War protesters at U.S. universities dig in as faculties condemn school leaders
Voice of America
Frank Guridy, a Columbia University history professor who teaches a course called "Columbia 1968," speaks to students at the protest encampment on campus, maintained by student protesters of the Israel-Hamas war, in New York on April 25, 2024. FILE - FILE - Columbia University President Minouche Shafik testifies before the House Committee on Education and the Workforce hearing on "Columbia in Crisis: Columbia University's Response to Antisemitism" on Capitol Hill in Washington, April 17, 2024. Demonstration leader Khymani James, center, and other protesters address the media on the Columbia University campus in New York on April 24, 2024. James was been banned from campus Friday for comments she made on a video in January that “Zionists don’t deserve to live.”
Students protesting the Israel-Hamas war at universities across United States, some of whom have clashed with police in riot gear, remained defiant Saturday and vowed to keep their demonstrations going, while several school faculties condemned university presidents who have called in law enforcement to remove protesters.
FILE - White House senior adviser John Podesta speaks at the U.S. Center at the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit, Dec. 2, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Liu Zhenmin, China's special envoy for climate change, arrives past demonstrators to attend a new session of talks at the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit, Dec. 11, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
A protester is dragged away by police officers during a pro-Palestinians demonstration on the campus of Berlin's Free University, in Berlin, Germany, May 7, 2024. In this image from video, police move in to arrests dozens of activists as they break up a pro-Palestinian protest camp at the University of Amsterdam, in Amsterdam, Netherlands, May 7, 2024. (AP Photo/InterVision) Students are seen gathered at an encampment with Palestinian flags at the University of Copenhagen's City Campus, in Copenhagen, Denmark, May 6, 2024. (Thomas Traasdahl/Ritzau Scanpix/via Reuters)
Indonesian heavy metal band Sisi Selatan performed songs about love and social activism. (Dave Grunebaum/VOA) Pri Ario Damar, dean of the performing arts faculty at the Jakarta Institute of Arts. (Dave Grunebaum/VOA) During the six pm prayer break, these fans simultaneously show their Muslim faith and passion for heavy metal music. (Dave Grunebaum/VOA) Indonesian singer and song writer Denisa Dhaniswara performs at Hammersonic, Southeast Asia’s biggest annual heavy metal music festival. (Dave Grunebaum/VOA)
This handout picture released by the Israeli army shows the 401st Brigade's combat team tanks entering the Palestinian side of the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt in the southern Gaza Strip on May 7, 2024. Palestinians inspect the damage around the Derby family house struck in Israeli bombardment of Rafah's Tal al-Sultan district in the southern Gaza Strip on May 7, 2024. This handout picture released by the Israeli army shows Israeli forces operating on the Palestinian side of the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt in the southern Gaza Strip on May 7, 2024.