Emerson College protest arrests divides along public safety vs political lines
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“In my opinion, and my understanding, student protests have never been wrong,” Fleyfel said, waving the Palestinian flag outside the City Hall. … “It’s sad that not many people are here, but I’m hoping that more and more will become more aware, despite the fact that this has been going on for the past six months, and feel the courage to come and stand with what the students are doing.”
Protestors said there are plans to continue to support students protesting and speak up for them.
“I’m Jewish, and I want more of my Jewish community to see there are really roads to peace and that there’s a lot of misinformation going on,” said a young protestor Jake, noting the backlash he’s faced from Jewish and Israeli friends and family. “I just really, really hope that other Jews and other people who are getting misinformation streams can see a little bit more empathy and understand why people are protesting for Gaza.”
Encampments have also been set up at MIT, Harvard, Tufts University, and Northeastern, with protesters calling out Israel’s invasion of Gaza and the civilian casualties, while hostages taken by Hamas terrorists are still being held.
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(Grace Zokovitch and Gayla Cawley contributed.)
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