Students protesting the Israel-Hamas war at at universities across US, some of whom have clashed with police in riot gear, dug in on Saturday and vowed to keep their demonstrations going, the Associated Press reports.
As Columbia University continues negotiations with those at a pro-Palestinian student encampment on the New York school’s campus, the university’s senate passed a resolution Friday that created a task force to examine the administration’s leadership, which last week called in police in an attempt to clear the protest, resulting in scuffles and more than 100 arrests.
Students representing the Columbia encampment, which inspired the wave of protests across the country, said that they reached an impasse with administrators and intend to continue their protest.
After meetings Thursday and Friday, student negotiators said the university had not met their primary demand for divestment, although there was progress on a push for more transparent financial disclosures. “We will not rest until Columbia divests,” said Jonathan Ben-Menachem, a fourth-year doctoral student.




























