University students are facing threats of arrest or suspension as pro-Palestine protests are burgeoning across campuses in the United States. Students are expressing solidarity with Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, where more than 34,000 people have been killed in Israel’s war of the enclave since October.Students are calling on their universities to “disclose and divest” their investments in companies and organisations linked to Israel and its war on Gaza.On Monday, the president of Columbia University, Nemat “Minouche” Shafik, released a statement asserting that Columbia will “not divest from Israel”, prompting protesters to occupy a university building early on Tuesday.
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