New Delhi, April 24 -- Pro-Palestine encampments at Columbia University in the US are still going strong, despite 108 students being arrested and three suspended last week. Contrary to what the police's sweep of the encampments had hoped to achieve, the crackdown has simply stoked the fires of dissent.
Students from several other universities in the US have followed suit, setting up their own encampments, occupying buildings, and holding rallies. Amid growing demands of divesting from Israel and a ceasefire in Gaza, prestigious schools like Yale, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and New York University (NYU) have been trying to suppress these protests, but have failed.
Pro-Palestinian demonstrations have also been ongoing at ...