New York Police Department (NYPD) officers arrested 120 people staging pro-Palestine encampment protests at New York University (NYU) last night after leaders in the university said the group behaved in a disorderly and disruptive manner.
The arrests come after approximately 100 Columbia University students were arrested for conducting protests against the school’s financial ties to Israel amid the Gaza war.
But tensions on the university’s campus have been mounting as some Jewish students say they’ve faced antisemitic harassment in recent days. The university announced all classes will go hybrid, partially in-person and partially online, for the rest of the semester.
Robert Kraft, a major Columbia University donor, said he was pulling funding to the school because he is “no longer confident that Columbia can protect its students and staff.”
Across the United States, students at other colleges and universities have begun protests in solidarity with Columbia University students including Yale University, MIT, Tufts University, University of Michigan and University of California, Berkeley.