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Pro-Palestinian assemblage protests intensify
As pro-Palestinian protests dispersed connected assemblage campuses crossed nan United States, starring to hundreds of arrests, young Palestinians successful nan war-torn Gaza Strip person told CBS News they admit nan support from America. Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, however, has condemned nan demonstrations arsenic antisemitic and moreover compared them to rallies held successful Germany almost 100 years ago, arsenic nan Nazi statement roseate to powerfulness connected a activity of anti-Jewish hate.
Fida Afifi had been attending Al Aqsa University successful Gaza City earlier nan Palestinian territory's Hamas rulers sparked nan ongoing warfare pinch their bloody Oct. 7 violent onslaught connected Israel. The warfare forced her to fly her location to Rafah successful confederate Gaza, on pinch immoderate 1.5 cardinal different Palestinians.
She told CBS News connected Wednesday that she welcomed nan support for nan Palestinian people's origin from young group almost 6,000 miles distant successful nan U.S.
Fida Afifi, who was a student astatine Al Aqsa University successful Gaza City earlier nan warfare betwixt Israel and Hamas forced her to flee, speaks pinch CBS News astatine a campy for displaced group successful Rafah, successful nan acold southbound of nan Palestinian territory, April 24, 2024.
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"I salute them, nan American assemblage students who are protesting against Netanyahu's authorities and nan American government. That's benignant of them and I respect them for that. I americium calling connected nan world's students to emergence against nan government," she said.
Before nan war, Essam el-Demasy said he was connected nan verge of earning his business degree. Speaking pinch CBS News adjacent to a shelter successful a campy for displaced group successful confederate Gaza, he said he'd mislaid his "hopes and dreams."
"We convey each nan students and everyone who stands pinch america successful these times. We convey each nan students each complete nan world and particularly successful nan U.S. We convey each student who thinks of doing thing to thief us," el-Demasy said. "We are surviving this war, which is for illustration a genocide connected each levels."
Essam el-Demasy, who told CBS News he was connected nan verge of earning a business grade astatine nan Islamic University of Gaza earlier nan war, speaks pinch CBS News astatine a campy for displaced Palestinians successful confederate Gaza, April 24, 2024.
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There person been hundreds of arrests connected campuses from New York to California and, while astir of nan protesters accent that they are demonstrating against Israel's warfare successful Gaza and its decades-long business of Palestinian territory, Jewish student organizations opportunity incidents of antisemitism person near group afraid to moreover task onto their campuses.
In a video connection released Wednesday evening, Netanyahu, speaking successful English, lambasted nan protests successful nan U.S. arsenic "horrific" antisemitism — moreover equating them to anti-Jewish rallies successful Germany arsenic nan Nazi statement roseate to powerfulness successful nan decade earlier World War II and nan Holocaust.
"What's happening successful America's assemblage campuses is horrific. Antisemitic mobs person taken complete starring universities," Netanyahu claimed. "They telephone for nan annihilation of Israel. They onslaught Jewish students. They onslaught Jewish faculty. This is reminiscent of what happened successful German universities successful nan 1930s."
"It's unconscionable," said nan seasoned Israeli leader who, to unafraid his existent 3rd word successful agency 2 years agone collaborated pinch immoderate of his country's astir extreme, ultra-nationalist parties to form Israel's astir far-right authorities ever.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seen successful a screengrab from a video connection released by his agency connected April 24, 2024, successful which he called pro-Palestinian protests sweeping U.S. assemblage campuses "horrific" displays of antisemitism.
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"It has to beryllium stopped," Netanyahu said of nan wide U.S. protests. "It has to beryllium condemned and condemned unequivocally, but that's not what happened."
That couldn't beryllium further from really young Palestinians, trapped successful nan warzone of Gaza, spot nan support of truthful galore American students wished to make their voices heard contempt nan consequence of arrest.
"The aggression is committing a genocide, killing, and hunger," Ahmed Ibrahim Hassan, an accounting student displaced from his location successful bluish Gaza, told CBS News. "We dream these pressures will proceed until nan aggression against america stops."
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