Wave of campus protest against Gaza war grows
Police tangled with student demonstrators in Texas and California while new encampments sprouted Wednesday at Harvard and other colleges as school leaders sought ways to defuse a growing wave of pro-Palestinian protests.
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Students at a growing number of U.S. colleges are gathering in pro-Palestinian encampments with a unified demand to end investments supporting Israel’s war in Gaza.
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A University of Southern California protester is detained by USC Department of Public Safety officers during a pro-Palestinian occupation at the campus' Alumni Park on Wednesday, April 24, in Los Angeles.3/16
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A University of Southern California protester is detained by USC Department of Public Safety officers during a pro-Palestinian occupation at the campus' Alumni Park on Wednesday, April 24, in Los Angeles.4/16
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University of Southern California protesters fight with University Public Safety officers as they try to remove tents at the campus' Alumni Park during a pro-Palestinian occupation on Wednesday, April 24, in Los Angeles.5/16
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A University of Southern California protester, right, confronts a University Public Safety officer at the campus' Alumni Park during a pro-Palestinian occupation on Wednesday, April 24, in Los Angeles.6/16
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University of Southern California protesters push and shove University Public Safety officers as tempers get heated during a pro-Palestinian occupation on the University of Southern California campus Wednesday, April 24, in Los Angeles.7/16
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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) speaks to the media on the Lower Library steps on Columbia University's campus in New York on Wednesday April 24.8/16
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Students and press look on as Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks to the media on the Lower Library steps on Columbia University's campus in New York, on Wednesday, April 24.9/16
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State troopers try to break up a pro-Palestinian protest at the University of Texas Wednesday April 24, in Austin, Texas. Student protests over the Israel-Hamas war have popped up on an increasing number of college campuses following last week's arrest of more than 100 demonstrators at Columbia University.10/16
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Tents erected at the pro-Palestinian demonstration encampment at Columbia University in New York, on Wednesday, April 24.11/16
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A pro-Palestinian protester, who declined to give her name, leads chants at the University of Texas, Wednesday, April 24, in Austin, Texas.12/16
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University of Texas police officers arrest a man at a pro-Palestinian protest on campus, Wednesday April 24, in Austin, Texas.13/16
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Texas state troopers march down Speedway during a pro-Palestinian protest at the University of Texas, Wednesday, April 24, in Austin, Texas.14/16
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A row of Palestinian flags are seen on the fence at the pro-Palestinians demonstration encampment at Columbia University in New York on Wednesday, April 24.15/16
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Demonstrators chant at a pro-Palestinian protest at the University of Texas, Wednesday, April 24, in Austin, Texas.16/16
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Texas state troopers in riot gear try to beak up a pro-Palestinian protest at the University of Texas, Wednesday, April 24, in Austin, Texas.
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