News about student protests

The students are protesting Israel's offensive in Gaza, which it launched after a Hamas attack on Oct. 7 that Israel says killed 1,200 people. Israel has killed over 34,000 people in retaliation, according to Gaza health authorities.

Of the 112 people arrested Tuesday in protests at Columbia, 29% were not affiliated with the school, New York City officials said. That breaks down to the arrests of 32 nonstudents and 80 students, Mayor Eric Adams and NYPD Commissioner Edward A. Caban said in a joint statement.

April 25-30: UCLA protest establishes itself Protesters called for an end to the war in Gaza and for UCLA to be more transparent about its financial ties with arms manufacturers and with Israel. They installed makeshift barricades of plywood and pallets to close up the protest area.