Students protesting the Israel-Hamas war at universities across the U.S. dug in on Saturday and vowed to keep their demonstrations going despite ongoing clashes with law enforcement called to remove protesters.
Early Saturday, police began clearing out a Pro-Palestinian student encampment on the campus of Northeastern University in Boston. The school said the demonstration, which began two days ago, had become “infiltrated by professional organizers” with no affiliation to the school.
The school said in a statement that antisemitic slurs, including “Kill the Jews,” were used.
“We cannot tolerate this kind of hate on our campus,” said the statement, which was posted on the social media platform X.
As the death toll mounts in the war in Gaza, protesters nationwide are demanding that schools cut financial ties to Israel and divest from companies they say are enabling the conflict.
Meanwhile, some Jewish students say the protests have veered into antisemitism and made …