Students at the American University of Beirut and members of the public protest the war in Gaza outside the University gates in solidarity with students across the world, on April 30, in Beirut, Lebanon. Oliver Marsden/Middle East Images/AFP/Getty Images
Mathew 24:12 And because lawlessness will be increased, the love of many will grow cold.
Important Takeaways:
- While clashes and standoffs with police at New York’s Columbia University, Portland State and UCLA have captured global attention, demonstrations and sit-ins are also being held on campuses in parts of Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
- Over the past few weeks, pro-Palestinian protest camps have appeared in at least seven universities across Australia.
- Pro-Palestinian protests have been held at universities across the United Kingdom since the early days of Israel’s war in Gaza, with some setting up encampments in recent days.
- In Paris, pro-Palestinian protests erupted at the Sciences Po university and the Sorbonne university in late April.
- Protests have been held at the prestigious Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in New Delhi, in solidarity with students protesting at Columbia.
- At McGill University in downtown Montreal, Canada, pro-Palestinian student protesters have set up an encampment on the front lawn.
- Hundreds of students gathered at campuses in Lebanon in late April, waving Palestinian flags and demanding their universities boycott companies that do business in Israel
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