “We will liberate Palestine in our lifetime.” “Students, students, stand firm. We will liberate Palestine.” NYPD, stand back. ”
#now Students and protesters form LINK ARMS to protect encampment at Fordham University in New York.
A police bus is splattered with red paint.
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🚨BREAKING NEWS: A new camp is now launching at Fordham University at Lincoln Center in Manhattan, New York City. pic.twitter.com/L9HccmiHPB
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The first pro-Palestinian camp was set up at Columbia University on April 17, and the next day several students were suspended and hundreds of protesters were arrested.
While Columbia University removed the first encampment, another encampment sprang up in its place.
Anti-Israel encampments have been set up at universities across the country, including George Washington University, Harvard University, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Princeton University, and the University of California, Los Angeles.
‘Palestinian Solidarity Encampment’ Attacks Breitbart News at UCLA
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Protesters in various camps on university and university campuses have called on the university to divest from Israeli companies, sever academic ties with Israeli educational institutions, and protest those involved in camps that have received suspensions or suspensions. He has set out a list of demands, including a full amnesty for those who died. arrests, a cease-fire in the war between Israel and Hamas, and an end to US arms deliveries to Israel.
Hamas launched an attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, killing 1,200 people and taking over 200 hostages.
What you need to know: Horror of Hamas terrorist attack on civilians in Israel’s Kibbutz Beeri
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In this attack, approximately 3,000 Hamas terrorists invaded Israel by land, sea, and air, killing concertgoers at a music festival, while other terrorists hunted down Jewish men, women, and children, and killed many It was also revealed that people had been tortured, raped and assaulted. Even death.
In response, Israel launched a self-defense operation in Gaza, an area controlled by Hamas.
