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The first pro-Palestinian protests started at Columbia University in New York, a prestigious Ivy League college.
Two weeks ago, more than 100 protesters were arrested after the university’s president asked police to clear the site.
Since then, protests sprung up across at least two dozen universities across the US, with more students arrested at college campuses in Los Angeles, California and in Atlanta, Georgia.
Meanwhile in Austin, Texas, the governor ordered state troopers to arrest protesters.
Some protests have started out as small gatherings before attracting larger crowds while others have been sparked by a particular event, such as at the University of Southern California where the valedictorian’s speech was cancelled after they posted a link to a website that was critical of Israel.
Elsewhere, protests are happening at George Washington University in Washington, DC, at the University of Texas, New York University, Harvard University, Yale University as well as at Boston’s Emerson University. Protests are also been reported at high schools in Seattle and New Jersey.
Read more about the protests at US universities here.
