{"id":2235608,"date":"2024-05-02T13:41:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-02T17:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arrests-of-anti-israel-protesters-on-college-campuses-top-over-1500\/"},"modified":"2024-05-02T13:43:53","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T17:43:53","slug":"arrests-of-anti-israel-protesters-on-college-campuses-top-over-1500","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arrests-of-anti-israel-protesters-on-college-campuses-top-over-1500\/","title":{"rendered":"More than 1,500 anti-Israel protesters arrested on college campuses"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Farrests-of-anti-israel-protesters-on-college-campuses-top-over-1500%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2235608&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Pro-Palestinian protests at \u200dColumbia University led to over 1,500 protester arrests on 30 campuses in 23 states. Columbia University saw\u200c more than 100 arrests and demands for\u2064 the university \u2062president&#8217;s resignation. \u200dNationally, 400 protesters were arrested on \u200cApril 30, with\u200c schools like NYU\u2064 and USC witnessing significant arrests leading to event cancellations. Pro-Palestinian\u200d protests \u200bat Columbia University resulted\u2064 in over 1,500 protester\u2062 arrests across\u200b 30 campuses in 23 states. Columbia University\u2062 witnessed over 100 arrests \u2062and calls for the\u2062 university \u200bpresident to resign. Nationally, 400 protesters were detained \u2064on \u200bApril 30, leading to event cancellations at\u200d schools such\u2063 as NYU and USC.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/palestinian\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>pro-Palestinian<\/a> protests first erupted on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/palestinian\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Columbia University<\/a>\u2019s campus a little over two weeks ago, more than 1,500 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/protests\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>protesters<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-china-threat-is-real-and-upon-us\/\" title=\"The China Threat is Real and Upon Us\">college campuses<\/a> across the country have been arrested. Officers have made arrests on more than 30 different campuses across at least 23 different states.<\/p>\n<p>At the epicenter of the civil unrest is Columbia University, where arrests were first made by officers on April 18.\u00a0More than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jewish-columbia-professor-signals-university-may-be-negotiating-with-pro-palestinian-protest-leaders-this-is-1938\/\" title=\"Jewish Columbia professor hints at university 'negotiating' with pro-Palestinian protest leaders, drawing parallels to 1938\">100 student protesters<\/a> were arrested and cleared from the encampments at the request of university president Nemat Shafik, who is facing calls to resign.<\/p>\n<p>Two days ago, NYPD officers arrested an additional 109 protesters who seized control of Hamilton Hall on Columbia\u2019s campus. That same day, officers arrested 173 protesters at the neighboring City College of New York. In total, 400 protesters were arrested across the country on April 30. To date, 11 schools have seen at least 45 protesters arrested. <\/p>\n<p><strong>New York University <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Officers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsmax.com\/us\/nyu-pro-palestine-protests\/2024\/05\/02\/id\/1163192\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>arrested<\/a> 133 people at New York University on April 22. According to the university, less than\u00a0half of the arrested protesters were linked to the academic institution.<\/p>\n<p><strong>University of Southern California <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Los Angeles Police Department confirmed that 93 protesters were arrested on April 24. Following the arrests, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/education-insanity-top-10-stories-of-the-week-vol-4\/\" title=\"Education Insanity: Top 10 Stories Of The Week (Vol. 4)\">university announced<\/a> its decision to cancel its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/usc-cancels-main-commencement-ceremony-after-far-left-extremists-disrupt-campus\/\" title=\"USC Cancels Graduation Event Amid Campus Disruption\">main commencement ceremony<\/a>, citing safety concerns.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Yale University <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Police dressed in full riot gear arrested 47 pro-Palestinian protesters on April 21, and on Wednesday four protesters were arrested among 200 who walked to the president\u2019s house and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Yale\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Yale<\/a> Police Department at 9 p.m. <\/p>\n<p><strong>University of Texas at Austin <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Between two separate days, a total of 136 protesters were arrested on campus. Guns were found on campus. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cUniversity staff found a 5-gallon bucket filled with large chunks of concrete strategically hidden in a breezeway of Calhoun Hall leading to the South Lawn,\u201d the spokesperson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/guns-confiscated-anti-israel-protesters-ut-austin-university-south-florida\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>told<\/a> Fox 7. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Virginia Tech <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>82 protesters were arrested on Sunday, including 53 students. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Emerson College<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Boston\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Boston<\/a> Police arrested 118 protesters at the university\u2019s encampment on April 25. Four <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kathy-hochul-addresses-footage-of-illegal-immigrants-attacking-nypd-officers-says-deportation-should-be-looked-at\/\" title=\"Kathy Hochul acknowledges illegal immigrants attacking NYPD officers, suggests considering deportation\">officers suffered minor injuries<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Northeastern <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This past weekend, 29 protesters were arrested, including 29 students and six staff members.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Washington University <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, 100 protesters were arrested on campus, including 23 students and four employees. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Arizona State University <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Officers arrested 69 people on Saturday, \u201cmost of whom were not ASU students, faculty or staff.\u201d according to school officials. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Indiana University <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Between two days, 56 protesters were arrested<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the past two weeks, over 1,500 pro-Palestinian protesters have been arrested on college campuses nationwide, with arrests made on over 30 campuses in 23 states. 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