Yale University, Emerson College and New York University are among the few schools where students are staging encampments calling for divestment from Israel.
Students occupy the campus Columbia University on Friday, calling for the school to divest from companies with ties to Israel.Columbia University announced that all classes will be remote on Monday in an attempt to"deescalate the rancor" amid growing tensions on campus over Israel's war in Gaza.
Israel's subsequent invasion of Gaza has killed over 34,000 Palestinians — two-thirds of whom were women and children, according to local health officials. Israel says around 100 hostages remain in Gaza.On Wednesday, Columbia students against Israel's war and blockade in Gaza set up camp on the school's south lawn in what was called the"Gaza Solidarity Encampment.
The American Association of University Professors chapter at Columbia and Barnard College said it condemned the arrest of students engaging in peaceful protest. According to news reports and social media posts, encampments have been staged at Yale, New York University, MIT, Tufts University, Emerson College and The New School based in New York City.
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