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I've never felt more scared to be a Jew in America right now,
said Skyler Sieradsky, a 21-year-old student of philosophy and political science at George Washington University The talks have shown progress and are continuing as planned,
People are here in support of Palestinian people from all different backgrounds... (compelled by) their general sense of justice,
a 33-year-old graduate student at the University of Texas, Austin, who said he was Jewish and gave his name as Josh, told AFP They call us terrorists, they call us violent. But... they're the ones that called in the police when students were sitting in a circle,
While the Texas National Guard was aware and prepared to respond to the protests at UT yesterday, no Soldiers were dispatched to the campus during the event,
the Texas Military Department said in a statement This is a movement that started with only 70 students,
she told BBC News at Columbia on Thursday Our top priority is always the safety and well-being of our entire Bruin community, ... We're actively monitoring this situation to support a peaceful campus environment that respects our community's right to free expression while minimizing disruption to our teaching and learning mission
said Mary Osako, vice chancellor for UCLA Strategic Communications, in a statement, adding We will not be silent while Gaza is being annihilated."
Organizers of the "UCLA Palestine Solidarity Encampment" said in a statement With the passing of a new funding package, the Biden administration has approved and signed off on $26.4 billion in aid for the 'israelis,' greenlighting the invasion of Rafah, where they have trapped 1.5 million fleeing Palestinians,
I condemn the antisemitic protests,
U.S. President Joe Biden told reporters Monday As the family member of a peaceful student protester killed by the state, I am aghast at the way that Columbia University President Minouche Shafik, along with administrators at other U.S. institutions of higher education, have endangered the lives and well-being of student protesters by inviting militarized police onto campuses to disperse protesters,
Krause said in a statement Wednesday In 1970 failures of Kent State University leadership enabled the massacre which left ‘Four Dead in Ohio,
Laurel Krause wrote, referencing a protest song by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young that was penned in response to the shooting Republicans are united in our support for Israel. We're also united in our support or in our opposition to any type of terrorism,
There’s definitely support for Hezbollah, Hamas, and Iran,
Stalinsky said of Dearborn These groups are having influence on a lot of young, ignorant Americans,
I am absolutely against saying ‘Death to America,'
Islamic House of Wisdom Imam Mohammad Ali Elahi said, The recent change of possible U.S. policy … the pressure that Biden is under, and then also Democrats going down from Senator Schumer to Pelosi, people that have been very stalwart, always pro-Israel seem to be turning,
Steven Stalinsky, the executive director of the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), told Fox News Digital Imam Khomeini, who declared the International Al-Quds Day, this is why he would say to pour all of your chants and all of your shouts upon the head of America,
Tarek Bazzi, a Michigan-based activist associated with the Hadi institute, said in a video before leading rallygoers in chants of "Death to America" and "Death to Israel." So this has nothing to do with free speech,
Diermeier told MSNBC’s "Morning Joe" co-host Mika Brzezinski when asked to weigh in on the violence that has marked some of the ongoing pro-Palestinian rallies at college campuses throughout the country Because while our students have the freedom to express themselves and to protest, that doesn't mean that you can run into a closed building and injure security officers,