Mass. college extends transfer date amid pro-Palestinian protests at other schools [Video]

A Massachusetts college has extended its transfer application deadline for students in fear of their safety as pro-Palestinian student protests continue to lead to arrests and tense moments on campuses across the country.

Biden tries to navigate the Israel-Hamas war protests roiling college campuses

Students on campuses, including locally at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard University, Tufts University, and Emerson College, have been participating in intensifying demonstrations over Israel’s war with Hamas.

These students are demanding their school call for a ceasefire in the war after initial protests started and an encampment was set up on the campus of Columbia University.

The MIT Israel Alliance called their encampment “anti-Jewish.” The group has said that many Jewish students are afraid to visit the school’s Hillel building fearing potential violence and that some have even evacuated their dorms.

In the wake of these protests, Brandeis University in Waltham announced it was extending its transfer application …