In pictures: Pro-Palestine rallies make waves across US universities
Students and staff members set up tent encampments at many campuses to demand end to Israel's carnage in besieged Gaza and press their respective universities to cut ties with firms and institutions that support Israel.
A coalition of University of Michigan students rally at an encampment in the Diag to pressure the university to divest its endowment from companies that support Israel or could profit from the ongoing war on Palestinians, on the University of Michigan college campus in Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S., April 22, 2024. / Photo: Reuters
Thousands of pro-Palestine protesters have been demonstrated across dozens of campuses in the US in solidarity with Palestine and against Israel's carnage in besieged Gaza.
Despite threat of arrests, the students have proceeded to set encampments at many campuses to demand an end to Israeli war crimes in besieged Gaza and press their respective universities to snap ties with defence companies and academic institutions that support Israel.
The protests started last week and only grew bigger, spreading across many universities despite the arrests made at Columbia, Yale, New York University and elsewhere.
Here are some powerful images capturing the protest scenes:
Protesters gather at Columbia University in New York to demand an end to Israel's war on besieged Gaza.
People demonstrate outside Columbia University.
A sign is posted on the lawn of the protest encampment at Columbia University, where students continue to protest in support of Palestinians.
People protest outside The New School Center in New York in solidarity with Palestine.
A sign that read "Palestine is everywhere" is seen at the protest site at The New School Center.
Pro-Palestinian protesters gather in front of Sproul Hall on the campus of the University of California.
Students protest at an encampment on the campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
A sign that reads "Stop funding genocide" is seen at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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