Pro-Israel supporters attack pro-Palestinian camp at University of California

The Angels: Rising tensions on American campuses boiled over Wednesday when pro-Israel supporters attacked a camp of pro-Palestinian protesters at the University of California, Los Angeles hours after police arrested activists who occupied a building at Columbia University and tore down a tent city on their campus. .

Eyewitness videos from UCLA, verified by Reuters, showed people wielding sticks or poles to hammer wooden planks being used as makeshift barricades to protect pro-Palestinian protesters before police were called to the campus.

On the other side of the country, dozens of New York City police officers in helmets and armor arrested pro-Palestinian protesters occupying an academic building at Columbia University.

College students watching the extraordinary scene, many of them taunting police, fled to nearby buildings at officers’ orders while police also cleared a nearby protest camp that had inspired similar protests on campuses across the country and abroad. .