The presence of the police could not end the student demonstrations.
According to Al Jazeera, the President of George Washington University about the student protests: All our measures, including asking for police help, could not end the protests.
The president of George Washington University also emphasized that we are in contact with the authorities of the capital and that the police will increase their presence in and around the university.
After learning about the numerous crimes committed by the occupied Jerusalem regime against the people of Gaza and the killing of about 35 thousand innocent people, universities across America have become the arena of protest against the policies of this regime and the US government as its most important supporter. In the meantime, one of the most important issues that attracts attention with the spread of protests to various American university centers is the policies of the American government and the police of this country. The government and the police in this country, regardless of the demands of the protesters, have only adopted a policy of widespread repression and arrest.
From the early days of the Zionist regime’s attacks on Gaza, the American society was the scene of various reactions to this event. Various polls show an unprecedented increase in American support for the people of Gaza. According to a March 2024 Gallup poll, most Americans do not approve of the occupation regime’s actions in Gaza. The number of people opposed to the actions of the Zionist regime increased from 45% in November 2023 to 55%. 75% of Democrats have a negative view of Tel Aviv’s actions. Raed Jarrar from the Democracy for the Arab World think tank believes that the above survey shows a separation between the policy of the Biden government and the views of the majority of Americans about the occupation regime’s actions in Gaza and that the foreign policy of the US government is not in line with the voters’ expectations.
American youth’s support for the Palestinians has become more apparent. A Pew poll (PEW) in April 2024 found that a third of American adults under the age of 30 sympathize with the Palestinian people, and only 14 percent feel the same way about the Zionists. Young Americans have a more favorable view of the Zionists than the Palestinian people, and six out of 10 people under the age of 30 have a positive view of the Palestinian people. Among young Americans, 34% consider Hamas’s reasons for fighting the Zionist regime to be valid.