Uc berkeley gaza protesters: disruption at dean's dinner party leads to assault accusations articles
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UC Berkeley students join nationwide Gaza solidarity encampment protest
Protesters at UC Berkeley have set up tents on the steps of Sproul Hall as part of a “Gaza Solidarity Encampment” demonstration at university campuses across the country. A photo posted Monday afternoon by Berkeleyside photographer Ximena Natera shows a crowd of people at the protest, which included several tents and signs. Social media videos also show protesters chanting in front of the Sproul steps. The protest is in response to Israel’s invasion of Gaza following the surprise attacks by...
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Jill Stein accuses police of assaulting her at protest
Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein on Sunday alleged police assaulted her and other demonstrators shortly before being arrested at a pro-Palestinian protest on the campus of Washington University in St. Louis. “Basically, the police charged us despite our efforts to de-escalate, they charged us with bicycles. And you'll see plenty of footage of
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Gaza protests shadow White House correspondents’ dinner
An election-year roast of President Biden before journalists, celebrities and politicians at the annual White House correspondents' dinner Saturday butted up against growing public discord over the Israel-Hamas war, with protests outside the event condemning both Biden's handling of the conflict and the Western news media coverage of it. Biden, like most of his predecessors, used the glitzy annual White House Correspondents' Assn. banquet to jab at his rival, Donald Trump. He followed the jokes...