‘Gaza Solidarity Encampment’ becomes site of mass arrest at NYU


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Washington Square News—120 arrested at ‘Gaza Solidarity Encampment,’ most released. Police arrested 120 protesters, including students and faculty, at the “Gaza Solidarity Encampment” Monday evening, a New York City Police Department spokesperson told WSN in an updated statement. Police said all but four of those taken into custody had been released. The arrests at NYU come after mass arrests at Columbia University and Yale University This story 120 arrested at ‘Gaza Solidarity Encampment,’ most released appeared first on Washington Square News.

Washington Square News—NYU changes admissions tours to avoid ‘Gaza Solidarity Encampment’. In an email sent at around 10:30 a.m. obtained by WSN, administrators told student admissions ambassadors to use two routes that avoid Gould Plaza, where the “Gaza Solidarity Encampment” has been set up since around 6 a.m. Monday. Admissions tours usually start and end at Gould Plaza, an anonymous admissions ambassador told WSN. The email This story NYU changes admissions tours to avoid ‘Gaza Solidarity Encampment’ appeared first on Washington Square News.

Washington Square News—Students abroad organize sit-ins to support those arrested in Gaza Solidarity Encampment. Around 40 students at NYU Berlin and NYU Buenos Aires occupied the sites’ main academic centers on Thursday to support the students and faculty arrested at the Gaza Solidarity Encampment in Gould Plaza earlier this week. At both sites, protesters called on NYU to cut its ties with Israel, protect academic freedom, remove police presence This story Students abroad organize sit-ins to support those arrested in Gaza Solidarity Encampment appeared first on Washington Square News.