As Gaza protests escalate on campus, dozens were arrested at Yale, Columbia moved to remote classes and officials planned to close Harvard Yard.
According to the New York Times, turmoil gripped some of America’s most influential universities on Monday as administrators tried to defuse campus protests while balancing the free speech rights of protesters and the fears of many Jewish students, who said some of the demonstrations have veered into antisemitism.
At least 47 people were arrested at Yale on Monday during pro-Palestinian protests, as student-led demonstrations that spread to the center of the school’s community in New Haven, Conn. Follow the latest on the Yale Daily News here. Columbia University announced early Monday that it would hold classes remotely, a move that highlighted worsening friction at the school after a wave of protests on campus over the weekend.
The Jewish passover began on Monday evening. According to the New York Times, "As if that were not hard enough, lawmakers on Capitol Hill were watching intensely, and people who appeared to be unaffiliated with the universities amped up the conflict, often with virulent antisemitic chants."
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