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Former President Trump weighed successful connected Monday astir nan anti-Israel demonstrations that are roiling U.S. assemblage and assemblage campuses.
While nan presumptive 2024 Republican statesmanlike nominee is not owed successful nan courtroom connected Monday, he spent his greeting connected Truth Social weighing successful connected his trial. His posts besides included a station astir nan students who are protesting Israel’s warfare pinch Hamas, nan panic group that governs Gaza.
"Stop nan protests now!!!" Trump said successful an all-caps post.
The station comes arsenic nan number of students and antisemitic agitators arrested astatine nan nationwide demonstrations approached 900 since New York constabulary removed an anti-Israel protestation encampment astatine Columbia University connected April 18.
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Former President Trump weighed successful connected Monday astir nan anti-Israel demonstrations that proceed astatine Columbia University and different U.S. colleges and universities. (Jeenah Moon-Pool/Getty Images)
The students are protesting nan rising decease toll successful Gaza amid Israel’s effort to eliminate Hamas, which carried retired nan deadliest onslaught successful nan country’s history connected Oct. 7, 2023. The consequent warfare has resulted successful much than 34,000 deaths, mostly civilian women and children.
The anti-Israel groups are calling connected their respective colleges and universities to extremity immoderate investments successful companies that support Israel's subject and their actions successful Gaza. Students person remained connected field contempt respective schools demanding they cease their encampments.
Campus constabulary astatine Virginia Tech successful Blacksburg, Virginia, arrested respective students during an anti-Israeli objection connected Sunday nighttime and into Monday morning. (Reuters)
Trump’s remark connected Monday greeting came amid different posts astir "Crooked Joe Biden," who he called nan "worst president successful nan history of nan United States." Trump besides addressed nan various lawsuits he is facing, which nan Republican campaigner described arsenic "election interference."
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Hundreds of protesters were arrested astatine various assemblage campuses crossed nan U.S. connected Saturday, Sunday and into Monday greeting arsenic nan disruptive demonstrations continued complete nan weekend.
About 275 group were arrested connected Saturday astatine Indiana University astatine Bloomington, Arizona State University and others.
Dozens of Northeastern University students were removed and arrested astatine nan shelter encampment connected field successful Boston connected Saturday, April 27, 2024. (John Tlumacki/The Boston Globe via AP)
Police successful riot cogwheel arrested astir 102 students astatine an encampment connected nan field of Northeastern University successful Boston connected Saturday.
Also connected Saturday, constabulary removed masked protesters and arrested much than 100 group astatine Washington University successful St. Louis, including students and assemblage employees.
Anti-Israel student protesters proceed demonstrations during nan 2nd week of nan "Gaza Solidarity Encampment" astatine Columbia University successful New York, connected April 27, 2024. (Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Late Sunday and into Monday morning, field constabulary astatine Virginia Tech successful Blacksburg, Virginia, physically carried immoderate protesters from an encampment and arrested them.
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The nationwide field protests person surged since students astatine Columbia University, wide seen arsenic nan epicenter of nan existent protests, formed an encampment by pitching tents astatine nan bosom of campus. They person vowed to enactment put until nan assemblage divests from Israel.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
