Demonstrations with anti-Semitic and pro-Palestinian messages continue on US college campuses after a Hamas and Hezbollah propaganda campaign among faculty and students

Pro-Palestinian demonstrations, with frequent anti-Semitic messages, continued at major US universities until Friday evening, condemning the Israeli bombing of Gaza, according to CNN. Over the course of the week, several schools called in the police to crack down on the protesters, leading to hundreds of arrests across the country. The protesters asked the educational institutions to give up the funds from entities related to Israel, reports News.ro.

The Wall Street Journal revealed in an analysis that these demonstrations are fueled by manipulation campaigns financed by the terrorist organizations Hamas and Hezbollah.

College administrators are facing mounting pressure from lawmakers to rein in the protests. At Columbia – the epicenter of the demonstrations – the school senate passed a resolution on Friday evening to investigate the way the university’s management is handling the protests.

What are the latest developments:

Arizona State University: Police at Arizona State University on Friday arrested three people on suspicion of “trespassing” “in connection with the establishment of an unauthorized camp,” a university spokesman said.

Barnard College: The school said it has made decisions about “almost all students who were previously suspended” for participating in the protest camp on the Columbia campus.

Columbia University: The university banned a student spokesman for the Columbia University Apartheid Divest coalition who said in January that “Zionists don’t deserve to live.” He later apologized.

Denver campuses: On a campus shared by the University of Colorado Denver, the Community College of Denver and the Metropolitan State University of Denver, about 40 of the roughly 100 people who set up a pro-Palestinian camp were arrested Friday, according to reports. in a campus release. .

Emory University: Faculty gathered on campus to express concern over violent arrests on campus Thursday, with tenured professors calling for university president Gregory Fenves to resign over his decision to call state and local police to disperse the protesters.

George Washington University: The university said Friday that any student who remains in the university’s main courtyard may be temporarily suspended and administratively banned from campus.

Ohio State University: A total of 36 demonstrators were arrested Thursday night after they refused orders to disperse, according to a preliminary university report.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: More than 75 students gathered Friday to set up a camp, demanding that the university divest from corporations that invest in Israel and its military operations.

University of Southern California: University President Carol L. Folt said in a statement that the campus has become unsafe, and the university will launch an investigation and take steps to protect all USC students, faculty and staff.

University of Texas at Austin: School places Palestine Solidarity Committee on “temporary suspension.” The group organized Wednesday’s event, which saw more than 50 arrests.

Virginia Tech: School officials issued a statement Friday about an encampment on campus, saying they told protesters the event did not follow university policy.

Yale University: A letter from the Faculty for Justice in Palestine criticized the arrests of students this week and said the faculty was prepared to stage walkouts and boycott Yale graduation ceremonies. Another letter denounced the Yale administration for failing “in your responsibility to protect Jewish students, staff and faculty at Yale.”