Photos: Pro-Palestinian demonstrators, counterprotesters at UCLA
Marc Sternfield
·5 min read
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators and pro-Israel counterprotesters squared off on the campus of UCLA this week as student protests over the Israel-Hamas war developed on a number of college campuses.
While the demonstrations have been largely peaceful, minor altercations have occurred.
The activists, including students and outside participants, are calling for universities to divest from any interests in Israel in response to Israel’s offensive against Hamas in the wake of the Oct. 7 attack.
Amid final exams and upcoming graduations, Columbia students are grappling with fluctuating tensions on campus and the national attention these protests have received.
Police in cities and towns across the country have been deployed in recent days to clear pro-Palestinian demonstrators from a growing number of encampments and occupied buildings on college and university campuses.
Universities across the country are taking varying approaches to encampments that have taken root on their campuses, with some allowing them to remain and others calling in police to break them up.
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Tensions have flared during protests at Columbia University and elsewhere across the country. The demonstrators have made it clear they're against Israel's war with Hamas in Gaza, but what do they specifically want? Here's a look at what protesters are really demanding.
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