Hundreds more US arrests made in Gaza campus protests – BBC News

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SummaryPolice have arrested hundreds more protesters at locations across the US, as protests against the war in Gaza intensify across university campusesUniversities have seen a growing number of students walk out of class or try to set up encampments in protests prompted by Israel’s military campaign in GazaSome 108 arrests were made overnight at Emerson College, Boston police told the BBC’s US partner CBS NewsEarlier, 93 people at the University of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles were taken into custody on trespassing chargesActivists and police also clashed at the University of Texas at Austin, where authorities said another 34 people had been arrestedThe latest arrests follow others at Columbia, Yale and New York UniversityAt some of the protests, there have been reports of antisemitic incidents – with a few members of pro-Israel and Jewish groups saying they do not feel safeLive ReportingRelated Stories

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