Massive student protests at Columbia University, which began last week and were met with arrests and suspensions, have triggered a wave of similar protests across the US and Europe.

American universities are witnessing a surge in tensions between pro-Palestinian student protesters and school administrators, resulting in the cancellation of in-person classes and the subsequent arrest of demonstrators.

Students at over a dozen universities in the US are following Columbia University’s lead, despite police excesses, to call for divestment from Israel amid its genocidal war on Gaza.

Students across US university campuses have staged widespread protests urging their universities to divest from companies associated with Israel, as the occupying regime intensifies its bombardment of residential areas in the Gaza Strip.