/ 30 April 2024

Protesting for peace

Image source: Canva
Image source: Canva

As a new round of ceasefire negotiations gets underway, pressure is mounting on Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu to lock in a deal. In the US, mass protests are continuing at numerous university campuses, leading to scuffles between pro-Israeli and pro-Palestinian demonstrators… Campus protests have spread across the country in the past fortnight, with one of the largest resulting in the arrest of over 100 people at New York’s Columbia University last week. On Sunday, people from opposing sides came to blows at the University of California in Los Angeles as the tensions continued to escalate. Among several demands, the pro-Palestinian protesters want a ceasefire and an end to US military assistance to Israel. The pro-Israeli side says the protests are fostering incidents of antisemitism and harassment – something student protest leaders have blamed on outsiders who have “hijacked” the events.

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