Student protests against the Israeli military attack on Gaza have spread to several countries following the unprecedented attack on Israel by Hamas on October 7. Students are protesting in these countries, see:
America
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Since April 17, protesters began gathering on at least 40 American university campuses, setting up camps and demonstrating in protest of the rising death toll in the Gaza Strip. According to American media, about 2,000 people have been detained in these protests. In recent days, police have forcibly broken up several student protests at the request of administrators, including one at New York University.
France
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Police on Friday forcibly removed protesters from a pro-Gaza protest at Sciences Po in Paris, the country’s top political science school. Officials said that 91 people have been arrested. Jean Basseres, interim administrator of Sciences Po, rejected a student demand to investigate the institution’s relations with Israeli universities. French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday condemned the university blockade at Sciences Po and other French universities as a way to “prevent debate”.
Germany
Police intervened on Friday to disperse protesters outside Humboldt University in central Berlin. Police said several protesters were “forcibly” removed after refusing to move to another location. Berlin Mayor Kai Wegener criticized the protests, saying on Twitter that the city does not want to see incidents like the one in the United States or France.
Canada
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Students in several cities, including Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto and Vancouver, have protested against the war in Gaza. Amid threats of a police crackdown, hundreds of protesters have converged on the first and largest camp at McGill University in Montreal. He has vowed to stay until McGill cuts all financial and academic ties with Israel.
Australia
Hundreds of rival supporters of Gaza and Israel faced each other at the University of Sydney on Friday and shouted slogans. Barring some heated arguments, the protests and counter-protests were completed peacefully. Pro-ceasefire protesters have been camping on a green lawn in front of the university for 10 days. They want him to break ties with Israeli institutions and reject funding from arms companies.
Pro-Palestinian protests in Ireland
Students at the University of Trinity College Dublin began a sit-in on Friday, describing the protest as a “solidarity camp with Palestine”.
Mexico
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Dozens of students from UNAM, the country’s largest university, set up a camp in the capital on Thursday, chanting “Free Palestine” and “From the river to the sea, Palestine will win.” He wants the Mexican government to break all relations with Israel.
Switzerland
About 100 students have occupied the entrance to a building at the University of Lausanne since Thursday, demanding an academic boycott of Israel and an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.
