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French constabulary connected Friday peacefully removed dozens of students from a building astatine nan Paris Institute of Political Studies, known arsenic Sciences Po, who had gathered successful support of Palestinians, echoing akin encampments and solidarity demonstrations crossed nan United States.
Students waved Palestinian flags and chanted slogans successful support of residents of Gaza, arsenic Israel continues its violative pursuing nan deadly Oct. 7 Hamas-led onslaught that triggered nan Israeli-Hamas war.
The Sciences Po building had been occupied since Thursday evening. The assemblage management had closed nan main buildings and moved classes online.
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Anti-Israel students were readying to clasp a protestation later Friday successful beforehand of nan Pantheon monument, adjacent nan elite Sorbonne University, to telephone for an extremity to Israel’s violative successful Gaza.
Students stitchery adjacent Sciences Po assemblage connected May 3, 2024, successful Paris. French constabulary peacefully evacuated dozens of anti-Israel students from a building of nan Paris Institute of Political Studies. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
On Thursday, akin protests took spot successful immoderate different universities crossed nan country, including successful Lille and Lyon.
The Prime Minister's Office said constabulary had been requested to region students from 23 sites on French campuses connected Thursday and "all were evacuated wrong a fewer hours."
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A constabulary beingness will beryllium maintained adjacent Sciences Po to forestall immoderate further blockades, it said successful a statement.
Last week, tensions collapsed retired adjacent nan elite university, which counts President Emmanuel Macron and Prime Minister Gabriel Attal among its galore celebrated alumni. Pro-Palestine and pro-Israel demonstrators faced each different successful a standoff successful nan thoroughfare extracurricular Sciences Po. Riot constabulary stepped successful to abstracted nan groups.
The protestation ended peacefully arsenic pro-Palestinian students agreed to leave.
