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Crackdowns on college campus protests against the war between Israel and Hamas continue. Here at home the second protest just this week at UB North ended peacefully Friday.
Students of the University at Buffalo organized a protest to call for ceasefire in the conflict between Israel and Palestine on Wednesday leading several students arrested during protest.
Police arrested “approximately 16” pro-Palestine protesters on North Campus Wednesday evening, a UB spokesperson said. The arrests come after dozens of demonstrators attempted to form an encampment in a grassy area near Hochstetter Hall.
Hundreds of pro-Palestinian protestors started setting up an encampment on North Campus Wednesday afternoon, but tore down their tents after law enforcement ordered them to do so.
UB said in a statement that several people "with no known affiliation with the university" were among the 15 people arrested Wednesday evening after pro-Palestinian supporters ignored orders to disperse