WASHINGTON, May 9 — Police forcibly cleared an encampment of pro-Palestinian protesters at George Washington University in the US capital yesterday, arresting dozens in the...
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Republicans in Congress had pressured local authorities to act on the encampment, summoning Washington’s mayor and police chief to testify in the House of Representatives later Wednesday. But the top Republican on the House Oversight Committee said Wednesday’s hearing was cancelled now that the encampment had been cleared.“I am pleased that the potential Oversight hearing led to swift action” by Mayor Muriel Bowser and police chief Pamela Smith, committee chairman James Comer said in a statement.
Campus protests have sprung up across the country in recent weeks, with students calling on universities to cut direct or indirect financial ties with US weapons manufacturers and Israeli institutions. Demonstrators, including some Jewish student organisers, have said they denounced acts of anti-Semitism, and accuse their detractors of conflating criticism of Israel with prejudice against Jews.
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