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One 100 aliases much protesters gathered connected nan field of nan University of Texas astatine Austin connected Wednesday to participate successful an unruly anti-Israel demonstration.
The rowdy protests invited hundreds of onlookers, immoderate of whom joined successful connected nan anti-Israel chants connected nan school's South Lawn. UT Austin is 1 of galore American universities wherever anti-Israel protests person intensified complete caller days, arsenic nan Israeli military's warfare against Hamas continues successful nan Middle East.
The Austin Police Department (APD) and Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) were observed making arrests. Some officers monitored nan protests connected horseback.
"APD, KKK, IDF / they're each nan same," nan group was heard chanting.
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At slightest 20 group were arrested astatine an anti-Israel protestation astatine UT Austin connected Wednesday. (Bryan Preston / Fox News Digital)
Protesters besides chanted "Pigs spell home!" astatine nan Texas rule enforcement officers connected nan scene. The keffiyeh-wearing protesters attempted to group up a fewer tents but were quickly thwarted by police.
The DPS later told Fox News Digital that it made much than 20 arrests. The section said that nan arrests were made "in bid to forestall immoderate unlawful assembly and to support UT Police successful maintaining nan bid by arresting anyone engaging successful immoderate benignant of criminal activity, including criminal trespass."
On X, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott denounced nan protests arsenic lawless and antisemitic.
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Protesters group up tents connected nan field of UT Austin, but rule enforcement quickly intervened. (Bryan Preston / Fox News Digital)
"These protesters beryllium successful jail," Abbott wrote. "Antisemitism will not beryllium tolerated successful Texas. Period."
"Students joining successful hate-filled, antisemitic protests astatine immoderate nationalist assemblage aliases assemblage successful Texas should beryllium expelled."
UT Austin told Fox News Digital that it "does not tolerate" disruptive protests.
Around 100 protesters gathered astatine UT Austin, which is simply a fraction of its student body. (Bryan Preston / Fox News Digital)
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"UT Austin does not tolerate disruptions of field activities aliases operations for illustration we person seen astatine different campuses," nan connection read. "This is an important clip successful our semester pinch students finishing classes and studying for finals and we will enactment first and foremost to let those captious functions to proceed without interruption."
