More than 1,700 pro-Palestinian protesters have been arrested in recent days in the United States, according to media reports, as anti-war demonstrations continued at more than 20 American universities on Wednesday.
A wave of protests is growing worldwide in solidarity with the Palestinians and against Israel’s devastating war in Gaza.
In the United States, police arrested about 300 students protesting Israel’s war in Gaza in a raid on Columbia University and the City College of New York on Tuesday.
At least a dozen people were arrested Wednesday at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
So far, more than 1,700 people have been arrested at universities across the country, according to a count by The Washington Post.
While demands among protesters vary at each university, most demonstrations have called for divestment from companies that support Israel and the war in Gaza.
At the urging of President Joe Biden, the United States has been providing the Israeli war with unreserved military and intelligence support.
The United States has also vetoed several United Nations Security Council resolutions calling for an immediate ceasefire in the brutal military attack that has so far claimed the lives of at least 34,500 Gazans, mostly women and children.