Students across United States in campuses from Columbia to Emory to California are protesting in solidarity with Palestine. Protests expressing anguish Israeli genocide are now spilling over to university campuses in Paris and other European universities as well. Police in USA are brutally pounding protesting students and arresting them. Administration in Universities are calling state police, evacuating protesters from campuses and expelling dozens of students. But young boys and girls are relentless in their courage and hundreds of students and faculty are joining the protestsby each passing day. Spring on campuse coincides with end of academic year and is a jubilant with convocations. However, University administrations are expelling final year graduating students for their participation in solidarity protests. A few days back, Archita Sivalingam, who is about to be awarded her degree was expelled from Princeton College.
Over 300 killed Palestinians found in mass graves lying below the ruins of two hospital compoundsin the ongoing Israeli invasion. United Nations has called for an investigation in to this barbaric incident. Even some European nations have backed the UN call for an investigation into the gory act. Amidst the continuing invasion of Rapha, Gaza, deaths of thousands of innocent children and women, United States administration hands in gloves with colonial Zionist regime, shamelessly is extended $ 26 billions to Israel, exporting bomber jets and other arms.
Israeli invaders are not even sparing doctors, health personnel and even aid workers of World Kichen and others distributing food to the starving Gazan populations.
In USA, Universities like Harvard, Columbia and other Ivy league institutions are heavily funded by Jewish Billionaires living in America. The University admnistrations natuerally are obeying interests of their donors and crushing their own student community. As Israeli billionaires in USA are having high stakes in military industry, natuerally they support Israleli invasion and hence supress the solidarity voice of youth on campuses. Sadly, Pro-Palestinian protests are equated with anti Zionist.
Worldwide student Solidarity
Students across the world expressed solidarity with the US student protesters. The Arab and Maghreb Youth Student Front, “global youth student battle in support of Palestinian resistance” and other student organizations across Asia and Europe are expressing solidarity with Palestine and rapidly joining the protests and sit-inns in various Universities. A video showing knocking down, handcuffing a senior Professor at Emroy University, Noell Mc Afee, Atlanta by National Guard for showing solidarity with protesting students shocked and anguished people around the world. Similar acts of brutality against protesting students and faculty are being witnessed from Yale to Harvard.
Israeli is the last post of Western imperialism. But it can not continue its hineous oppression of freedom loving Palestinians and has to submit to global support to Palestine similar to what happened in Vietanam in 70’s.
Dr. Soma Marla, Principal Scientist & Head, Genomics division, Retd.NBPGR ICAR. New Delhi.
