Palestinian Flag Raised At Harvard As Anti-Israel Protests Swell: 10 Facts

1. Pro-Palestine protests at US universities, triggered by Israel’s warfare towards Hamas, unfold over the weekend as police crackdowns and arrests continued into one other week.

2. Protesters at Harvard University raised a Palestinian flag on the Ivy League college in a spot often reserved for the US flag. They additionally unfurled an unlimited Palestinian flag from a top-floor window on the Washington Hilton Hotel, the venue of the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner.

3. Police arrested round 275 folks on 4 separate campuses. They embrace 100 at Northeastern University in Boston, 80 at Washington University in St Louis, 72 at Arizona State University, and 23 at Indiana University.

4. Clashes between pro-Israeli and pro-Palestinian demonstrators had been reported at UCLA, the place a tent encampment was arrange final week.

5. The nationwide protests have caught the eye of President Joe Biden with the White House saying the demonstrations should stay peaceable.

6. The campus activists are calling for a ceasefire in Israel’s warfare with Hamas and wish schools to sever ties with the nation and with firms they are saying revenue from the battle in Gaza.

7. The protests pose a serious problem to college directors who’re attempting to steadiness commitments to free expression with complaints that the rallies have veered into anti-Semitism and hate speech.

8. Joe Biden spoke on Sunday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and “reiterated his clear position” on a doable invasion of the Gaza border metropolis of Rafah.

9. The Israel-Hamas warfare broke out after Hamas operatives staged an unprecedented assault on Israeli cities on October 7 and left round 1,170 folks lifeless. They additionally took roughly 250 folks hostage.

10. Israel’s retaliatory offensive has since then killed greater than 34,00 folks in Gaza.

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