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Multiple campus protests have received substantial airtime and attention. Responses from authorities have been dramatic at times. Only selected clips/coverage are below. Opinions follow. Disclaimer applies, as always.
Khamenei and Co. tweeting supportive comments to U.S. university students is PEAK hypocrisy.
— Nazanin Nour (@NazaninNour) April 29, 2024
This regime has assaulted, terrorized, and KILLED Iranian university students for peaceful protest over the last few decades.
Don’t fall for the bait and switch. pic.twitter.com/1ap88boQAP
Some students in the US are calling the surging college protests against Israel's war on Gaza, 'their Vietnam.’
— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) April 26, 2024
But can these mass rallies stop a war? Al Jazeera's @soraya_lennie explains ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/KQJl0tlseh
Campus revolt over Gaza spreads in Europe as London students protest https://t.co/mlVLj5iAeJ
— The National (@TheNationalNews) April 26, 2024
LIVE: Pro-Palestinian protests at George Washington University https://t.co/0j0XBLq0K5
— Reuters (@Reuters) April 26, 2024
UPDATE: German police are using extreme violence to evict the pro-Palestine camp outside the German parliament. The brutal eviction of the non-violent activists comes as police have banned the two-week-long camp with no legal basis. The activists are calling on Berliners to leave… pic.twitter.com/ebUUFg2dc7
— red. (@redstreamnet) April 26, 2024
Holocaust Survivor Message to US Campus Protesters:
— Double Down News (@DoubleDownNews) April 24, 2024
This survivor of the Holocaust is against Genocide in Gaza & conflating Jewishness with Zionism, which does nothing but increase antisemitism.
Your protests are so persistent, large and global that eventually the Western… pic.twitter.com/IDCH0NTO6m
The student uprisings for Palestine have gone global.
— BreakThrough News (@BTnewsroom) April 26, 2024
Students in Paris occupied the campus building at Elite Paris University, launching a major Palestine solidarity protest after a wave of antiwar protests have swept college campuses across the U.S. pic.twitter.com/WY48hUqc4j
this father supporting his daughter’s protest at USC is worth more than all the left wing politicians currently in power. I love this man
— Ali A Olomi (@aaolomi) April 25, 2024
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“I am a Holocaust survivor. I experienced as a child every single thing a Gazan child is experiencing on a daily basis. There’s no excuse 4 the slaughter of 15K children. I am proud to be here with you.”
— #StopCopCity (@ChuckModi1) April 25, 2024
Amazing Jewish solidarity at encampment at GWU #FreePalestine #Occupy4Gaza pic.twitter.com/m8doLYW0ci
It's hard to understand why an economics professor showing concern for a student would be thrown to the ground and arrested. This is not an obvious way to defuse a crisis. https://t.co/mcILwUKxcn
— Nicholas Kristof (@NickKristof) April 26, 2024
John Oliver on Gaza protests: “Protest is meant to be disruptive…34,000 people have been killed, most of them women & children…the US continues to supply Israel funding & arms for all of this, even as Gaza sinks into famine. If that’s not worth protesting, I’m not sure what is” pic.twitter.com/aUHCjdJLG8
— Assal Rad (@AssalRad) April 23, 2024
