AA / Chicago / Ayse Betul Akcesme
A solidarity camp was set up Thursday morning on the campus of the prestigious American university “Northwestern University” in Chicago, to protest against the Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip.
Students from Northwestern University thus joined the demonstrations which had broken out in American universities, like Columbia University, to call for a cease-fire in Gaza.
They demand a “demarcation and disengagement from the war in Gaza and Apartheid”, a “rupture of partnerships which legitimize the genocide in Gaza and the Israeli occupation”, “protection of civil liberties and the security of students ”.
A significant presence of security forces on the campus was noted despite the peaceful climate that reigned there.
The students repeated chants in support of the Palestinians, making rounds and launching slogans such as “Free Palestine” and “Ceasefire now!”
Throughout the day, volunteers brought food and drinks to students mobilized for the Palestinian cause.
— Protests against the war in Gaza gain momentum on American college campuses
The war declared by the Jewish state on Hamas has caused around 112,000 casualties (dead and injured) among Palestinians since October 7, 2023.
On April 18, pro-Palestinian students at Columbia University in the United States began a sit-in on a campus lawn to demand that the university management cut ties with companies with ties to Israel. .
The police arrested at least 108 students from the prestigious New York university during these demonstrations of solidarity with Gaza.
Gradually, pro-Palestinian student protests spread to other major universities in the United States, including New York University, Yale University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of North Carolina.
Since October 7, 2023, Israel has been waging a devastating war in the Gaza Strip that has caused tens of thousands of civilian casualties, most of them children and women, in addition to famine, an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe. and massive destruction of infrastructure, which led Tel Aviv to appear before the International Court of Justice for “genocide”.
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