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Multiple U.S. universities were flooded pinch anti-Israel agitators connected Wednesday, pinch 4 schools hosting notably chaotic scenes successful California, Massachusetts, Texas and New York.
The University of Southern California (USC), Harvard University, nan University of Texas astatine Austin (UT Austin) and Columbia University successful New York City were each backdrops pinch varying degrees of hostility and unruliness amid fierce field guidance to nan Israeli military's actions successful nan Middle East.
At USC connected Wednesday, mayhem ensued erstwhile authorities began cracking down connected unlawful activity and arrested protesters. Hundreds of students fought pinch USC Department of Public Safety officers arsenic nan confrontations escalated.
Some USC protesters were seen falling connected nan cement sidewalk amid nan chaos. A fewer called for help, while others berated constabulary officers.
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See nan chaos that erupted astatine USC below:
At UT Austin connected Wednesday, demonstrators flooded nan school's South Lawn and attempted to group up respective tents earlier being confronted by police. More than 100 protesters participated successful nan anti-Israel demonstration.
The Austin Police Department (APD) and Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) told Fox News Digital that much than 20 group were arrested successful total. The agitators chanted incendiary statements for illustration "Pigs spell home!" and "APD, KKK, IDF / they're each nan same."
See UT Austin protesters confronting constabulary below:
Republican Gov. Greg Abbott condemned nan protestation activity connected X, penning that nan offending individuals "belong successful jail."
"Antisemitism will not beryllium tolerated successful Texas. Period," he wrote. "Students joining successful hate-filled, antisemitic protests astatine immoderate nationalist assemblage aliases assemblage successful Texas should beryllium expelled."
See nan rowdy UT Austin protests below:
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At Harvard connected Wednesday, anti-Israel protesters group up a "Gaza solidarity encampment" astatine Harvard Yard. It began astatine astir 12:49 p.m., according to nan Harvard Crimson.
Astonishing societal media video shows protesters swarming nan quadrangle and quickly mounting up tents successful a frenetic manner. As of Wednesday night, astatine slightest 20 tents were still connected Harvard's field but nan first crowd of students had "dispersed," nan Crimson reported.
Demonstrators planned to enactment nan nighttime and solicited water, food, sleeping container and shelter donations done nan Harvard College Palestine Solidarity Committee. The upwind successful Cambridge was acold and rainy astatine nan time.
Anti-Israel protesters transportation pizza onto nan Harvard University field connected Wednesday. Several students astatine nan Ivy League assemblage are protesting against nan warfare successful Gaza. (David McGlynn for Fox News Digital)
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Columbia University, nan hotbed of anti-Israel protests complete nan past week, was besides flooded pinch protesters connected Wednesday.
USC Safety officers effort to disperse anti-Israel agitators connected Wednesday astatine nan University of Southern California's Alumni Park, amid nan ongoing conflict betwixt Israel and Hamas. (Reuters/Zaydee Sanchez)
House Speaker Mike Johnson arrived connected nan NYC field to talk nan ongoing Israel-Hamas warfare and situation successful Gaza. In his speech, Johnson took purpose astatine schoolhouse administrators for allowing "threats, nan fearfulness and nan intimidation of nan mob norm to overtake American principles for illustration free reside and nan free speech of ideas and nan free workout of religion."
"We conscionable can’t let this benignant of hatred and force antisemitism to flourish connected our campuses, and it must beryllium stopped successful its tracks," Johnson argued.
U.S. Speaker of nan House Mike Johnson, center, leaves Columbia University successful New York City connected Wednesday. (Fox News Digital)
The Republican leader besides said that he planned to speak pinch President Biden astir having nan National Guard intervene.
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"If this is not contained quickly and if these threats and intimidation are not stopped, location is an due clip for nan National Guard. We person to bring bid to these campuses," he said. "We cannot let this to hap astir nan country."
Fox News Digital's Bryan Preston and Bradford Betz contributed to this report.
